Austin City Council
Recent News About Austin City Council
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Austin City Council to hold special election on eight propositions
Creating a criminal offense and penalty for aggressive solicitation in a public area is among eight propositions that will be voted on during special elections held by the Austin City Council on May 1.
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Austin City Council 2020 runoff elections bring mixed results for conservatives and liberals
Austin has finished its 2020 City Council runoff elections with a mixed bag of conservative and liberal officials.
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District 10 Council incumbent Alter faces challenger Virden in runoff election
Incumbent Alison Alter is facing a runoff election against challenger Jennifer Virden for the Austin City Council District 10 seat tomorrow.
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District 6 Council incumbent Flannigan to face challenger Kelly in runoff election.
The race for the Austin City Council District 6 seat is heading toward a runoff election after incumbent Jimmy Flannigan garnered 40.22% of the votes in the November general election.
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Fuentes pulls surprise win over Chincanchan in Austin's District 2 election
Vanessa Fuentes pulled off a decisive win over David Chincanchan in the City Council District 2 election.Fuentes’s win was the biggest surprise of election night.
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Chincanchan supports police funding cuts, controversial rezoning plan
David Chincanchan, candidate for the open Austin City Council District 2 seat, supports cutting police funding, repealing the homeless camping ban and a controversial rezoning plan.
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Finance records: Flannigan OKs cases represented by lobbying firm that donated to his re-election
Austin City Council member Jimmy Flannigan has received significant donations from a lobbying firm for his re-election campaign and has voted in favor of real estate cases that firm has represented, according to campaign finance reports.
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Austin City Council member Flannigan seeks re-election in District 6
Austin City Council member Jimmy Flannigan is running for re-election for District 6, a seat he has held since 2016.
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Alters' Austin City Council re-election campaign focuses on environment, long-term solutions
After being elected to the Austin City Council in 2016, Alison Alter, a native of Rosedale, is running for re-election to secure her seat in District 10.
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Witt, Pool compete for Austin City Council's District 7 seat
This fall Austin residents will be electing officials to represent City Council Districts 2, 4, 6, 7 10, and District 7, where Morgan Witt and incumbent Leslie Pool are running against each other, KUT 90.5 reported.
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Casar, Herrin, Setepenre face off in Austin City Council District 4 candidates forum
The three District 4 candidates, Greg Casar, Louis Herrin III and Ramessess II Setepenre, were featured in the Austin City Council Candidate Forum on Sept. 23.
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Austin councilwoman backed $7.1 billion transit plan, even though district will not significantly benefit
District 10 Austin City Council Member Alison Alter voted for a $7.1 billion transit plan on the ballot in November and the subsequent tax hike that would fund the system even though the service will not significantly benefit her district.
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Developers back Austin council candidate Chincanchan, who supports rezoning plan
District 2 Austin City Council candidate David Chincanchan, a strong supporter of changing the city’s zoning code because of its “segregationist, racist past.” is raking in campaign donations from developers whose industry would benefit from new, high-density zoning regulation, The Austin Bulldog reported.
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Austin City Council District 2 candidates support 2019 repeal of homeless camping ban
Two candidates for the District 2 Austin City Council seat have expressed support for allowing the homeless to live in tent encampments.
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Councilman Flannigan: Austin needs innovative approach to battle chronic homelessness
A year after the Austin City Council decriminalized homelessness by repealing a 1996 law that made camping in public places illegal, the problem continues, now fueled by a COVID-19 pandemic and its economic-damaging business shutdowns, according to a report in the Texas Standard.
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Austin City Council supports underground rail project backed by Flannigan
The Austin City Council voted unanimously Aug. 12 to place on the November ballot a measure that will allow construction of a $7 billion light rail commuter underground tunnel system through the city’s downtown to connect with the city’s current rail network.
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Flannigan, Austin City Council adopt 2021 budget to defund police after community unrest
The 10-member Austin City Council unanimously voted to defund the city police department Aug. 13 with Mayor Greg Adler and council members Jimmy Flannigan, Greg Casar and Leslie Pool all supporting the measure.
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Chincanchan, Fuentes support police budget cuts as Austin's crime rate increases
When Austin City Council voted in August to cut the police department budget by one-third, District 2 candidate David Chincanchan supported the move.
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Council member Flannigan supports controversial rezoning plan that could raise property taxes in Austin
District 6 Austin City Council member Jimmy Flannigan supported a controversial revamp of the city's zoning code that critics say could dramatically raise property taxes and make single-family homes a relic of the past.
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Alter receives donations from real estate industry, lobbyists as City Council proceeds with convention center expansion
An analysis for donations to Austin City Council members reveals that real estate and construction industries have donated a significant amount of funds.