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Austin drops AI surveillance cameras from consideration as residents raise privacy concerns

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. The city of Austin is no longer considering using artificial ...
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New Data Center Planned for Lockhart in 2028

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Only a few weeks after Austin City Council passed a resolution ...
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For one city employee, Facebook posts lead to an impossible process

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. A city department head who disapproved of her employee’s social media ...
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Austin’s airport set to move ahead with $865 million terminal expansion

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Austin Resource Recovery not meeting Zero Waste goals, audit says

In 2009, Austin became the first city in Texas to adopt a Zero Waste Strategic Plan. The plan set a goal of diverting 90 percent of waste away from landfills and incinerators by 2040. But Austin is ...
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Legislature watchers report to Council

Austin’s Intergovernmental Relations Officer Carrie Rogers briefed Council Tuesday and expressed optimism about what might happen in the current special session of the Texas Legislature, which started ...
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Council approves maximum tax rate increase in preparation for possible election

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. At a public hearing Thursday, City Council took the first step toward a ...
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Public Safety Commission clashes with Office of Police Oversight

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Austin Energy’s annual report highlights growing demand, help for ratepayers

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. Austin Energy set new peak demand records for both summer and winter, ...
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Austin growth is slowing, increasingly driven by international migration, as Hispanic and Black residents leave

This website is no longer being updated. Sign up for our newsletter and learn more about our new direction at AustinCurrent.org. In 2022, Austin had just broken into the top 10 largest cities in ...
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Council to vote on stricter licensing, platform rules for short-term rentals

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Nick Barbaro retires as publisher of ‘The Austin Chronicle’

The Austin Monitor is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. We are fully-local and cover the important issues and key decisions at the intersection between the local ...