Austin Mayor Kirk Watson declares March 31 as Fred Cantu Day in honor of 53-year career
After more than five decades as a fixture in Texas broadcasting, journalist Fred Cantu celebrated his final day of work on ...
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New zoning could support expansion of Austin’s life sciences sector
A new designation for the life sciences sector is meant to support biotech, medical and other research activity in Austin.
Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who served as Austin's mayor and in statewide office, dies
Strayhorn served as Austin's mayor from 1977 to 1983, before serving as a railroad commissioner in the 1990s and as Texas ...
Former Austin Mayor Carole Keeton dies at 85: 'One tough grandma'
An irrepressible campaigner, Keeton was the first woman to lead Austin and the first to become Texas' chief financial officer ...
Austin working early to address ‘budget asteroids’; it may mean a tax rate election
After Austin Mayor Kirk Watson announced the city would change the way it works on its budget, the Audit and Finance ...
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How a new Infrastructure Academy could help meet Austin workforce gaps, deliver high wages
Since 2022, Mayor Kirk Watson has been wrestling with a challenge. The good challenge, as he calls it, of a booming city: how to tackle affordability and infrastructure. As more people moved to ...