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"...questions. Instead, they issue questions to their different departments, and the results are posted online for all to see...."

"...emblem emblazoned on its side. Dressed in Wrangler jeans and a pale straw cowboy hat, wearing a sizeable mustache..."

"...What do Judge Lance Ito and Eric Mitchell have in common? Their swivel chairs...."

"...slouching this week, what with a Wednesday budget worksession, and their regularly-scheduled Thursday meeting...."

"...It’s already a Best of Austin favorite, and it isn't even operating yet. But today, the city..."

"...like the proverbial hot butter-knife, concluding even before music and proclamations. In the mix, they honored a former council..."

"...Talk toilets at work much anywhere, and you'll likely be rewarded with a blank stare. If..."

"...A nuclear power plant there... Throw in an airport and sundry multi-year projects that Austin has bankrolled with borrowed..."

"...The city proposes buying some 15,000 acres of undeveloped land to safeguard the quality of rainwater runoff into the..."

"...Mayor Steve Adler and his aides are doing damage control over the city’s..."

"...months after the well at Northridge Acres went dry, and nearly five years after the subdivision first began petitioning..."

"...Authority more than $1 billion to extend the city's water supply for 50 years. The LCRA has given the..."

"...session in Council Chambers yesterday, with major votes on Water Treatment Plant No. 4 and the water/wasterwater service extension..."

"...out on emotional policy debates. But you've got to hand it to the quiet commish for waiting nearly four..."

"...This week let's rove around the local government and political scene, and see what we find. It won't..."

"...After the high-summer break – and with the dog days still barking – City Council..."

"...recap of recent citizen input on the omnibus measure, and inklings of what budget adoption may look like...."

"...Council contest, in 2009, which filled the mayoral chair and three council seats, garnered a whopping 13% of registered..."

"...who care about the fate of the Barton Springs salamander, and stated in no uncertain terms his irritation with..."

"...environmental leaders, urging them to change course on building Water Treatment Plant 4 at its proposed, environmentally sensitive location...."

"...program to require a living wage floor (currently $11/hour) and prevailing wages for construction workers on all incentive-based projects..."

"...at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex Wednesday evening, contractor and consultant Arthur Sampson formally opened his campaign for Precinct..."

"...council member Sheryl Cole. As chair of the Audit and Finance Committee, Cole was publicly concerned about the impact..."

"...to balance the city's sheets for fiscal year 2011. And it's deja vu all over again...."

"...design the form-based code pilot program for Airport Boulevard, and signing a master developer agreement for the former Austin..."

"...Board and commission work, including council's Public Health and Human Services..."

"...Puppies! And Kittens!..."

"...Hall. To his left stood Council Member Chris Riley and Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole. Spelman and Cole were..."

"...need for transparency as council modifies the city's boards and commissions system – explains in a nutshell why Austin..."

"...voters make an informed decision. That includes a selected handful of Republican races in which we hope concerned Republican..."