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Meet the City of Austin Council Candidates for District 5
This November, the City of Austin will hold its first-ever election under the new 10-1 district system, and shift the voting date from May to November. Burnt Orange Report reached out to all 78 people...
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Meet the City of Austin Council Candidates for District 6
This November, the City of Austin will hold its first-ever election under the new 10-1 district system, and shift the voting date from May to November. Burnt Orange Report reached out to all 78 people...
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Meet the Austin City Council Candidates for District 7
This November, the City of Austin will hold its first-ever election under the new 10-1 district system, and shift the voting date from May to November. Burnt Orange Report reached out to all 78 people...
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Meet the City of Austin Council Candidates for District 8
This November, the City of Austin will hold its first-ever election under the new 10-1 district system, and shift the voting date from May to November. Burnt Orange Report reached out to all 78 people...
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Meet the City of Austin Council Candidates for District 9
This November, the City of Austin will hold its first-ever election under the new 10-1 district system, and shift the voting date from May to November. Burnt Orange Report reached out to all 78 people...
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Meet the City of Austin Council Candidates for District 10
This November, the City of Austin will hold its first-ever election under the new 10-1 district system, and shift the voting date from May to November. Burnt Orange Report reached out to all 78 people...
View ArticleAustin Mayoral Candidates Release Videos: Which Do You Like The Best?
With early voting starting on Monday, the candidates for Mayor of Austin have all released TV spots to accompany their myriad campaign videos. Here at BOR, we asked each of the three leading candidates...
View ArticleWe Endorse a Vote FOR City of Austin Proposition 1
The City of Austin Proposition on the ballot, known colloquially as “Prop 1,” would provide funds to construct a rail line and fund road improvements. We unanimously endorse a vote FOR Prop 1. For too...
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Burnt Orange Report Endorsements in City of Austin District Races
For the past three years, our staff has voiced strenuous support for moving the City of Austin elections to November — a shift that promises to increase voter participation and hopefully enables a more...
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Burnt Orange Report Endorsement for Mayor of Austin
Burnt Orange Report Offers a Dual Endorsement of Mike Martinez and Sheryl Cole for Mayor Voters face an important choice for Mayor this year, and a switch to a November election date will grow the...
View ArticleCity of Houston Ordered To Stop Recognizing Same-Sex Spousal Benefits
It has been over a year since the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), freeing states with marriage equality from the discriminatory laws enabled by DOMA and allowing legally...
View ArticleHow Did Your City Score In The Human Rights Campaign’s LGBT Municipal...
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, released their latest annual Municipal Equality Index report last week, rating 353 major cities across the country on...
View ArticleCities: Hubs For Innovation, Incubators For Texas Democrats
On Wednesday the National League of Cities converged on the City of Austin for the first time in its 90 year history. This year’s conference theme was the “Future of Cities.” A spokesperson said Austin...
View ArticleDear APD: Sometimes the Best Sensitivity Training is Getting Fired
“Go ahead and call the cops—they can’t unrape you.” It’s difficult to imagine a sentence more horrifying than that one, partly because it rings so true. Perpetrators of sexual assault commit crimes...
View ArticleSan Antonio Mayor’s Race Spurs Shake Up In Alamo City
Senator Leticia Van de Putte’s announcement of her intention to run for Mayor of San Antonio has sparked a political shakeup in the Alamo city. Before her entry, the race appeared to have a clear...
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Texarkana School Board Member Dreaming of a Racist Christmas
Hooks, Texas sits in the Texarkana region of northeast Texas. Hooks children, apparently, have been living under the education policy of a school board that includes Chris Harris, who posted this on...
View ArticleHouston Activists Push for Police Accountability and Racial Justice
At last night’s town hall meeting, hundreds of Houstonians filled the Eldorado Ballroom in the Third Ward to demand a fairer, more accountable justice system. In the wake of the police killings and...
View ArticleAustin’s “Strange Fruit PR”: A Lesson in How Not to Handle Public Relations
Recently I’ve been fantasizing about freelancing as a Nope Consultant. Businesses could hire me to hang out with a big rubber NOPE stamp and wait for someone to prepare to do something objectionable....
View ArticleAustin Elects Steve Adler Mayor
On Tuesday, Austin voters elected lawyer Steve Adler their new mayor with almost 70 percent of the vote. Adler’s election in the runoff against city councilman Mike Martinez marks the end of a...
View ArticleAPD Officer Who Defended Domestic Violence Will Keep His Pension
It hasn’t been a great year for whatever poor soul is tasked with managing the Austin Police Department’s public relations (let’s hope it’s not Strange Fruit PR). Between the aggressive arrest of a...
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