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.
Sheriff Robert Chody tweets at Mayor Adler, Governor Abbott about homeless crisis
Sheriff Chody is alleging that the homeless ordinances in Austin are starting to affect the surrounding areas.
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.
Mayor Adler responds to Gov. Abbott's deadline to fix Austin's "homeless crisis"
Mayor Alder doesn’t see a letter from Governor Greg Abbot's office as a threat but instead welcomes the state assistance.
Governor Abbott pens open letter, demands Austin City Council address the homeless crisis
The governor is demanding the council address the growing homelessness crisis by November 1, 2019.
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.
Forum discusses location of proposed shelter, prohibitions on camping
A community forum on the proposed location of a South Austin homeless shelter was held Tuesday night.
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.
Interview with Austin Mayor Steve Adler - 12/26
A look back at 2018 and some of the issues the city faced.
