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Michael King
Staff Writer
EMAIL MICHAEL KING
TWITTER: @PointAustin
Staff writer and former news editor Michael King has reported on city and state politics for the Chronicle since 2000. He was educated at Indiana University and Yale, and from 1977 to 1985 taught at UT-Austin. He has been the editor of the Houston Press and The Texas Observer, and has reported and written widely on education, politics, and cultural subjects.
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Point Austin: This Most Important Election
How and why the Chronicle takes endorsements seriously
News Column, Oct. 18, 2018
Council Poised to Bless Camelback
With commission and neighborhood support, the lakeside Camelback PUD appears headed for approval
News Feature, Oct. 18, 2018
Election Ticker: Early Voting Begins Monday
Victory for voting rights, political parties (the fun kind), the latest endorsements
News Feature, Oct. 18, 2018
Point Austin: Climate Change Awareness Month
From the Islands and the IPCC comes the latest urgent warning
News Column, Oct. 11, 2018
Mulling D.A./C.A. Merger
Discussion to blend district attorney and county attorney into one office continues this week
News Feature, Oct. 11, 2018
Election Ticker: Travis Turning Out
Voter registration deadlines come and gone
News Feature, Oct. 11, 2018
Buck Wood on Dark Money
Campaign finance lawyer rejects Prop K claims
News Feature, Oct. 11, 2018
Plan B Against “Justice” Mike Toth
Austin attorney challenges candidate's qualifications
News Feature, Oct. 11, 2018
Congressional Crossroads
Profiles of Austin’s six congressional campaigns
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
TX-10: Mike Siegel vs. Michael McCaul
“Restoring common decency”
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
TX-17: Rick Kennedy vs. Bill Flores
“Kitchen-table issues”
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
TX-21: Joseph Kopser vs. Chip Roy
“All about energy”
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
TX-25: Julie Oliver vs. Roger Williams
“A huge commitment”
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
TX-31: MJ Hegar vs. John Carter
“Quality of representation”
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
TX-35: Lloyd Doggett vs. David Smalling
“Maximum effort everywhere”
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
Point Austin: Affordable Housing & the Promised Land
Proposition A and Austin's affordability predicament
News Column, Oct. 4, 2018
Abbott Tips the Scales in 3rd Court Judicial Race
Need help getting elected? Just get appointed.
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
Election Ticker: Almost Deadline Time
The latest news from the November 2018 campaign trail
News Feature, Oct. 4, 2018
Point Austin: Disorder in the Court … of Appeals
Triana/Toth race raising unusual political dust
News Column, Sep. 27, 2018
Election Ticker: Endorse-a-Rama
You gotta support somebody
News Feature, Sep. 27, 2018
Point Austin: Dark Money, Sunlight, and Political Soccer Games
Shadowy funding works its way into Austin campaigns
News Column, Sep. 20, 2018
Election Ticker: Masters of Disasters
T-minus 46 days until you vote
News Feature, Sep. 20, 2018
Liability Claim Filed Against Lakeway Hospital
Rawney McVaney's story continues
News Feature, Sep. 20, 2018
Point Austin: In the Shadow of the Capitol
Council approves its latest budget with the Lege over its shoulder
News Column, Sep. 13, 2018
Settling the FY 2019 Budget
Council sorts out tax rate, final spending
News Feature, Sep. 13, 2018
Election Ticker: You’ve Got to Be Joking
Laughing our way through campaign season
News Feature, Sep. 13, 2018
Point Austin: Breaking Down the Bonds
Affordable housing headlines, but there's plenty in the package
News Column, Sep. 6, 2018
Statesman Says Farewell to Longtime Staffers
The purge is on
News Feature, Sep. 6, 2018
City Budget: Room to Move
Council nears final decisions on 2019 budget
News Feature, Sep. 6, 2018
Laura Pressley Rocks On
Failed candidate now pursuing "illegal voters"
News Feature, Sep. 6, 2018
Election TIcker: 60 Days and Counting
Labor Day is over
News Feature, Sep. 6, 2018
Point Austin: Hard Times at the Statesman
The new owners start cutting, and the bleeding begins
News Column, Aug. 30, 2018
Supremes Reject Ballot Lawsuits
Court denies requests that Council rewrite proposition language
News Feature, Aug. 30, 2018
Election Ticker
Gotta endorse somebody
News Feature, Aug. 30, 2018
Supremes Reject Ballot Lawsuits
Court denies requests that Council rewrite proposition language
News Daily, Aug. 28, 2018 2:00 PM
Point Austin: The Circus Returns to Town
Final-day filings bump up the list of wannabe Council candidates
News Column, Aug. 23, 2018
Ballot Lawsuits Simmer at Supreme Court
Ellen Troxclair, Texas Public Policy Foundation file briefs supporting audit and CodeNEXT petitioners
News Feature, Aug. 23, 2018
The Doctors in Van Boven's Corner
Baylor Scott & White disputes amicus submission in Van Boven hospital litigation
News Feature, Aug. 23, 2018
Two Ballot Lawsuits Before State Supremes
Petitioners sue over Audit and CodeNEXT language
News Daily, Aug. 20, 2018 3:15 PM
Laura Morrison Files for Mayor
November campaign officially begins: “We’re ready to win”
