by Daryl Slusher | Feb 4, 2026 | Elections 2026
Who is Josh Reyna and why is he calling Kathie Tovo “MAGA?” The core reason this is happening is that we have reached a time which comes every two years in the United States, including in Austin; that is the Democratic and Republican primaries. In Austin of...
by Daryl Slusher | May 28, 2025 | Police and Public Safety
Let’s begin by following up on our last story about the Acacia Cliffs apartment complex. That’s where a new City Council-devised development incentive called DB90, supposedly designed to create new affordable housing, instead turned into an incentive for the owner of...
by Daryl Slusher | Mar 11, 2025 | Police and Public Safety
In our last story we talked about how Travis County District Attorney José Garza appeared to say that he knew of no other cases where accused violent criminals had gotten out of jail because his office failed to indict within 90 days as required by state law. It had...
by Daryl Slusher | Feb 27, 2025 | Police and Public Safety
Travis County District Attorney José Garza is off to a really rough start in his second term, which began January 1. He’s embroiled in controversy because two alleged murderers were released on $1 and $100 bonds when Garza’s office failed to indict them within 90...
by Daryl Slusher | Jan 19, 2025 | Austin Elections
Happy New Year folks. The Austin Independent is returning from a long break after losing part of our Christmas season to the Council runoff election (a little on the election results below). I realize that a lot of folks can’t face looking at the news right now, or...
