With formidable campaigns mounting on each side of the issue, Austin voters will consider setting a minimum staffing level for the police department.
This week — Austin’s Proposition A gets backing from Abbott, a Senate candidate nabs the lieutenant governor’s endorsement, and Texas is set to receive nearly $300 million from an opioid settlement.
Opponents of Proposition A warn about the financial costs of its passage which amount to less than 5 percent of the current budget.
Chas Moore launched his organization in 2015 and has since influenced massive policy changes in Texas' capital city.
Texas' capital city is struggling to retain police officers as many depart due to internal problems and the city's elected leaders' relationship with its law enforcement.
The resolution would aid legal challenges to the constitutionality of Senate Bill 8. The gender-neutral language lost one liberal councilor.
Over $179 million in homelessness spending has been approved by the Austin City Council since 2019, but a complete list of contracts for it is unavailable.
Chacon has played a leading role in Austin's efforts to "reimagine" its police department since taking over on an interim basis in March.
A day after briefing the city on its all-time record homicide total, the Austin Police Department announced another homicide.
State officials have regularly clashed with the City of Austin over its policies, including the continuous flirtation with lax homeless camping enforcement.
In his penultimate State of the City address as mayor, Steve Adler broadsided his political opponents, blaming them for misrepresenting the condition of Austin.
The proposition language must be finalized by September 11 to begin printing ballots in time for the November 2 election.
