GOVERNMENT
Austin City Council will consider purchasing and renovating a motel property along I-35 in South Austin to provide shelter for the city's homeless individuals. (Christopher Neely/Community Impact Newspaper)
City may buy Rodeway Inn in South Austin, renovate property to house homeless
A homeless camp underneath Hwy. 290
Austin wants to put trash cans near homeless camps under highways, awaits state approval
West Lake Hills
West Lake Hills receives planning excellence award
Sonesta Bee Cave Hotel owner Adrian Overstreet said he spoke with representatives from PR Boutique after the Nov. 12 meeting, and he anticipates a reworked proposal fitting the new $500,000 budget to be in to City Manager Clint Garza's office by the end of this week. (Brian Rash/Community Impact Newspaper)
Bee Cave scraps agreement to implement $1 million branding campaign, votes in favor of $500,000 plan
Deece Eckstein at the Nov. 12 Travis County Commissioners Court meeting
Travis County intergovernmental relations officer announces retirement, triggers "aggressive" hiring schedule
Gus, a contraband detection dog at the the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, performs a demonstration of how to seek out cellphones around the prison. A measure on the Nov. 5 ballot would ensure law enforcement animals like Gus can be adopted by their handlers after they retire. (Brandon Thibodeaux for The Texas Tribune)
Texas law requires retired police dogs be auctioned off. Proposition 10 would send them home with their handlers.
Officials say a comment made by homeless strategy officer Lori Pampilo Harris regarding inmates coming to Austin from all Texas prisons is false.
Not all parolees released from Texas prisons have to come to Austin, despite one city official's claim
Lakeway Building and Development Services Director Charlotte Hodges explains a potential road project to an attendee at an Oct. 29 open house.
Lakeway residents get opportunity for feedback at transportation-based open house
The Travis County jail population hit a 10-year population low in 2018, at 2,221 individuals.
Travis County commissioners receive update on jail population, bond program amid scrutiny
Bee Cave officials clear record on news report regarding housing for people experiencing homelessness
Homeless camps have become a fixture under highways such as I-35.
Texas governor, ‘following through on promise,’ tells TxDOT to clear homeless encampments under Austin highways starting Nov. 4
Travis County becomes second Texas county to adopt environmental purchasing policy
Bee Cave Mayor Monty Parker discusses city's future, decision not to run again in 2020
Austinites packed into City Hall Saturday, Oct. 26, to provide public testimony on the latest draft of the city's land-development code.
Weekend testimony highlights continued rift among Austinites’ competing visions for new land development code
Anjail Naini presented West Lake Hills' Silver Scenic City Award during an Oct. 23 council meeting.
West Lake Hills recognized as scenic city as a result of enforced ordinances