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Austin is gearing up for another election, where voters will decide the fate of two local propositions and eight state constitutional amendments.Here's everything you need to know to head to the polls.The more controversial, Proposition A, if approved, would establish new minimum standards for the Austin Police Department.
Progressive Teri Castillo offers a new direction for District 5 Jade Esteban Estrada for MySA May 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Teri Castillo/ After advancing to the June 5 runoff in the District 5 race for San Antonio City Council, Teri Castillo felt inspired to make a life change. “I now have a driver’s license,” she says, smiling from ear to ear through my computer screen. “So now I don’t have to wait for the bus.” Castillo, 29, says living close to an accessible bus route made it so easy to get around that she never felt she needed a license. Her timing was perfect because wha...
As the sister of District 3 Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran, one could argue that Phyllis...
Austinites for Progressive Reform's " strong mayor" proposal (Proposition F) was failing spectacularly. Bo Delp, organizer with By the People ATX, called it a "repudiation" of Prop F's provision that a future strong mayor could veto decisions made by City Council, the main message his team had been using to urge Austinites to reject the proposal. Others, such as labor leader Jeremy Hendricks, pointed to a lack of authentic community engagement from APR as it crafted its proposals last fall: "The last thing we want is millionaires and tech CEOs telling us what they think is good for us." ...
Skip to main content Currently Reading 'A wake-up call for the union': Close race on Prop B signals need to address discipline in contract, experts say FacebookTwitterEmail People celebrate the defeat of Proposition B, which would have stripped the police union of its ability to collectively bargain with the city, at Blue Cares, the nonprofit community outreach arm of the San Antonio Police Officers Association.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer Voters’ rejection of Proposition B notched a significant victory for the San Antonio Police Officers Association on Saturday — but political exper...