@ABJGovernment

Staff writer for the Austin Business Journal (@MyABJ) covering local government and economic development.

 Austin, TX
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Joined December 2015
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How the pandemic is changing huge NorthPointe project bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

How the pandemic is changing huge NorthPointe project

A huge development called NorthPointe could eventually bring thousands of residential units and big buildings for business to Pflugerville along the SH 130 toll road. Here's how the pandemic — not to...

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UT System leaders defend return to campus in Austin, elsewhere bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

UT System leaders defend return to campus in Austin, elsewhere

The vast majority of fall classes across the University of Texas System will be completely online, but officials still want students back on campus.

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Low-income families can apply to get one to three months of rent payments paid for by the city. Meanwhile, programs to benefit musicians and creative sector workers are also coming online.​ bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

Austin opens new round of relief funding for renters, prepares to cut checks to businesses

Low-income families can apply to get one to three months of rent payments paid for by the city. Meanwhile, programs to benefit musicians and creative sector workers are also coming online.

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'We've hit a wall': What Austin's Covid trends mean for schools, Longhorn football, businesses bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

'We've hit a wall': What Austin's Covid trends mean for schools, Longhorn football, businesses

Austin officials were hopeful in late July that cases and hospitalizations of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, had reached a plateau. But now they're worried that progress may be...

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Telsa has secured incentives for an Austin factory. But what else would need to be approved? What parts of previous development proposals may make it into their plans? And is Tesla any closer to picking Austin? @myABJ story out of today's Council briefing: bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

What's next for Tesla's proposed Austin factory on zoning, housing and more

Austin officials pushed for more clarity on environmental and labor issues related to the 4-million to 5-million square-foot facility. But they largely played up the potential workforce and economic...

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Travis County approves incentives deal for Tesla factory in East Austin bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

Travis County approves incentives deal for Tesla factory in East Austin

Tesla has now secured incentives from the county government and Del Valle ISD for a massive gigafactory in East Austin that could employ 5,000 and churn out Cybertrucks and other vehicles.

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New: Austin City Council passes new enforcement measures against Covid-19 health and safety violations + top local health authority recommends going back to reopening stage analogous to early May conditions instead of another March-style shutdown. bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

No shutdown yet but fines of up to $2,000 OK'd for Covid-19 rule breakers

Things aren't dire enough to return to the full-fledged lockdown of the spring, according to public health officials. But larger fines have been approved for those that don't follow Covid-19 safety...

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Stage 5 decision could come this week; Austin weighs $500 fines for Covid-19 safety violations bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

Lockdown decision could come this week; Austin weighs $500 fines for Covid-19 safety violations

Worrying trends in the community spread of Covid-19 may prompt further action to shut down commercial activity or beef up enforcement measures against health and safety violations.

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On the verge of another shutdown, Austin officials urge residents to stay home this Fourth of July bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

On the verge of another shutdown, Austin officials urge residents to stay home this July Fourth

After a surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations following Memorial Day, health officials want the public to be cautious during the upcoming Independence Day holiday weekend.

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Plans floated for housing, stores, nonprofit space on city-owned property in St. John neighborhood. bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

Housing, stores, nonprofit space could replace old Home Depot at St. Johns & I-35

The city of Austin has outlined four different ways this unused land — which used to be home to a Home Depot and a Chrysler dealership — could be redeveloped. New stores, housing and parkland are...

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Abbott pauses Texas' reopening as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations surge bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

Abbott pauses Texas' reopening as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations surge

Texas has gradually allowed stores to increase capacity and businesses like gyms and bars to reopen in recent months. But with a worrying number of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations across...

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NEW: Austin City Council and Capital Metro's board unanimously approves Project Connect's system plan for three light rail lines, other transit improvements and expansions. Financing, ballot details TBD. Background: bizjournals.com/austin/news/…
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Health officials concerned about virus' spread after bar reopenings, protests bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

Health officials concerned about virus' spread after bar reopenings, protests

Some of the progress on reopening the economy may be lost if Covid-19 cases flare up. Officials worry that might be the case as more and more businesses reopen and protesters take to the streets to...

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Austin's top health official says it's "completely irresponsible" to ban customers from wearing masks, as one Elgin bar is now doing. bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

Austin-area officials: Boycott businesses that don't allow masks

While many businesses are requiring or strongly recommending that their patrons wear masks or face coverings in their stores to prevent the spread of Covid-19, other businesses are going the opposite...

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New: Events with more than 2,500 people like ACL, UT football games doubtful for the rest of 2020 bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

Events with more than 2,500 people like ACL, UT football games doubtful for the rest of 2020

Austin City Limits and University of Texas Longhorn football games support many of the bar and restaurant owners that are part of the reopenings this month. But the top Austin-Travis County health...

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Local homeless point-in-time population count in Jan. 2020 up 11% from 2019 count, nonprofit report finds bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

Austin-Travis County's homeless population up 11% from last year, nonprofit count finds

The Point In Time Count by the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition is the most authoritative local census of a population that's difficult to measure — and it's used to guide public policy on...

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KUT Austin@KUT18 May 2020
The Texas Supreme Court is letting its ban on eviction proceedings expire today, meaning that starting tomorrow there is no longer a state ban on a landlord’s ability to evict. But these federal and local protections are still in place. | @AKMcGlinchy kutne.ws/36cTFsY
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It's the latest step by the Texas governor to reopen commercial activity to consumers and unwind shutdown orders instituted this spring to slow the spread of the coronavirus. bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

Bars can reopen May 22, Gov. Abbott says

It's the latest step by the Texas governor to reopen commercial activity to consumers and unwind shutdown orders instituted this spring to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

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The SBA saw its first round of Paycheck Protection Program loans rush out the door before two weeks were up. In this second round, things are taking longer. Here's why. bizjournals.com/austin/news/…

PPP loans have slowed to a trickle. The SBA thinks it knows why

Both the number and volume of PPP loans have slowed. The SBA said a number of factors are to blame.

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More businesses in Texas may reopen over next two weeks bizjournals.com/austin/news/… via @MyABJ

More businesses in Texas may reopen over next two weeks

Barbershops and salons can reopen this Friday, with gyms able to reopen with reduced capacity on May 18. The state isn't quite ready to allow bars to reopen.

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