A very bad day at the Capitol
Bipartisan awfulness.
Jack Craver
Ken Paxton weighs in on Project Connect...what does this mean?
Texas's indicted attorney general has added his two cents to the Project Connect saga. Surprise, surprise, he thinks it's illegal! In an eight-page opinion, the attorney general's office suggests there are "mistakes" that may render the current Project Connect financial structure illegal.
We're Number 10!
Austin has become America's 10th largest city.
A new homeless shelter
Turning a warehouse into a homeless shelter.
What should become of Strait Music?
A project that will improve the environment might not comply with city enviro rules.
A better way for the police union to spend its money
Why did the cops blow so much money on a lost cause?
There go parking minimums!
Well, this week ends on a high note! I will be celebrating by abandoning you next week to spend time with my parents, who are visiting from New Jersey. I don't plan on publishing any new content next week, but I will likely share some past articles to
DPS deployment: the good, bad & ugly
Violent crime has dipped. But BS tickets have also skyrocketed.
The Project Connect data we need
A look at which routes will produce the highest ridership.
What do we make of the DPS data?
How do the racial demographics of DPS arrests compare to APD's?
A big whiff from Bloomberg
Who thinks it's easy to build in Austin?
Could we actually get smaller minimum lot sizes?
The Lege might achieve what Austin urbanists could never have dreamed of.