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Driving Safety
Austin :: TX :: USA | 2 months ago
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As of Sept. 1, Texas drivers have several new rules of the road to follow thanks to the 81st Legislature, but the city of Austin is moving to plug two big gaps in state law. On Aug. 27, council instructed City Manager Mark Ott to draft an ordinance of...
Fight brewing over East Riverside development
Austin :: TX :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The $200 million project, by Houston-based Grayco Partners, would include 1,200 apartments and 97,000 square feet of street-level retail space on about 30 acres bounded by Riverside, South Lakeshore Boulevard and Tinnin Ford Road. The tallest of the six...
Tags: Austin City Council
Austin American-Statesman: He helped mold Austin's politics, culture
Austin :: TX :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Longtime Austinite was business, political, civic and cultural leader Lowell H. Lebermann Jr., a three-term Austin City Council member, former University of Texas System regent and civic, cultural and business leader, died Thursday at the age of 70.
Tags: Lowell H. Lebermann Jr., Longtime Austinite, Austin City Council
NBC 36 Austin (KXAN): Leffingwell pounds the pavement
Austin :: TX :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility In the hours before he faces two strong contenders in his bid for Austin Mayor, City Councilman Lee Leffingwel l spent Election day pounding the pavement. "I just came out here to say 'hello' to people who are going to vote in case there's any last minute...
Tags: Brewster McCracken, Austin City Council, North Austin, David Buttross, NBC
Austin American-Statesman: Former Austin council member returns
Austin :: TX :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Former Austin council member returns Bill Spelman, on the dais in the 1990s, has no opponent this time. As Bill Spelman prepares to step into the City Council seat he left nine years ago, he sometimes waxes philosophical about the public servant he was...
Bullpucky: FG SQUARED Uses Social Media to Shake Down the City of Austin
It's no secret that the City of Austin's website needs a revamp; not just for cosmetic purposes, but to make it useful and responsive to community needs. So it was with good intentions that the City's Web group put together a proposal to engage a local...
Tags: fg squared, austin, allnews, austin city council, austin politics, website, social media, scandal, ooh busted
Cool City: Solar Subtleties
Austin :: TX :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Public questions linger about the city's proposed $250 million solar-power-purchase agreement – the first step toward becoming a partially solar-powered municipality, as required by the City Council-mandated Austin Climate Protection Plan . The shift...
Austin Approves Largest Solar Plant in the Nation
Today the Austin City Council unanimously approved a proposal to allow Gemini Solar Development Company, LLC, to construct, manage, and own the largest solar plant in the nation. The project will span 320 acres, providing power to about 5,000...
Tags: Austin, texas, solar plant, solar energy, renewable energy, Austin energy, Austin city council, Gemini solar development company, webberville
Austin American-Statesman: City poised to reject nuclear expansion
Austin :: TX :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Austin poised to reject nuclear-plant expansion Council vote follows similar one a year ago. The proposed expansion of a South Texas nuclear plant would probably finish billions of dollars over budget and years late, and investing in the deal would be...
NBC 36 Austin (KXAN): Council takes on pets, parks, pedals
Austin :: TX :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility The Austin City Council convened Thursday to discuss everything from landfills to a no-kill shelter . The agenda is chock full of items and some are a little confusing. So, here is a rundown of what the council has on its plate and which items have already...
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