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Ex-boxer Ramos running for City Council, vows to use bonds to solve Austin's social ills
As an elite professional boxer, Casey Ramos trained day and night. Now running for City Council District 2, he’s campaigning with the same intensity while raising a newborn with his fiancée.
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Former council member questions Austin's proposed budget
The Austin City Council doesn’t use zero-based budgeting tools to ensure efficient spending of existing dollars, according to a former council member.
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City of Austin launches grant programs for small business and nonprofit aid
The Austin Economic Development Department has launched two grant programs to help sustain small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Austin suspends evictions, creates loan program to help small businesses pay rent
During the coronavirus crisis, the Austin City Council has instituted a policy ensuring that renters will have more time to make rent payments before having to worry about any eviction proceedings.
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Groups aim to reinstate, expand homeless camping ban in Austin
Led by the nonprofit group “Save Austin Now,” a coalition of organizations and concerned citizens have begun gathering signatures to introduce an ordinance on the November ballot that would reintroduce a ban on homeless camping in Austin, and as they say, restore public safety. The group’s efforts began Feb. 24.