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Austin Light Rail: The Human and Constitutional Cost; a Conversation with Mark Nemir and Bill Aleshire
By Lone Star Standard | Apr 1, 2024
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH MARK NEMIR, OWNER OF DIRTY MARTIN’S AND AUSTIN ATTORNEY, BILL ALESHIRE.
Texas Attorney General Office comes out in opposition to Austin's light-rail funding request, says funding agreement was 'void at the time' and an 'unconstitutional debt'
By Lone Star Standard | Mar 18, 2024
On Monday, the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) will appear in the Travis County District Court to ask a judge to validate $150 million of a total $5 billion dollar bond package for Austin’s light rail project called Project Connect.
OPINION: Austin rail project rewriting Texas norms, state leaders should weigh in before it goes too far
By Lone Star Standard Editorial Board | Feb 16, 2024
During the 88th regular session, a legislative fight about how the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) is financing a $7 billion + light rail project in Austin concluded with a sustained point-of-order brought by Representative John Bucy in the final days of the session.
