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City of Austin City Council Met May 6
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 25, 2021
City of Austin City Council Met Thursday, May 6.
City of Austin City Council Will Meet Sept. 2
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 24, 2021
City of Austin City Council Will Meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 2.
City of Austin City Council Met May 4
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 24, 2021
City of Austin City Council Met Tuesday, May 4.
'Redistricting is the ballgame': Texas to gain two new House seats based on Census data
By Art Benavidez | Aug 23, 2021
Recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau has revealed that the state’s population growth will result in two new U.S. House seats.
Ginn: It's time to ease Texas' property tax burden
By T.H. Lawrence | Aug 23, 2021
Texas will reduce its onerous property tax burden. It’s a matter of when, not if, Texas Public Policy Foundation chief economist Vance Ginn predicts.
City of Austin City Council Will Meet Aug. 24
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 23, 2021
City of Austin City Council Will Meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24.
City of Austin City Council and Travis County Commissioners Court Will Meet Aug. 24
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 23, 2021
City of Austin City Council and Travis County Commissioners Court Will Meet at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 24.
City of Austin Housing and Planning Committee Met May 3
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 22, 2021
City of Austin Housing and Planning Committee Met Monday, May 3.
City of Austin Water Oversight Committee Met April 19
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 22, 2021
City of Austin Water Oversight Committee Met Monday, April 19.
City of Austin Audit And Finance Committee Met May 26
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 21, 2021
City of Austin Audit And Finance Committee Met Wednesday, May 26.
City of Austin City Council Will Meet Aug. 26
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 20, 2021
City of Austin City Council Will Meet at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 26.
Absent Texas Democrats still collect per diem during special sessions at the cost of Texas taxpayers
By Alexus Barnhart | Aug 19, 2021
In July, 61 Texas House Democrats left Texas for Washington, D.C. to avoid voting on a reform bill. As they remain absent, representatives are still being paid their per diem.
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors Will Meet Aug. 26
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 19, 2021
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors Will Meet at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 26.
Honest Elections Project's Snead: U.S. House will 'weaponize progressive litigation machine' under guise of fighting voter discrimination
By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 18, 2021
House Democrats said they will vote next week on legislation that would require certain states to preclear changes to their voting laws with federal authorities.
'It shows the legislative process works': TPPF applauds work of Texas Senate on election legislation
By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 18, 2021
The Texas Senate’s approval of sweeping election legislation last week was a civics lesson for House Democrats who a month earlier fled the state to prevent the measures from making it to the governor, said Chad Ennis, senior fellow for the Election Protection Project at the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation.
McCaul refers to crisis in Afghanistan as 'a stain' on Biden's presidency
By Cara Clark | Aug 18, 2021
Texas Republican Congressman Michael McCaul, who leads Republicans on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, posted a scathing tweet on President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
Former UT Regent Wallace Hall to match Crime Stopper reward for arrest of missing state lawmakers
By Austin Journal Reports | Aug 16, 2021
Former University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall intends to match the reward offered by the Texas Government Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest of State Representatives who are missing from the House Chamber.
Crime Stopper Organization offers $2,500 reward for whereabouts of missing Democratic lawmakers
By Austin Journal Reports | Aug 13, 2021
The Texas-based office of Government Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of lawmakers who have fled the state House chamber.
Austin implements policies to bring back families of color, reverse historical 'displacement caused by the city and other government entities'
By Andy Nghiem | Aug 13, 2021
The City of Austin is trying to bring black and brown families back to the East Austin area in an effort to slow gentrification in the region.
State ponders overhaul of the electric grid, hopes to 'reallocate payments to most reliable source of power'
By Art Benavidez | Aug 13, 2021
The February winter storm that exposed weaknesses in the state’s electrical grid, leaving much of the state’s residents to deal with subzero temperatures without electricity, could soon be overhauled.