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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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Dripping Springs Wastewater Update
The EPA will allow the town to discharge treated wastewater into Onion Creek
News Feature, Jul. 20, 2017
Point Austin: Inside the Whirlwind
From D.C. to Austin, a relentless political storm
News Column, Jul. 13, 2017
Hill Top Cafe Under Siege?
The Fredericksburg hub is in embroiled in a battle with the TCEQ
News Feature, Jul. 13, 2017
AFD Disqualifies Union President From Firefighter Candidacy
Firefighter allegedly disqualified in retaliation for union position
News Feature, Jul. 13, 2017
Gentrified? Displaced? Call a Task Force.
The mayor pitches an effort to solve "displacement" after Council's summer break
News Feature, Jul. 13, 2017
Point Austin: Fireworks for the Fourth
Reflections on Independence Day from Frederick Douglass
News Column, Jul. 6, 2017
The Doctor vs. the Hospital
Relentless whistleblower fights legal war of attrition with Lakeway Medical Center
News Feature, Jul. 6, 2017
Point Austin: Summer Stock Agenda
The heat arrives with a litany of work for Austin and Austinites
News Column, Jun. 29, 2017
Zimmerman's Ethics
Former council member resolves complaint for paying wife to help with 2014 campaign
News Feature, Jun. 29, 2017
Council: All About the Code
Heading into July break, City Council continues pondering CodeNEXT
News Feature, Jun. 29, 2017
Council Considers Expanding Capitol Complex
Life between 15th Street and MLK may change a bit in the near future
News Feature, Jun. 29, 2017
Council: Austin, Can You Spare $7 million?
CodeNEXT, budget, and the long shadow of the state
News Daily, Jun. 26, 2017 8:00 AM
Point Austin: Truly Free
Exonerated at last, may Fran and Dan Keller finally "breathe free"
News Column, Jun. 22, 2017
City Council Campaign 2018
Renteria files, Troxclair draws early challenger
News Feature, Jun. 22, 2017
Shifting Allegiances in Congressional District 21
Tom Wakely bows out, throws support behind Rixi Melton
News Feature, Jun. 22, 2017
Council: Take a Deep Breath
Final spring session enters July break on a run
News Feature, Jun. 22, 2017
Kellers Exonerated, Await Compensation
Tears of joy and thanks precede hope of financial safety
News Daily, Jun. 20, 2017 5:15 PM
Kellers Exonerated!
D.A. Moore declares Kellers "actually innocent" of alleged crimes
News Daily, Jun. 20, 2017 9:45 AM
Council Wrap: Not Quite Midnight
Council tweaks youth curfew, promotes greenwater, frees lemonade
News Daily, Jun. 19, 2017 8:00 AM
Semi-Demi Youth Curfew for Now
City Council ends daytime curfew, temporarily extends nighttime
News Daily, Jun. 16, 2017 5:00 PM
Point Austin: Justice Too Long Delayed
Fran and Dan Keller continue to wait in vain for their exoneration
News Column, Jun. 15, 2017
About That DPS Cutback
So, when can you get your license these days?
News Feature, Jun. 15, 2017
Greg Abbott, Tree Killer
That attack on the Heritage Tree ordinance? A personal vendetta.
News Feature, Jun. 15, 2017
Council: Eternal Returns
City plumbing, juvenile curfews, and AFD overtime on this week's agenda
News Feature, Jun. 15, 2017
Council: Not According to Code
Parks, plumbing, and miscellaneous
News Daily, Jun. 12, 2017 8:00 AM
Council on Cargill: Not Today
Dais rejects Houston nominee for Bond Election Advisory Task Force
News Daily, Jun. 9, 2017 1:30 PM
Why Does Everyone Hate CodeNEXT?
Can a polarized Austin reach consensus on land use by next spring?
News Feature, Jun. 8, 2017
Point Austin: What’s That Smell?
Our Austin-bashing governor knows how to spread manure
News Column, Jun. 8, 2017
Legal Battle With Dell Medical School Continues
Attorney Fred Lewis claims school withheld public information
News Feature, Jun. 8, 2017
Austin Parks: We’re No. 46!
But dogs are happier than average!
News Feature, Jun. 8, 2017
Council: Park It Here
Slouching toward a summer break
News Feature, Jun. 8, 2017
Campaign 2018: Can Anyone Beat Lamar Smith?
Candidates line up to challenge longtime congressman
News Feature, Jun. 8, 2017
Point Austin: Shoot First
Boys and their toys, at the Legislature and elsewhere
News Column, Jun. 1, 2017
Trump Budget Wants Congress to Rewrite Federal Immigration Law
But that budget? DOA. (We hope.)
News Feature, Jun. 1, 2017
News Orgs Unite for Austin Municipal Research Institute
Statesman, Monitor, KUT, and KLRU to collaborate on CodeNEXT beat
News Feature, Jun. 1, 2017
Council: Code Blue
Lamentations on land use
News Feature, Jun. 1, 2017
Is the Special Events Permit Parking Program a Scalper's Delight?
Say goodbye to non-resident parking near the city's big events
News Feature, Jun. 1, 2017
Point Austin: Awake in the Hurricane
Enduring the last few days of the Lege's biennial cataclysm
News Column, May. 25, 2017
Community Report: Good News and Bad
CAN Dashboard Report reveals general progress but continuing racial inequities
News Feature, May. 25, 2017
The Effort to Unseat Rep. Lamar Smith Is On
Democrats line up to challenge climate-science denying GOP incumbent
