New: Austin taxpayers sue to stop city from collecting $187M in taxes for light rail. Taxes shouldn't be collected because previous taxes are unspent, they say. Plaintiffs include commissioner Margaret Gomez & Dirty Martin's. Repped by @aleshirelaw. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/aus…

Tonight on KXAN News at 10: A Travis County employee of nearly 20 years has filed a complaint against the county after he claims he was demoted -- and threatened with termination -- after taking medical leave for stage 4 cancer treatment. kxan.com/news/local/aus…

A Travis County employee of almost 20 years filed an EEOC complaint last month claiming he was demoted after taking medical leave for stage 4 cancer. Report 🔽

Breaking: According to an email sent to the mayor and council which KXAN received a copy of, the city of Austin will be pulling charter amendments from the November ballot in response to a lawsuit.

Tonight on KXAN News at 6: We asked why Austin City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison missed yesterday’s council meeting. We got a muddy response — so we gathered attendance data. She’s not showing up as much as everyone else by a good margin. kxan.com/news/local/aus…

She’s an elected official. I believe her constituents deserve to know whether or not she’s serving them. You don’t know me, but I have had my life ripped apart my mental illness. I approached this story with an incredible amount of empathy.

Filling in on this beautiful Sunday. Tonight on KXAN News -- after I reported that ATX was well behind other cities in bringing new ladder trucks online, Mackenzie Kelly worked changes into the budget to secure those trucks. But the staffing? Still in limbo: kxan.com/news/local/aus…

Get excited, Austin! THIS WEEK I'm launching KXAN News' first ever local government podcast called 'Inside Austin's Agenda.' Every other week we'll have news makers on to help you understand what's happening behind the curtains. Stay tuned👀

Let's talk about my new KXAN show, Inside Austin's Agenda! Where can you watch/listen? For now, on KXAN.com, YouTube and I will be posting full episodes/clips right here on Twitter. First episode airs TOMORROW! We'll be hosting new guests every other week.

And as part of this, I want to hear from YOU! Council Member Ryan Alter will be joining us tomorrow as our first guest. What do you want to know? Drop me a line. Have an idea of who you want to see on? Would love to hear it.

I will not be taking questions at this time 🙃

TODAY! Stay tuned for our first episode of Inside Austin’s Agenda airing live on KXAN.com at 12:30. Wanna watch afterwards? I’ll have you covered on YouTube and Twitter.

Regarding the latest on Austin PD's 's g-file (a file of unsubstantiated misconduct complaints against officers, currently sealed), it was said during this AM's contract negotiations the City is working toward compliance with Friday's ruling regarding eliminating the files 1/x

In just about 30 minutes we're launching our first episode of 'Inside Austin's Agenda' on KXAN News. Today's guest: Council Member Ryan Alter of District 5. What do you hope to learn? Put it in the comments!

Live in District 5 (south Austin)? Meet your Austin City Council member, Ryan Alter, who joined me on today's episode of 'Inside Austin's Agenda.' Thought this was such a cool format and I'm really excited about where this can go. Did we have a whole bunch of technical

Another very interesting transportation report, this time about scooter safety, from Nathan Bernier 🔽

Pop quiz: Do you know what form of government Austin uses? I chatted with CM Ryan Alter during this week's episode about how the 10-1 system works and what power it gives each player. #InsideAustinsAgenda

First trail race humbled me. 13.1 done! (My mother is holding a lawn ornament because those were the prizes for winning, which she did 🎉)