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Join us Tuesday, September 15 at @AustinPBS for two live tapings of the ATX Decides: Austin City Council Candidate Forums ahead of the November election. Hear directly from candidates for Austin City Council Districts 1 and 3 as they discuss the issues, priorities, and challenges facing the district and the future of Austin.

District 1 Candidates:
Steven Brown
Alexandria Anderson
Amber Goodwin
Michael Nahas
Portia Riggens
Misael Ramos

District 3 Candidates:
Brock Skinner
José Velásquez
Gavino Fernandez Jr.
Neha Shah

An RSVP is required so click the link in our bio to head to the Austin PBS Eventbrite page and save your spot!

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New education newsletter has launched!! Sign up with the link in bio for our limited series education newsletter to receive updates, exclusive reporting and analytic insights straight to your inbox on Austin ISD as the district prepares for the possibility of state intervention. Learn more about how we got here, what happens now and what could come next!

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Let’s get going for the first day of school!

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Happy first day of school, from Austin Current to you! Here’s what our team is wearing to kick off 2026-27.

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Corrección: El último día para apelar es el 11 de Septiembre, no el 8 de Septiembre.
El distrito escolar de Austin reveló hoy las clasificaciones que cada escuela recibió de la agencia de educación de Texas para el año escolar 2025-26. Esto es lo que sabemos hasta ahora:
1. Dos escuelas, Burnet y Webb, sacaron una quinta F, que podría causar que el estado tome al distrito.

2. Austin ISD como distrito recibe una B.

Más en Austin Current.

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NOTE: The correct date for appeal deadline is Sept. 11, not Sept. 8 as stated.
Austin ISD released their TEA ratings and here’s what we know:

1. Two middle schools- Burnet and Webb- got a fifth failing rating from TEA for the 2025-26 school year.

2. Austin ISD as a whole improved to a B

The ratings are preliminary and Austin ISD has until Sept. 11 to appeal the data. Ratings will be finalized in December.

More on Austin Current!

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Austin Current, seven months in. What an adventure.

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Less than a year after Austin voters rejected the Proposition Q property tax increase, city leaders are again confronting difficult spending decisions.

City Manager T.C. Broadnax on Friday night proposed a $6.6 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year that calls for cuts to social service contracts, parks and public health programs, eliminates vacant positions across several departments and preserves funding for other priorities as the city continues to balance the budget.

Broadnax said the proposal is designed to focus on core services and quality of life investments, while meeting community needs without placing additional strain on taxpayers, even as the spending plan calls for higher property taxes for the average homeowner.

“Like the community members we serve, we must live within our means,” Broadnax said.

The proposal now heads to City Council, setting up weeks of debate over which city services to preserve, where to make additional cuts and how to balance demands for fiscal restraint with growing needs of residents and nonprofits already stretched by previous budget cuts.

“You will see reductions in this budget, but you will also see investments in critically needed service expansions,” Broadnax said. “We are reshaping how departments operate to protect what people rely on every day, while still investing in service expansions that matter most to the community.”

Tap the link in our bio to read more from KUT’s Luz Moreno-Lozano and @_austincurrent’s @SamStark.
Photo: @MichaelMinasi Austin’s proposed $6.6 billion budget would cut services, raise taxes after Prop Q defeat

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When dozens of people sounded off about Dog’s Head at a public meeting Wednesday night, speakers and developers agreed on little.

Developers say the project is planned on a bombed-out mining pit that is 95% outside of the floodplain. Environmentalists call it a beautiful slice of nature that is floodprone in its entirety.

For nearly four hours at the Austin Environmental Commission this week, dozens of speakers railed against Dog’s Head, a 2,600-acre proposed development in Southeast Austin. Endeavor, the developer, came to give the commission an overview of the project.

What played out over the course of the evening illustrated a yawning gap between what developers say and what some people believe.

Endeavor paints Dog’s Head as a reclamation process of an old mining site that will ultimately repair the land. Neighbors and environmentalists cast Dog’s Head as an irresponsible development that threatens the Colorado River. The disconnect between the two sides highlights what can happen when developers win political support before they win public trust.

A few details about the project emerged over two meetings this week.

Dog’s Head is competing with a city in another state to convince a Fortune 100 company to locate in Austin.

Endeavor will not rule out data centers on Dog’s Head.

Read more at the link in our @_austincurrent bio.

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Thank you Austin Current for highlighting the very real need for maintaining social services funding. We know Council is going to be faced with some impossible decisions this budget cycle, but we will prioritize programs that keep focus on the people and your needs, and that do so with measurable results. https://austincurrent.org/2026/06/11/texas-austin-budget-nonprofit-cuts-taxes/
(Link in story) The Austin current. Struggling Austin non-profits brace for more cuts as the city's budget tightens. "It's important to do a review of the impact non-profits are having. Laine said,"and prioritize the greatest impacts per dollar spent as a way to decide what we're continuing."

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Sometimes, we play.

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