- August 13, 2020
- 1:08 pm
Austin City Council have unanimously approved the new 2020-21 fiscal year budget, and with it have pledged to cut the Austin Police Department budget
Politics
- August 12, 2020
- 1:09 pm
Austin City Council could vote today on up to $150-million cuts to APDs budget.
Council is considering reallocating those police dollars toward other offices, divisions
- August 11, 2020
- 1:40 pm
It’s possible that by tomorrow, the Austin City Council could vote to remove both the Internal Affairs department and forensic services from the purview
- July 30, 2020
- 12:35 pm
Austin Police brace for big changes as the Austin city council prepares listens to final public comments on the budget today.
Activists, progressives, and self
- July 20, 2020
- 12:00 pm
Almost 91,000 people in the Austin area filed unemployment claims for June, bringing the unemployment rate to 7.6%, that is actually much lower than
- July 14, 2020
- 12:59 pm
Following nation wide protest centered on police reform and cries from activists to defund police departments, Austin’s City Manager Spencer Cronk is proposing Austin’s
- July 14, 2020
- 12:27 pm
Today is your last chance to cast a ballot in the primary runoff and special elections.
But before you head out, make sure you are
- July 9, 2020
- 12:59 am
2pm Update:
Austin City council make it so breaking Governor Greg Abbott’s mask mandate could end up cost you $2000.
In a special council session today
- July 6, 2020
- 9:39 am
The Austin Police Department has effectively stopped ticketing and arresting people low level marijuana possession cases.
That decision came down from APD Chief Brian Manley
- June 25, 2020
- 9:45 pm
Austin City Councilmember Greg Casar warns of a trio of economic shutdowns in Austin’s near future if covid trends don’t change. Casar says people
- June 23, 2020
- 12:38 pm
You might not get a fine in Austin, but your business could if you don’t wear a facemask.
Austin’s Mayor Steve Adler has issued out
- June 22, 2020
- 9:46 pm
The Round Rock school district is spending $1.7-million of its new budget on a dedicated police department.
Amid the call from activists to defund police
- June 22, 2020
- 8:35 pm
COVID-19 is spreading at an unacceptable rate in Texas, said Governor Greg Abbott.
He continued, people not following safety guidelines to slow the spread of
- June 19, 2020
- 7:48 pm
Work has begun on reshaping Austin’s Police Department and the public safety sector. That was the goal of the newly created city council Public
- June 19, 2020
- 12:00 pm
Police Chief Brian Manley will continue to lead the department even after several City Councilmembers either asked him to resign or said they have
- June 18, 2020
- 12:16 pm
Another street mural is being laid out on an Austin Street starting today. City officials say the words, Black Artists Matter, are being painted