Austin Monitor

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This website is no longer being updated.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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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This website is no longer being updated.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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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This website is no longer being updated.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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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This website is no longer being updated.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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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This website is no longer being updated.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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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This website is no longer being updated.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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Howard proudly ruffling feathers her third year in office

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. For Travis County Commissioner Ann Howard, this year was all about ...
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Austin’s airport is getting a new concourse and 20 more gates but not until the 2030s

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) is gearing up to add at ...
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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 ...
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Erosion issues persist in Zilker Park amid limited resources

In August of 2023, after three years of planning and many thousands of dollars, City Council was forced to scrap its comprehensive Zilker Park Vision Plan, amid a bitter battle waged by detractors and ...
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Report shows pedestrian crash deaths in Austin have not decreased

Although Austin has fewer overall automobile crashes than other major Texas cities, the percentage of crashes involving serious injury or death of a pedestrian is still at the same rate — 27.9 percent ...