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The Austin City Council is preparing to vote on how much more Austinites should pay in taxes. Council members are supporting ...
After Austin city council members laid out their proposals for a tax rate election Thursday, Mayor Kirk Watson told KXAN he ...
Now that a tax rate election has been recommended to the full council, here's what each council member is proposing be in ...
The additions would be on top of the city of Austin’s current tax rate of 47.76 cents per $100 of property value. This latest ...
Dueling plans would raise the property tax rate by 8 to 11 cents and generate tens of millions to offset the city’s budget ...
Over $100 million in federal funding for the project was cut as part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill." AUSTIN, Texas — ...
Ryan Alter Before Ryan Alter was elected to City Council, he was a staffer in the Texas Legislature – and it shows. Through his two years in office, he has proven time and time again to be a ...
City council members approved an Austin Energy contract Thursday that will add 100 megawatts of battery storage. The contract will cost Austin Energy $14.5 million annually.
Thursday, Austin city council will decide whether it wants to commit funding to design and build roadway elements for park decks over the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) I-35 exp… ...
One group — Council Members Ryan Alter, Chito Vela, Jose Velasquez, Zo Qadri and Natasha Harper-Madison — want the city to invest in roadway elements for as many highway covers, known as caps ...
AUSTIN, Texas — The City of Austin is taking steps to boost its own solar energy production to help with its climate goals. At its meeting Thursday, council members approved a resolution co ...
Road Closed: The State Limits Revenue Council members, and the professional budget staff at the city, have known this day would come. The writing appeared on the wall in 2019 after the Texas ...