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The city and UT say they're close to a deal keeping Lions Municipal as green space, which means amending a 1989 agreement. I read the news on a bench by the putting green and let a wedge do the editorial.
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Austin's new encampment programs ran about $720,000 in month one, sheltered 35 people and hauled off 300-plus tons. I did the long division on a grocery receipt, and the math says the city counts trucks better than people.
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Austin painted over Crosswalk on the Lake, its last piece of roadway art, after TxDOT said no exceptions. Here's a pedestrian's guide to the state-approved street, now with zero feelings per square foot.
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Council passed a record $6.63 billion budget at the highest tax rate allowed without asking voters, and I missed it for a week of cool weather. So I drafted the bill October will mail me, line by line.
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Council voted to have staff study geothermal power, so I'm launching a column that reads City Hall so you don't have to. First lesson: 'explore' is a verb that costs nothing until it does.
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