The city’s proposed overhaul of regulations for short-term rental properties could tighten licensing requirements, impose new restrictions on ownership, and shift enforcement responsibilities onto ...

Members of the Resource Management Commission voted unanimously to recommend against a resurrected proposal to merge the RMC with the Zero Waste Advisory Commission, or ZWAC, at a special called ...

After recent vehicle break-ins at parks and greenbelts, the city of Austin is looking to improve security. Each year, ...

Save Austin Now, the group that pushed for and won an election to make the city enforce a ban on camping among homeless residents, has won a victory at the 3rd Court of Appeals. Save Austin Now filed ...

The Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) voiced opposition to a City Council-backed proposal to consolidate several of Austin’s boards and commissions, including a plan to merge the Bicycle Advisory ...

Central Health is hosting the first of several community conversations 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, as a chance for members of the community to share with the Central Health Board of Managers ...

Austin has a new-old office. The Office of Climate Action and Resilience is the official new name of the Office of Sustainability and “better reflects … helping Austin prepare for and respond to the ...

The city’s housing staff members acknowledge a need to accelerate the pace of new permanent supportive housing projects in the coming years to meet the long-term goal of 5,000 additional units over ...

The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA) is urging state lawmakers to caution against policies that could jeopardize long-term water security. In a newly released report, called “Water for ...

Austin may establish a dedicated, in-house team to conduct regular cleanups at encampments across the city’s park system. That’s the recommendation laid out in a memo from three department directors ...

In light of Donald Trump’s recent effort to freeze federal spending authorized by Congress – swiftly blocked by two federal judges – the question on every local policymaker’s mind is: What’s going to ...