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Austin City Council Approves Amended Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget

The City of Austin, in partnership with Measure and the Austin AI Alliance, will host Community in the Loop on Nov. 19, 2025. The event invites residents to learn about artificial intelligence (AI), share their perspectives and help shape how the…

Austin, TX - In August 2025, the City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, shaped and influenced by Austinites who provided input through surveys, in-person and virtual community meetings, and testimony at public hearings. The adopted budget…

Date/Time: Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Parade Starting/Ending Location: South Congress Avenue bridge/Texas State Capitol building Tickets: Parade is free and open to the public Event Website: www.AustinVeteransParade.com Join the City of…

City of Austin administrative offices and other municipal facilities will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. Normal business hours will resume Wednesday, Nov. 12. Several City services will operate as normal:  City of Austin…

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and Travis County Judge Andy Brown were joined by leadership from Central Texas Food Bank and United Way for Greater Austin to share information about available resources in light of impact to the federal Supplemental…

Next week, November 3-7, 2025, Austin Municipal Court (AMC) will celebrate Municipal Court Week. Municipal Court Week is an annual statewide celebration of the dedicated work of municipal court staff and the public services they provide. “At Austin…

The City of Austin announced today that Stuart Reilly will be the new General Manager of Austin Energy. Reilly, who was selected after a national search, officially assumes the title on November 2, 2025. Reilly currently serves as Austin Energy’s…

Austin Energy is taking a major step forward in meeting the City’s climate and reliability goals, agreeing to a large-scale battery storage contract with Jupiter Power to provide up to 100 megawatts of electricity from a utility-scale battery storage…