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.
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 ...
How a new Infrastructure Academy could help meet Austin workforce gaps, deliver high wages
Mayor Watson, ACC and Workforce Solutions' Infrastructure Academy will launch with a career fair Wednesday to help meet Austin's high demand for jobs.
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Mayor Kirk Watson makes appearance at Democratic National Convention
City of Austin Mayor Kirk Watson made an appearance at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. He spoke with a reporter there on what the Harris-Walz ticket will mean for Austin home prices.
Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman to serve as Texas comptroller and former Austin mayor, dies
Strayhorn served as Austin's mayor from 1977 to 1983, before serving as a railroad commissioner in the 1990s and as Texas comptroller from 1999 until 2007.
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City Could Raise Taxes, Cut Costs Amid Funding Fears
Mayor Kirk Watson Pick from any of the following economic uncertainties and you’ll understand why city leaders want a big change: a federal government that seems hellbent on burning funding for ...
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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 ...