The Austin City Council approved the next round of the city’s social services contracts Thursday, apportioning far less money than most agencies said they needed to serve their clients.
Read MoreAustin Monitor: Coyote management plan passes despite concerns
Thursday evening, to a loud round of applause and a few woofs of approval from community members sitting in the audience.
Read MoreAustin Monitor: Groups call city social service contracts inadequate
Organizations that provide crucial community needs will walk away from Austin’s newly altered competitive process for assigning next year’s social services contracts without the funding they want, members of the City Council Public Health and Human Services Committee said Friday.
Read MoreCouncil to finally get controversial coyote plan
A new coyote management policy will be brought to the Austin City Council in November, following a nine-month-long and somewhat controversial process.
Read MoreAustin Monitor: Central Health OKs teaching hospital agreements
Despite public requests to postpone the vote, Central Health’s Board of Managers approved two crucial lease agreements for the new teaching hospital Wednesday night. Under the agreements, Seton Family Healthcare will pay $877,621 a year to the University of Texas for the land to build the Seton Medical Center teaching hospital.
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