Governor Abbott pens second letter to Mayor Adler concerning homeless

In the letter, Governor Abbott states that the homeless crisis poses "substantial public health and safety problems that must be addressed by the City Council."

Adler takes different tone in addressing Abbott letter

Austin Mayor Steve Adler spoke a little differently Saturday about the letter Governor Greg Abbott sent him earlier this week calling on the city to end its homeless crisis.

Council Member Casar responds to Governor Abbott's ultimatum

Council Member Casar, who spearheaded legalizing camping, sitting and lying, says it would be great to have the state's help.

Texas Representative pens letter to Mayor Adler about homeless

In the open letter to the mayor, Congressman Roy states that he believed the new ordinance 'undermines security, harms private property of our citizens, hurts commerce, and endangers those it purports to help - the homeless.' 

Discussions crumble at Austin City Hall over clarifying camp, sit, lie rules

Austin City Council was attempting to clarify changes they made to ordinances back in June that legalized camping, sitting and lying. As the morning rolled on, the whole conversation started to crumble.

An in depth look at Austin City Council's homeless camping proposals

Talking for years is now in plain text until a special public meeting September 18th. This week, the Austin City Council released two documents relating to camping in public areas.

Austin Mayor Adler talks about United States Conference of Mayors

In 2020 the conference will be headed to Austin but this year it's in Hawaii. Austin Mayor Steve Adler talks more about it.

Austin City Council fights against proposed 2.5 percent property tax revenue cap

Austin Mayor Pro-Tem Delia Garza along with Mayor Steve Adler and several councilmembers held a press conference at City Hall on Thursday about the State Legislature's proposed 2.5 percent cap on the amount of property tax revenue cities can collect each year.

Austin police will release full DPS review on rape cases that were mishandled

Last week we told you a preliminary report by the Texas Department of Public Safety found, out of 95 sexual assault cases, cleared by the Austin Police Department, 29 were mishandled.

Ask the Mayor
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Austin Mayor Steve Adler joins Good Day Austin to talk about the current issues facing the city.

2017 Year in Review with Austin Mayor Steve Adler
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It's been an eventful year in Austin and Mayor Steve Adler takes a look back at some of the biggest things that happened.

Interview with Austin Mayor Steve Adler - 11/7
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Austin Mayor Steve Adler talks about the search for a new city manager and the possibility of a new Amazon HQ opening here as well as the chances of a Major League Soccer team coming to Austin.

Interview with Austin Mayor Steve Adler - 10/17
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Austin Mayor Steve Adler talks about the possibility of a Major League Soccer team coming to Austin, ACL Music Festival and the continuing issue of homelessness in downtown.

Interview with Austin Mayor Adler - 10/3
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Austin Mayor Steve Adler talks about APD stepping up security ahead of ACL Music Festival and city council moving toward paid sick leave for all workers in Austin.

Texas Toy Drive
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Mayor Steve Adler talks more about his new challenge for Austinites to help those affected by Harvey.