Backyard billboards? Austin could loosen rules on billboard placement amid interstate expansion

Austin creates new office to oversee 911 calls, despite reservations from public safety officials

The plan, laid out as part of the city’s $6.6 billion budget, comes after years of debate over how to improve emergency response times in Austin.

Austin ISD opens school amid takeover threat, bus changes and lingering uncertainty

Austin ISD families returned to classrooms Tuesday after months of budget cuts, campus closures and transportation changes.

Austin's property tax rate reaches highest level in a decade after city budget vote

Austin’s property tax rate has climbed 31% since 2017, reaching its highest level in a decade under the city’s new budget.

Texas’ school A-F grades relatively flat as Austin ISD inches closer to takeover

Prior to this year’s ratings release, at least five school districts sat on the brink of state intervention — Austin, Waco, Greenville, Ector County and Ralls. 

As the only Texas district to trigger potential state takeover, Austin ISD’s future is now in TEA’s hands

Burnet and Webb middle schools triggered mandatory TEA action. Here’s how state intervention could reshape Austin ISD in the months ahead.