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City facing a $33 million deficit for 2026

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Given current conditions, the city’s budget analysts are projecting a ...
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New Data Center Planned for Lockhart in 2028

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Only a few weeks after Austin City Council passed a resolution ...
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Report finds slashed site plan review times, with further improvements on tap

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. An analysis of the city’s ongoing work to improve its widely criticized ...
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In 2025, Travis County Commissioner Ann Howard eyes building more supportive housing and strengthening climate resilience

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Coming from her background in affordable housing at the Ending ...
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Will Austin embrace air taxis?

At their most-recent meeting, City Council’s Mobility Committee heard a presentation from Assistant City Manager Michael Rogerson the burgeoning air taxi industry, which Rogers framed as an emerging ...
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Scaled-down Violet Crown development near Bee Cave under consideration again

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. The embattled Violet Crown Amphitheater – a planned development ...
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Council adopts ordinance for electric vehicle charging stations

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. After adopting ordinances that promise to provide more housing on ...
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New concrete barricades coming to Austin’s Sixth Street as part of safety plan

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Starting today, city crews will begin replacing the water-filled ...
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Millennium seating setback spotlights uncertain future for East Austin hub

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Nearly three years after the city approved funding to upgrade the ...
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Council could decide ‘agent of change’ noise dispute issue, after nearly a decade of debate

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. This week, City Council could end nearly a decade of waiting and staff ...
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City moving forward with new floodplain maps from Atlas 14 rainfall study

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. The city is moving forward with its effort to update its floodplain ...
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The implosion of Austin’s crime lab: A timeline

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. It has blindsided Austin’s criminal justice community. What started a ...