In the weeks and months before the Feb. 26 election, City Bureau deployed a three-person team of reporters to interview more than 30 Austin residents about the issues that matter most to them. City Bureau reporters then posed those residents' issues to at least six front-running mayoral candidates, and as many aldermanic candidates in the 28th, 29th and 37th Wards, who would take them on.

The result is this special election issue that Austin Weekly News is proud to publish, in partnership with City Bureau. This issue is designed to be a free, substantive guide to the upcoming aldermanic and mayoral elections for our thousands of West Side readers.

Below, you’ll find highlights from our reporting series—click each link to read the full story.