Analyst Jason Isaac said government at all levels shouldn’t choose winners when it comes to energy production and that the 2021 Texas Legislature showed it also believes in the free market process.
Matt Mackowiak, co-founder of Save Austin Now, said that with the homicide rate in Austin on the rise, the Police Department under-staffed and morale low, the Texas capital will be a dangerous place this summer.
Austin has a well-deserved reputation for being a bit "weird," but allowing hundreds of homeless people to camp in the city was a step too far for many city residents.
Chas Moore has seen the statistics and examined the reports but the executive director of the Austin Justice Coalition has even stronger evidence that Texas law enforcement officers engage in more interactions and arrest a higher percentage of people of color.
A Texas energy analyst said elected officials and those in charge of public policy need to accept their responsibility for the power problems that struck Austin and the rest of Texas last month.
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the Austin music scene – shuttering venues, costing musicians the majority of their gigs, impacting affiliated businesses. Proponents have called on the city to invest more money in supporting the people and businesses suffering due to the coronavirus.