Steve Mims Brian Rodgers In an old television ad, a man in a grocery store tells two women shoppers, “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin.” But the goal of a new documentary is precisely to squeeze ...

The theatre was full at the Austin Film Society cinema last Monday evening as director Steve Mims presented his new documentary project The Magic Hole: An Austin Convention Center Expansion ...

Ashby McDonald of Highlander Mortgage, says that any reputable lender or title company is not going to push a deal through where building plans violate deed restrictions because the risk would be too ...

Attorney Bill Aleshire is not happy about council members raising large sums of money so far in advance of elections. He said, “Despite the voters of Austin voting 72-28 percent for the 1997 Charter ...

Mayor Watson was present and testified. He was first elected mayor in May 1997. He did not win in the general election that year but runner-up Council Member Ronney Reynolds chose not to compete.

Now the Vibrant Austin PAC has launched a website that fires numerous salvos against Ganguly’s opponent, Marc Duchen. The website contains a statement that it is political advertising paid for by the ...

Back on the Congress Avenue Bridge, Llanes Pulido is trying to talk to potential voters who are walking but most are tourists and won’t have an opportunity to vote for her. She keeps a smile on her ...

Travis Central Appraisal District’s Board of Directors on September 5 th committed a blatant violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA). The board voted 7-1 to countersue 23 Travis County ...

Debts— Six candidates reported having no debts. Ten others reported debts ranging from $20,000 to $600,000, with District 7 candidate Mike Siegel being the most indebted, owing $300,000 on mortgage, ...

A lawsuit has been underway for seven years in efforts to stop Central Health from transferring $35 million a year to the University of Texas for Dell Medical School (DMS). (Birch et al v. Travis ...

Betsy Greenberg, a former member of the City’s Ethics Review Commission, is nevertheless still concerned with whether mayor and council candidates comply with rules for campaign finance reporting.

Attorney Fred Lewis presented the plaintiffs’ case for granting an injunction that would halt the $35 million in annual payments. “This is not about politics,” he said. “It’s about whether or not ...