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Austin reacts to City Council’s training on women

Last night the Statesman posted a story about how Austin City Council offered extra training so that a historically male-dominated staff could cope with the new female majority, the first in Austin’s...

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Workshop presenters respond to Austin City Council controversy

Below is a statement released by Jonathan Allen and Dr. Miya Burt-Stewart, who were presenters at a training workshop for Austin city staff on how to work with a female-dominated city council:...

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They’re just like us! City Council, mayor face double-digit increases in...

If the city of Austin had a slogan these days, it might be “Keep Austin Affordable.” The City Council has spent a lot of time in recent weeks trying to figure out how to do that. Among the biggest...

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City department heads: Council budget proposals “deflating” for employees

Austin City Council members have proposed a variety of ways to scale back employee compensation in recent days. Among them: Council Member Don Zimmerman’s pitch for tiered wage increases rather than an...

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Former Austin official ensnared in women training controversy gets top job in...

Former Austin Assistant City Manager Anthony Snipes, who resigned earlier this year after organizing the controversial training session on “Women Leading in Local Government,” has landed a new job in...

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Austin Water to hire outside firm for meter reading audit

The Austin Water Utility is in the process of hiring a firm with expertise in meter reading to do an audit that would consist of checking the readings of at least a thousand meters, utility director...

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Follow live: Austin City Council debate on Don Zimmerman’s Syrian refugee...

Follow live Monday as Statesman reporter Lilly Rockwell covers the Austin City Council public safety committee meeting, where Council Member Don Zimmerman’s long-shot Syrian refugee proposal is up for...

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Is air conditioning a luxury or necessity?

For many Austinites, air conditioning is as much of a basic necessity as food, water and shelter. With summertime temperatures regularly soaring over 100 degrees, conventional wisdom holds that...

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Follow live at 7 p.m.: Austin City Council takes up ridesharing

All eyes are on Austin City Council’s debate and final decision over whether to require fingerprint background checks for drivers with ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft. That debate is expected...

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What do Austin residents think of Mayor Steve Adler?

In December the American-Statesman conducted an anonymous survey, asking Austinites what they thought of the Austin City Council and Mayor Steve Adler in their first year in office. We got close to 900...

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What do Austin residents think of the City Council?

If you’ve read our post on what Austin residents think of Mayor Steve Adler, you might be wondering how the other City Council members fared in the court of public opinion. The American-Statesman...

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Live coverage: City Council discusses ride-hailing, short-term rentals, more

After taking off more than a month for its usual holiday break, the Austin City Council has a packed agenda Thursday. The board will consider a voluntary badge system for ride-hailing drivers, a...

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Follow live: Austin City Council discusses short-term rentals

The Austin City Council may vote today on a slate of changes to the city’s rules on short-term rentals, including a possible phasing-out of certain units in residential areas. Follow Austin...

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City to court: Dismiss Easton Park lawsuit

Responding to a lawsuit alleging a Texas Open Meetings Act violation, the city of Austin said that the agenda posting for the zoning of the Easton Park development – which became controversial earlier...

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Council fires back at Uber, Lyft-backed Prop. 1 campaign

From left, Austin City Council Members Sabino “Pio” Renteria, Ann Kitchen, Delia Garza, Kathie Tovo and Ora Houston held a press conference Tuesday outside City Hall to criticize the pro-Proposition 1...

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An evolution for Uber, Lyft on ‘taxpayers pay’ claims

The Uber- and Lyft-backed campaign for Proposition 1 has blanketed the airwaves in Austin with ads claiming that taxpayers will get stuck with the bill for the fingerprint-based background checks the...

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Follow live: Mayor Adler holds press conference on Prop. 1

Austin City Council member Ann Kitchen gets fingerprinted by a MorphoTrust USA enrollment agent at a fingerprint enrollment station set up for Uber and Lyft drivers at City Hall on Thursday January 28,...

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Profane, sexually explicit tweets posted on Austin mayor’s website — on purpose

Scrolling through Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s website, you’ll find posts with titles like “What I Learned In Amsterdam” and “Mayor Adler’s Star Wars Inspired Twitter Rant On Austin Don’t Rush.” But...

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Campaigning begins with no ruling on Zimmerman lawsuit

Austin City Council candidates have filed for office, started raising money and began asking for votes — all while a lawsuit challenging many of the rules and restrictions they’re campaigning under...

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Departure, investigation add to City Hall tumult

The head of the city’s code compliance department, Carl Smart, is retiring from his position to take a county management position at a Florida county, city officials confirmed Wednesday. Smart’s...

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