The revised $6.3 billion budget council approved Thursday is actually larger than last fiscal year's spending plan.

The cuts, necessitated by the failure of Prop Q, target several housing and homelessness initiatives, parks maintenance and ...

The city passed a revised budget after Prop Q, which would have raised an additional $110 million in taxes, was defeated in ...

Last weekend, staff in Austin’s budget office proposed cuts that reach across many city departments, including nearly $6.3 million in cuts to emergency medical services. James Monks, president of the ...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is responding to a group calling for an audit of city spending. ‘Save Austin Now’ opposed Prop Q and ...

After Prop Q’s defeat and a series of Statesman investigations, Austin City Council voted to overhaul its own expense rules ...

I don’t think the voters appreciate how deep the cuts are going to have to be,” Austin City Council Member Mike Siegel told the Chronicle last week as Prop Q, the ballot measure to increase property ...

The Republican-aligned group that led the charge against Proposition Q aims to get a city audit requirement on the May 2026 ...

Instead of significant new spending, voters want better core services. City Hall should start with what’s broken, Matt ...

Statesman’s interactive map shows detailed voting results in the Proposition Q race across Travis, Williamson and Hays counties.

Austin is revising its budget and seeking community input after voters rejected a tax rate hike proposed by Proposition Q.

Friday morning, a group that opposed Austin’s Proposition Q announced they are launching a petition that could force the city ...