Someone whispered in the Bulldog’s ear that one of the four candidates running for Travis County Commissioner Precinct 2 does ...

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The 2026 Austin City Council elections won’t take place for 283 days but eight challengers have already appointed campaign treasurers to run for one of the five council seats that will be on the ...

If you're concerned with how your local city government officials get elected—and how any change in the election system might affect your interests—you will have numerous opportunities to hear a ...

The Austin United Political Action Committee and several of its members have filed suit against the City of Austin, saying that City Clerk Erika Brady wrongly disqualified signatures of registered ...

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As the local union for city and county employees, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFSCME Local 1624, is getting ready for what could be a difficult battle over possible ...

LATE UPDATE: Jenny LaCoste-Daputo, deputy director of communications, issued this statement at 5:04pm November 12, 2025: “The City of Austin believes that the budget work session meeting noticed for ...

Two Travis County property owners filed suit Wednesday against members of the Travis County Commissioners Court, saying the group exceeded their authority when they voted to set the county tax rate in ...

The City Auditor’s Office has released an Investigative Report accusing Nico Hauwert, probably the best- known geoscientist in Central Texas, of misusing city resources and committing fraud when he ...

Janet Marie Jennings-Doyle was making $170,000 a year as chief appraiser of Montgomery Central Appraisal District. On April 30, 2024—after 16 months in that job—the board of directors voted ...

This story was updated at 12:45pm August 23, 2025, to add a link to the audio recording of the Appraisal Review Board’s formal hearing of the valuation protest filed by Colorado River Project LLC. The ...