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Austin City Council faces a deadline on whether to spend hundreds of millions covering the highway with acres of public space at the expense of other priorities facing the city. KUT News did a deep dive on the project and interviewed council members during a livestream Monday.
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The City Council faces a May 31 deadline to decide whether to spend an initial $284 million on support structures for caps over the soon-to-be-lowered highway.
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Hundreds came out to speak to before the council, which ultimately passed the vote after more than eight hours of public testimony.
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The city will allow those who are 65 and older or have a disability and live in the home they own to keep more money from taxes.
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Judge orders Austin to scrap rules that let developers build more in exchange for affordable housingAustin ignored state law when it passed three housing policies, a AGÕæÈ˰ټÒÀÖ County district judge ruled Friday. These policies allowed developers to ignore some zoning rules as long as they set aside a portion of what they built for people earning low incomes.
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If passed Thursday, these land code changes would let people build up to three homes where just one or two are currently allowed. It would also lower the amount of land needed to build a house, although the vote on this part of the resolution isn’t until next year.
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Five Austin City Council seats were on the ballot this election. Two candidates cruised to victory. The top two candidates from three other races will compete again next month.
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From Texas Standard.At Amarillo City Council meetings, clapping is a sign of rebellion. And citizens are called out for doing it.Mayor Ginger Nelson�
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Given that it’s in a government building, the painting that hangs outside Mayor Steve Adler’s office is a bizarre choice. It’s a portrait of a cat � its�