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We Can Do Better

Has City Council learned anything from the election?

Amy Smith, May. 24, 2012

Skid Marks

The mayor's race takes a sharp turn in the final lap

Amy Smith, May. 10, 2012

Woman's Work

Trying to crack the copper ceiling at City Hall

Amy Smith, May. 3, 2012

Time Flies

Sullivan is ready to pass the torch ... preferably not to a 'gray-headed anglo'

Amy Smith, Apr. 26, 2012

Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You

More questions than answers in Green Water Treatment Plant deal

Amy Smith, Apr. 19, 2012

Westward Hos?

City Council takes its rate case to the people of Lakeway

Amy Smith, Apr. 12, 2012

Excuse My Biomass

Revisiting the city's decision to hook up with a chip-burning plant

Amy Smith, Apr. 5, 2012

Salvaging a Middle Ground

Once a scrap yard, always a scrap yard

Amy Smith, Mar. 29, 2012

Through the Roof

Cost of living in Austin is 'Out of Reach' for most renters

Amy Smith, Mar. 22, 2012

Combs Takes the Cake

When it comes to trolling for votes, anything goes

Amy Smith, Mar. 14, 2012

People Get Ready

You don't need no baggage, you just get on board

Amy Smith, Mar. 8, 2012

Fixing a Hole

PromiseLand gets its amphitheatre … so who's next?

Amy Smith, Mar. 1, 2012

Utilities or Food?

The poor get poorer as electric and water rates rise

Amy Smith, Feb. 23, 2012

Consumer Alert

There's a glimmer of hope that we won't go broke paying for electricity

Amy Smith, Feb. 16, 2012

Think Trees

Margret Hofmann's spirit lives within Austin's urban forest

Amy Smith, Feb. 9, 2012

Away We Go

Who does Austin want to lead the way

Amy Smith, Feb. 2, 2012

Sound and Light

Council takes up thorny issues on land planning and utility rates

Amy Smith, Jan. 26, 2012

Austin's Neverending Story

Deadline reporting on the city of reinvention

Amy Smith, Jan. 19, 2012

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