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Andrea Ball
Andrea Ball is Austin Current's growth/development reporter. Before joining Austin Current, Ball worked as an investigative reporter for the Austin American-Statesman, USA Today and the Houston Chronicle.
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Government
City review flags new failures in $25 million arts contract oversight
Review finds gaps in Long Center contract oversight as Austin faces decades-long audit warnings on spending controls.
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Government
Audit scrutiny forces Austin to rethink Long Center arts grants deal
City weighs overhaul of arts grant system after audit flags concerns in Long Center contract.
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Education
Austin moves to protect parkland as AISD eyes school property sales
City sets new rules as AISD weighs selling jointly owned school sites amid closures and budget strain.
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Growth & Development
Help Wanted: Austin needs plumbers, electricians, skilled workers for billions of dollars in construction work
City and state leaders continue to tackle shortage of skilled workers to take on Austin’s ongoing building boom.
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Growth & Development
Shuttered Old West Austin church may see new life as a bookstore
The building that has been home to St. Luke’s United Methodist Church for more than six decades may soon play a new role.
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Community
Surviving a deadly shooting: An Austin mother and daughter learn how trauma lingers
Seven months after escaping the Target shooting, an Austin mother and daughter navigate trauma, fear and unexpected growth.
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Government
Why Austin’s Live Music Fund grants left musicians confused and angry
An Austin Current review shows equity scoring shaped who won, prompting a reset and promised transparency.
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Growth & Development
Cracked, worn and dangerous: Austin’s sidewalks will get a facelift
The City of Austin will spend $17.7 million to build and repair sidewalks, including in Montopolis, as ever-changing policy left many damaged and unfinished.
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Government
City wrongly denied records request on music grants, now admits error
The public records failure raises broader questions about how the City of Austin manages its public information requests, and what happens when city records are managed by outside contractors.