City Council is expected to take a final vote March 12 on a rezoning request that has reignited long-running tensions in the Blackland neighborhood over land use, neighborhood plans, and what “compatibility” means in a historically Black part of East Austin.
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The Austin City Council is expected to take a final vote on March 12 on a rezoning request that has reignited long-running tensions in the Blackland neighborhood over land use, neighborhood plans...
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Tucked away in Pilot Knob, an unincorporated Central Texas community just south of McKinney Falls and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the 45‑acre Alexander Farm feels worlds away from the city’s sprawl.
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Austin’s plan to roll out mobile surveillance cameras in city parks is on hold again, stalled by questions about trust, transparency and who controls the footage.
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ATX City Council Member Ryan Alter said he will halt efforts to secure more money to replace the historic Zilker/Barton Springs Road bridge until he is convinced that demolition is the only option.
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In the months after the council’s demolition approval, tenants saw signs of imminent redevelopment.
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With national and local voters putting “affordability” on the political agenda, an advisory commission is urging the city to direct its leading private gas utility to reduce prices, as well as its carbon footprint.
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The day Ray Price stumbled onto the Doris Miller Auditorium, he wasn’t chasing history — just a parking spot. It was 2017, and Price had just quit a cubicle job designing audio systems.
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Northwest Austin residents told city officials this week that the noise of revving motorcycles racing around RM 2222 has become unbearable.
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Poor communication and planning may uproot part of East Austin’s Festival Beach Food Forest, as Interstate 35 construction and a relocated wastewater line collide with years of grassroots work.
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A judge is reviewing whether 494 petition signatures were wrongly excluded—potentially deciding whether Austin voters weigh in on the convention center rebuild. A ruling is expected before the Feb. 13 ballot deadline.
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For decades, East 22nd Street has served as a kind of seam in the Blackland neighborhood — close enough to Manor Road to feel the spillover from restaurants, traffic and nightlife, yet still residential in character.
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A Texas appeals court is weighing whether Hays County Commissioners Court violated the Texas Open Meetings Act when it called a $778M road bond election — and whether voter approval still stands.
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More than 125 homeowners in Central Austin’s Rosedale neighborhood are defending themselves from a lawsuit bankrolled by their own tax dollars.
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The Historic Landmark Commission recommended East Austin’s Bethany Cemetery, Austin’s oldest Black cemetery, as a City of Austin landmark on Jan. 7.
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An Austin “grocery nerd” advising New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on his campaign promise to open five city-run public food stores worries that the new mayor isn’t thinking big enough to succeed.
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In a move that’s becoming almost routine, Austin ISD trustees voted in November to close 10 local schools, citing a cocktail of budget shortfalls, declining enrollment, and state accountability pressures — all for a projected $22 million in savings.
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After the 1954 Brown school-desegregation decision, Delco overcame racism to earn a U.T. zoology Ph.D, becoming a Huston-Tillotson University dean.
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In 2025, Austin Free Press delivered scoops on housing and other crucial affordability issues. Read the full recap here: austinfreepress.org/a-tenacious-...
The most momentous event of the year came when affordability-strapped residents told city officials to curb their spending already.
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Austin United PAC filed a lawsuit Monday against the city of Austin, asking a judge to overturn the city’s rejection of its convention center petition and to force the release of statistical records the city is using to keep the measure off the May 2026 ballot.
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“There would be, inevitably, people in the audience” over the last few years who “liked my music but didn’t like my opinions,” singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore told 100 or so people...
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When Antone’s night club unveiled its new 50-year lease last month, the public learned only the broad strokes: a landmark agreement, a future blues museum, and $1.3 million in support tied to the city’s cultural preservation efforts.
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Linda Curtis was struck by déjà vu last month when the Austin city clerk invalidated a citizen petition drive challenging the city’s plan to build a $1.6 billion convention center.
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On most mornings, Hungry Hill Foundation is vibrant and bustling. Serving free hot meals from its food truck or cold sandwiches out of the multipurpose room fridge is the first priority for founder Chase Wright.
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“Every dollar ensures all Austinites have access to well-kept parks, trails, and green spaces,” the Austin Parks Foundation says. Austin’s iconic Zilker Park has played host to the ACL Fest for decades, drawing hundreds of thousands of spectators a year.
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The Austin City Council this week will decide the future of one of East Austin’s most historic school sites, as a proposal to rezone the former Rosewood Elementary School property at 2406 Rosewood Avenue heads to a final vote.
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The Nov. 4 trouncing of Austin City Council’s Proposition Q tax hike ballot measure has prompted soul searching by some council members as they seek to regain the trust of voters who overwhelmingly rejected higher taxes.
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Two Travis Co. property owners filed suit Wednesday against members of the Travis Co. Commissioners Court, saying the group exceeded their authority when they voted to set the county tax rate in excess of the amount needed to address the July 4 flooding disaster.
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Austin voters slam-dunked the city council on Tuesday with a resounding rejection of Proposition Q – a proposal that would have permanently raised the city’s property-tax rate to generate roughly $110 million annually.
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