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Austin City Council met for its last regular voting session of 2021 on Dec. 9. (Ben Thompson/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin City Council pauses jet fuel storage search and approves plan to sue Netflix, Hulu, other streamers
Tewbeleaux's Cajun Grill opened in Northwest Austin on Nov. 2. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
CI TEXAS ROUNDUP: Tewbeleaux's Cajun Grill opens first Central Texas location in Northwest Austin; House of Pies opens in Cypress and more top news
Consuelo Mendez Middle School has consistently received poor ratings from the Texas Education Agency. (Community Impact Newspaper)
CI TEXAS ROUNDUP: State could take over AISD school board if poorly-rated campus does not improve; new furniture store to open in McKinney and more top news
Consuelo Mendez Middle School has consistently received poor ratings from the Texas Education Agency. (Community Impact Newspaper)
State could take over AISD school board if poorly rated campus does not improve next year
Austin ISD trustee Noelita Lugo argues for breaking down student achievement measures by race in the district's 2021-2026 scorecard, rather than examining only economically disadvantaged students without racial groups. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin ISD considers how to measure equity gaps in academic achievement
Austin City Council made changes to arts and library funding among other decisions Dec. 2. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin City Hall notebook: Arts community, homeless health care program get funding, plus other actions
Council Member Greg Casar speaks at a press conference outside City Hall ahead of a vote to approve an ordinance granting the Austin Office of Civil Rights enforcement power. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin Office of Civil Rights granted new powers
The state and the city of Austin had already exhausted rental assistance funding from the federal program. (Benton Graham/Community Impact Newspaper)
Travis County hits pause on rental assistance applications as federal dollars dry up
One group focused on safety during the Long-range Planning Committee's Nov. 30 meeting. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin ISD committee hears parents' concerns, discusses understaffing
Assistant City Manager Rodney Gonzalez answered commissioners' and board members' questions at a Nov. 29 meeting. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
South Austin public engagement threatened by land use commissions moving meeting place, commissioners say
Commissioners on Nov. 22 voted to approve a density change to preliminary plans for The Preserve, a neighborhood that city documents said could include 565 single-family homes at the northeast corner of Teel and Panther Creek Parkways. (Courtesy city of Frisco)
CI TEXAS ROUNDUP: Neighborhood near PGA Frisco could see larger lots; ERCOT says Texas power grid ready for expected winter demand and more top news
City Attorney Laura Mueller presented during the Nov. 22 Dripping Springs City Council meeting. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
Development moratorium extended to 90 days in Dripping Springs
Chief of Human Capital Leslie Stephens, right, and Assistant Superintendent of Human Capital Brandi Hosack, left presented data and strategies related to teacher vacancies at the Nov. 18 Austin ISD Board of Trustees meeting. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin ISD looks to recruit teachers as it faces more vacancies than normal
Austin City Council will meet Nov. 18. (Ben Thompson/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin City Hall notebook: District 4 election date, marshal program delay, new city clerk on Nov. 18 agenda
Austin voters considered two propositions, one from a citizen petition, in the Nov. 2 election. (Olivia Aldridge/Community Impact Newspaper)
After another election headlined by propositions, some call to tighten Austin's citizen petition rules
Dripping Springs City Council will vote on whether to extend the city's development moratorium 90 days on Nov. 22. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact)
Dripping Springs considers extending development moratorium
The city's efforts to overhaul its land development code, which dictates what can be built in the city and where, have been held up since early 2020. (Community Impact Newspaper file photo)
Legal teams lay out arguments in Austin's appeal over stalled land development code update
Clint Pruett, director of facilities and construction for DSISD, told the Board of Trustees Nov. 15 that whether and how the moratorium affects the district will depend on the length it is in place. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
Dripping Springs ISD could be affected by development moratorium, staff says
The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved retention payments for all current employees of the district. (Maggie Quinlan/Community Impact Newspaper)
Bonuses approved for all Dripping Springs ISD employees