Orange County Convention Center expansion faces funding uncertainty for $400M second phase

The fate of a $400 million addition to the Orange County Convention Center hangs in the balance as local leaders brace for ...

Austin housing co-op puts up giant ofrenda for Día de Muertos, invites community to add to it

New Guild, in Austin’s West Campus neighborhood, set up the giant community altar at the corner of West 23rd and Nueces.

Thousands gather to attend the Texas Conference for Women at the Moody Center

Thousands gathered at the Moody Center in Austin on Wednesday for the Texas Conference for Women to listen to keynote ...

How John Cornyn’s historic gun safety bill has become a reelection liability

Critics accuse Cornyn of capitulating to Democrats’ gun control demands — even though the bill largely did not restrict gun ...

Business leaders wary of Prop Q passing

The groups that signed an opposition letter include: The Austin Regional Manufacturers Association, Opportunity Austin, the ...
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Hundreds of millions OK'd for Austin Convention Center redevelopment construction, financing, marketing

Issuing $650 million in hotel occupancy tax, or HOT bonds for the expansion project, the first round of the project's $1.2 billion in total planned debt funding Issuing $46.18 million in bonds to ...