Cap Metro to shelve 46 new electric buses for a year after …
Nov 19, 2024 · Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority will put 46 brand-new electric buses in storage for at least a year, the latest fallout from an electrification goal the transit agency now admits was overly ambitious. The main problem, Capital Metro’s leadership says, has been the slow rollout of e-bus chargers at the end of routes to keep vehicles running all day.
Austin Energy proposes gas peaker units, not larger combined …
Nov 20, 2024 · Austin Energy has been working for more than a year – collaborating with stakeholders and looking at a variety of technologies, “including energy efficiency, demand response, batteries, rooftop solar expansion and natural gas peaker units or combined-cycle generation and more” – in order to deliver the Austin Energy 2035 plan, according to Austin Energy Chief Operating Officer Lisa Martin.
New zoning would allow huge building on South Congress
Oct 29, 2024 · At the last meeting before the Nov. 5 election, City Council spent more than 11 hours in chambers, with most of their time being devoted to the contract with the Austin Police Association, which they approved. But with a barely…
Arts Commission joins call for bond money to replace Dougherty …
Nov 25, 2024 · Key Players & Topics In This Article. Arts Commission: The Arts Commission advises the Austin City Council in all arts-related matters, fosters the development of the arts, and promotes cooperation between the City and the public.. Austin City Council: The Austin City Council is the body with legislative purview over the City of Austin.It offers policy direction, while the office of the City ...
Lisa Davis confirmed as the next head of the Austin Police …
Aug 7, 2024 · Lisa Davis is the new head of the Austin Police Department. City Council approved the nomination of the nearly 32-year law enforcement veteran, who comes to Austin from Cincinnati, to take the helm at APD. Davis’ approval comes after a…
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After a busy 2024, Fuentes looks to take on more leadership roles. With her first term and a smooth reelection behind her, Vanessa Fuentes returns to the dais in January with a fresh to-do list and aspirations of becoming the next mayor pro …
Duchen clinches narrow win in District 10 election
Although the race was extremely close, at the end of Tuesday night Marc Duchen could claim victory in the District 10 City Council contest over his only opponent, Ashika Ganguly. Duchen finished with 20,731 votes to Ganguly’s 20,227, with only…
November 2024 Austin and Travis County Election: Voter Resource
Overview: District 6 is arguably Austin’s most far-flung district, and the only to include parts of Williamson County as well as the Anderson Mill, River Place, Avery Ranch, Riata and Robinson Ranch neighborhoods.The Northwest district is also the only to never re-elect a City Council member. This go-around, incumbent Mackenzie Kelly faces one challenger.
Voters pass Austin Independent School District Proposition A
Austin Independent School District Proposition A, a tax rate election, passed with 58 percent of the vote on Nov. 5, resulting in a property tax increase for Austin residents that will invest $41 million in AISD. The Austin ISD Board…
Ethics complaint against Watson campaign still unsettled after …
Nov 18, 2024 · The question of whether Mayor Kirk Watson’s reelection campaign violated the city’s campaign finance rules remained unsettled last week following a hearing before the Ethics Review Commission.. The commission recessed shortly after 10 p.m. after deadlocking on one motion to dismiss the complaint and another to extend the meeting past 10 p.m.