With 2025 drawing to close, it’s time to look back on the local headlines that dominated the news (or held a special place in our hyperlocal hearts) before looking forward to the year ahead. Happy ...

After winning a close runoff election on Dec. 15, incoming District 7 City Council Member Mike Siegel told the Austin Monitor ...

Leslie Pool faced something of a quandary nearly two years ago, when she considered running for the office of tax assessor-collector for Travis County. Knowing that her time as a City Council member ...

While cleaning out the District 6 satellite office that was opened to give residents in Williamson County and far Northwest ...

If, in the days leading up to 2020, you had asked Krista Laine where she saw herself halfway through the decade, she likely ...

With two years left on her term of office, Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison is looking forward to helping move the ...

As Council Member José Velásquez tackled a wide array of issues in 2024, he has remained focused on the three tenets that guide his work and decision-making: “affordability, accessibility and action.” ...

District 5 Council Member Ryan Alter is proud of City Council’s many accomplishments in 2024, starting with what is obviously ...

Chito Vela is about to complete his first term as District 4’s City Council member. Vela was re-elected in November for a ...

The Bond Election Advisory Task Force will have to decide by very early 2025 if the city should move forward with a possible ...

With her first term and a smooth reelection behind her, Vanessa Fuentes returns to the dais in January with a fresh to-do list and aspirations of becoming the next mayor pro tem – a symbolic yet ...