Matthew Kelly

Rep. Ford Carr filed a formal complaint against Rep. Nick Hoheisel, who confronted him on the House floor last week, halting chamber proceedings for two hours.

The proposal to charge for public parking at all 6,800 spots downtown has sparked outrage.

Judges were asked to sniff, sip, slurp, swish and swallow the water, rating samples by each metric.

The longer City Council members take to reach a decision, the less likely that any new system will be in place early next year.

Golfers will also help pay for the improvements through fee increases starting next March.

Council members Brandon Johnson and Becky Tuttle denounced the idea of backtracking on the city’s commitment to funding public arts after Wu entertained the idea at a budget hearing.

A substitute motion that would have allowed commissioners to decide on a case-by-case basis whether developers can build projects within cities’ urban areas of growth failed.

“I believe the best way to save historic buildings is to use them.”

“They indicated to me, they want to keep all that defense work that’s at Spirit at Boeing. That’s their goal.”

The zoning proposal limits the size of solar energy projects and prohibits commercial solar projects in any city’s urban growth area.