An Austin-based appeals court on Friday evening blocked the city’s controversial ordinance requiring private employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees.
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Politics
San Antonio passes paid sick leave ordinance, joining Austin in fight against top Texas Republicans
A similar measure passed by Austin earlier this year is tied up in court. And dozens of Republican state lawmakers have lined up against the ordinance.
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Courts
Blocked from distributing plans for 3D-printed guns, “crypto-anarchist” is still in the DIY gun business
Cody Wilson’s group Defense Distributed is known for attempting to upload the digital blueprints for 3D-printed guns. But he also helps customers make unregistered, unserialized conventional firearms.
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Transportation
Austin officials backing away from controversial rewrite of land-use regulations
Amid a fierce battle over the city’s attempts to improve traffic and combat housing unaffordability, Austin leaders are looking to drop CodeNEXT and start a new process.
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Families Divided
Scenes from “Families Belong Together” rallies across Texas
Texans in multiple cities joined rallies across the country Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and call for the reunification of thousands of immigrant children who were separated from their parents
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Politics
Texas Supreme Court sides with short-term renters, likely bolstering state’s fight against Austin’s ordinance
Friday’s ruling doesn’t directly address regulations implemented by some Texas cities restricting homeowners’ use of services like Airbnb. But it bolsters the case against the City of Austin’s short-term rental ordinance in several major ways, lawyers said.
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State Government
A flock of electric scooters suddenly descended on Austin. Now the city is scrambling to regulate them.
Two electric scooter operators — Bird Rides and LimeBike — launched in Austin before the city could roll out a permitting process. The scooters vanished from city streets after the city council cracked down on the companies.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton revs up fight against Austin’s paid sick leave rule
In another fight over local control, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has thrown his support behind a conservative group suing the capital city over its ordinance.
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The next local control fight? Like Uber before, city regulations for AirBnB and HomeAway are in the crosshairs
This time, the fight is happening in the courts after attempts to overturn short-term rental ordinances failed in the Legislature.
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Criminal Justice
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul: “Working as a team” was key to catching Austin bomber
Last month’s bombing spree “would have overwhelmed any major city police department,” Austin’s interim police chief told a congressional committee as he thanked state and federal agencies for their help in tracking down a serial bomber.
