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Light rail with sources, and the next council meeting.
- Burnet Middle and Webb Middle petitions are due today.
October 15, 2026
- The city and UT are close to a deal to preserve Muny.
October 15, 2026
- A partial power outage at the Austin airport delayed flights Tuesday.
October 14, 2026
- Austin has borrowed $566M since 2024 through debt that doesn't go to voters.
October 14, 2026
- Every Austin police officer will have to take crisis-intervention training.
October 14, 2026
- Early voting starts Monday, and mail-ballot applications must arrive by Oct 23.
October 13, 2026
- Ryan Alter faces three challengers for a second term in District 5.
October 13, 2026
- Texas could end its Children's Autism Program under a proposed state budget.
October 13, 2026
- Taylor agreed to annex a 664-acre data center and power plant campus over residents' objections.
October 12, 2026
- Austin ISD is borrowing $140M to cover payroll while the state reviews its spending.
October 9, 2026
- Austin will start planning for a city bond election every six years, now that Council has approved the plan.
October 9, 2026
- APD says No Wrong Door is spacing out crisis contacts with Austin's most frequent cases, and civil rights groups want police out of it.
October 8, 2026
- Early voting starts Oct 19, and you can vote at any Travis County site from 7am to 7pm.
October 8, 2026
- Two people were killed in Austin on Tuesday, APD's 45th and 46th homicides this year.
October 8, 2026
- AISD is borrowing $140 million to cover payroll through November
October 7, 2026
- ICE detentions in the Austin area climbed from 2,844 to 4,817
October 7, 2026
- The state comptroller put AISD under a spending review due by Dec 31
October 7, 2026
- A Council committee heard how the Great Hills propane blast left gaps between agencies
October 6, 2026
- Southwest is adding Austin nonstops to Liberia, Nassau, and Punta Cana in June 2027
October 6, 2026
- Voter registration closed Monday — early voting starts Oct 19
October 6, 2026
- ACL Fest left Zilker’s Great Lawn a mud pit after the rain
October 5, 2026
- Burnet Middle and Webb Middle parents have 8 days to turn in petitions
October 5, 2026
- Tax rates are up, but some Austin bills may still fall
October 5, 2026
- DPS says it stopped a planned attack on the Texas Capitol last week
October 1, 2026
- Wilber Garces Perez had surgery and is still in federal custody
October 1, 2026
- Zilker Botanical Garden stays closed through Oct 15
October 1, 2026
- Travis County locked a $2.3B budget for the year ahead
September 30, 2026
- CapMetro bus fares go up Jan 10 — $1.25 climbs to $1.50, then $2 by 2029
September 28, 2026
- ATP’s board met Mon Sep 21 on next year’s budget and two Phase 1B contracts.
September 21, 2026
- TEA moved six closed AISD campuses’ failing ratings onto the schools that took their kids
September 21, 2026
- UT is cutting four undergraduate majors
September 16, 2026
- Travis County’s property-tax hearing was yesterday.
September 15, 2026
- Austin Public Health confirmed a second measles case in Travis County this year.
September 10, 2026
- Council tightened density-bonus rules near future light-rail stations.
September 10, 2026
- Council’s $5 million consulting pool was withdrawn Thursday — not a vote.
September 10, 2026
- Longhorn Dam floodgate sirens get a test blast Tuesday morning.
September 8, 2026
- Austin police are cracking down on e-motos on sidewalks and trails
September 4, 2026
- Austin’s airport expects new landing fees for private and small planes as early as Oct 1.
September 4, 2026
- Jet skis stay banned on Lake Austin through Tuesday morning
September 4, 2026
- Austin crime fell over five years, but not every year
September 3, 2026
- License-plate cameras for parking tickets are on today’s Mobility Committee agenda
September 2, 2026
- Austin’s light rail shrank by half and still costs more per mile
August 31, 2026
- Abbott told TCEQ to pause new data-center permits statewide
August 27, 2026
- AISD is looking at a $105 million budget hole
August 27, 2026
- Information session on the Marshall Middle and Linder Elementary boundary recommendations, not a voting meeting.
October 15, 2026
- Cancelled
October 15, 2026
- Work session
October 20, 2026
- Regular meeting
October 22, 2026