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Can The City Manager Solve Homelessness?
A series of interlocking issues will dominate local governance and politics this Spring. At least two of those are petition induced referendums on the May 1 municipal ballot: homelessness, in the form of whether to overturn the City Council’s June 2019 repeal of the...
Police Chief Search Faces Numerous Hurdles Resulting from City Hall Chaos
As noted a few weeks ago, the Austin Independent had a few stories in the works when the power outages resulting from the Deep Freeze hit. At that point we held off on completing those stories and instead switched to covering the collapse of the state grid, and in...
Council Apologizes for City’s Racism – With Resolution from Harper Madison
Last week featured an official City of Austin apology from the City Council for the City’s “participation in the enslavement of Black people, for its active involvement in segregation and systemic discrimination, for exacerbating racial divides through both active and...
Abbott Lifts COVID Restrictions – Texas Passes Mississippi On The Way Down
Defying medical and science advice, the Governors of Texas and Mississippi lift coronavirus restrictions, but Mississippi comes out a little bit ahead.
Update and Pop Quiz: Abbott Addresses State on Freeze Disaster
Gov. Greg Abbott addresses the state on the disastrous freeze and in the process addresses some questions raised earlier by the Independent.
Storm Response Showcases Character of Texas Officials – Not a Pretty Picture
Digging through the news detritus from Texas storm coverage and examining what it reveals about the character of Texas officials.
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