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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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Advocates: Reject Police Union Contract
New “excessive force” lawsuit filed over 2015 “jaywalking” arrest
News Daily, Aug. 17, 2017 3:35 PM
Point Austin: What History Teaches
Charlottesville resistance an inspiration here and everywhere
News Column, Aug. 17, 2017
New APL Chief Appointed
Roosevelt Weeks takes over on Sept. 11
News Feature, Aug. 17, 2017
A Council’s Work Is Never Done
Agenda features budget, the future of AE, and a whole lotta housing
News Feature, Aug. 17, 2017
Merck CEO Dumps Trump
CEO Frazier leaves manufacturing council over POTUS failure on racism
News Daily, Aug. 14, 2017 1:45 PM
With All Deliberate Speed
Short-handed Council on homelessness, management, and carbon
News Daily, Aug. 14, 2017 8:00 AM
NAACP Issues “Clarion Call” to City Government
Linder challenges city to “quit talking” about equity and “send money”
News Daily, Aug. 10, 2017 4:30 PM
City Budget Squeezed Between Basic Costs and State Neglect
The city has $1.03 billion in taxpayer money. Here's where it's going.
News Feature, Aug. 10, 2017
Point Austin: Priority Problems
While the world burns, City Council does what it can
News Column, Aug. 10, 2017
Honoring the First African-American Council Member
Water treatment plant named after Berl Handcox
News Feature, Aug. 10, 2017
Council: When the Mayor’s Away ...
Water, energy, and homelessness on the mind
News Feature, Aug. 10, 2017
Could Tax Swap Address Spiking Property Taxes?
City collab with AISD could aid homeowners
News Feature, Aug. 10, 2017
Council: Nights of White Linen
As focus shifts to budget prep, agenda goes high-speed
News Daily, Aug. 8, 2017 8:00 AM
Point Austin: Through the Looking Glass
City Council considers its threatened budget in a topsy-turvy Texas
News Column, Aug. 3, 2017
All This & Budget Too
Council treads water over aquatics plan
News Feature, Aug. 3, 2017
Council: The FY 2018 City Budget
Maintain and sustain
News Feature, Aug. 3, 2017
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
