Report your damages from the ice storm
Travis County residents can help our community receive federal disaster aid by reporting their damages from last week’s ice storm. “We need both businesses and individuals to help us report the extent of damage … to get the federal assistance we need to speed our recovery.”
New Northwestern Travis County Tax Office
“This is a big deal for the more than 350,000 residents in my precinct, many whom found themselves having to travel 20 to 30 miles to reach a tax office location. This western office brings county government closer to the people.”
— Ann Howard
Improving substandard roads in Travis County
A chief complaint of my constituents is bad roads. When developers sold lots but failed to build roads to county standards, the county wouldn’t maintain them. We have a program to fix such roads, but it’s not being used. My goal is to fix the program so we can fix more roads.
Wildfire – a threat to Travis County
Travis County scores high for wildfire threat no matter how you measure. Grasses in the east and trees in west, plus freeze-dried vegetation and too little rain make springtime 100 degree heat alarming. So, I am sounding the alarm – each one of us needs to take action...
Affordable housing helps end homelessness
It takes more than four walls to make a home, but safe and decent affordable housing is the first step, and we’re making a great leap here in Travis County. I spent nearly a decade building the Ending Community Homelessness...
Fiscal responsibility pays – Federal dollars flowing into Travis County
Federal Dollars into Travis County - Fiscal Responsibility Pays Off Travis County again received a Triple A Bond Rating from both Moody’s Investor Service and S&P Global Ratings. We are one of only seven counties to have this rating among the 254 counties in...
Travis County Wildfire Community Preparedness Day 2021
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is the first Saturday of May. Learn about the risk at a free online symposium April 28 and download the CWPD Toolkit to learn how to protect your home and loved ones.
Express yourself on Travis County road and bridge projects
A fundamental responsibility of Travis County is building and maintaining roads, bridges and parks. Both aging infrastructure and population growth create demand for big, expensive infrastructure projects.
From Snow Day to Disaster
As a girl growing up in Houston, I dreamed of snow days and considered ice encapsulated shrubs a sheer miracle! … But I had never, ever imagined folks skiing down 2222 or 1431, and the state capitol surrounded by snow bluffs — all in the dark, all in the cold, all while water pipes popped all around.
One month update for Commissioner Ann
One Month Update - We are celebrating my one-month anniversary as commissioner and intensive on-the-job training! Vaccine distribution, workers protections, rental assistance, and bond projects for roads and bridges have dominated my time. Our work as a unified court...