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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: Truly Free
Exonerated at last, may Fran and Dan Keller finally "breathe free"
News Column, Jun. 22, 2017
City Council Campaign 2018
Renteria, Troxclair draw early challengers
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
News Feature, May. 25, 2017
Council: The Numbers Game
Tumbling evermore into the budget
News Feature, May. 25, 2017
Court Collision Coming
Council funds AFD overtime, tweaks meetings, orders Texas showdown
News Daily, May. 22, 2017 8:00 AM
Point Austin: Saved by Billionaires?
The fight against climate change gathers allies high and low
News Column, May. 18, 2017
Will This Seaholm Intake Plan Take?
Austin eyes a new redesign for the Downtown intake facility
News Feature, May. 18, 2017
Council: Hiding in Plain Sight
Immigration, Fire, Capitol view corridors fill out a busy Thursday
News Feature, May. 18, 2017
Council: Whatever It Is, I’m Against It
Council blocks vaping, punts AFD overtime, and commissions students
News Daily, May. 15, 2017 8:00 AM
City Budget: Something's Gotta Give
Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council
News Feature, May. 11, 2017
Point Austin: It's Getting Harder to Stay Weird
Amid state and federal nonsense, it's getting harder to stay weird
News Column, May. 11, 2017
Council: UnLocal Control
Lawsuits, Lions Municipal, and a little land use mixed between
News Feature, May. 11, 2017
CodeNEXT Marches On
Coding affordability
News Feature, May. 11, 2017
Return of the Panama Hat
Council spends for roads, buys a robot, & has a brief Zimm flashback
News Daily, May. 8, 2017 8:00 AM
Point Austin: The Best of Times …
Remaining optimistic in a world spinning into darkness
