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.
Commissioner Ann one-month update
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 is taking...
My first two weeks as Commissioner Ann
My first ten days in office were marked by the insurrection at the US Capitol, a record number of positive cases and hospitalizations, demand exceeding access to COVID-19 vaccinations and a beautiful blanket of snow here in Central Texas. The pictures I saw streaming...
Commissioner-Elect Ann Howard is Getting to Work
Travis County Commissioner-elect Ann Howard is preparing to take office on January 1, 2021. Since elected to serve as the Precinct 3 Travis County Commissioner on November 3, Ann has been talking with constituents, other elected officials and staff from multiple...