Before Jennifer Cobb became an electrician, she worked as a receptionist in a doctor’s office in the Austin area. She was making about $16 an hour and raising two boys, which meant money was tight.

Austin residents have the opportunity to weigh in on the city’s financial priorities through a newly launched budget engagement survey. The survey follows the conclusion of a series of community ...

Just over 3,200 people in Austin and Travis County slept in tents, shelters or cars on one night in January. That’s about 800 ...

The city is moving forward with reforms to several of its density bonus programs, following the recommendations from an ...

An array of local projects that lost millions of dollars in federal funding in March may secure a second chance in the next ...

Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office is proposing a funding package totaling just under $101 million for homelessness response ...

A bundle of subtle planning changes around two Capital Metro park-and-rides in North and South Austin may lay the groundwork ...

Some Judges’ Hill neighbors are spooked about a proposed redevelopment near 15th and Lamar and very near a geologic feature implicated in several landslides along Shoal Creek in recent years. But so ...

After years of deferrals and litigation, new state mandates for public school performance are finally catching up to Austin Independent School District, leaving hundreds of its children, teachers, and ...

As Austin/Travis County heads into another scorching hot wildfire season, city and county leaders are sharing updates on community-wide preparedness efforts and emphasizing how individual Austinites ...

The Office of Police Oversight received more than 1,500 public contacts in 2023, forwarding 578 complaints to the Austin Police Department and recommending 215 for investigation, according to the ...

Up to four new libraries, more neighborhood health centers, and a host of new park properties and recreation centers are among the facilities being considered for the city’s next bond election that ...