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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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Putting Together the Downtown Puzzle
A closer look at Mayor Adler’s proposals to solve (and pay for) Downtown conundrums
News Feature, Sep. 21, 2017
Downtown Puzzle: HOT History
Projects under consideration for the historic preservation “funding bucket”
News Feature, Sep. 21, 2017
Point Austin: As the Budget Goes, So Goes Council
Turf battles over uncommitted funds may prefigure 2018
News Column, Sep. 21, 2017
Council: Yes, We Have a Budget
Members approve $3.9 billion budget for next fiscal year
News Feature, Sep. 21, 2017
Austin: City of Petitions
New Linda Curtis-fronted PAC has agendas for days
News Feature, Sep. 21, 2017
Judge Clears Van Boven of Mistreating Patients
Whistleblower “vindicated” after charges of sexual improprieties
News Daily, Sep. 20, 2017 3:00 PM
Which Way to CodeNEXT?
A conversation with Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and Council Member Greg Casar
News Feature, Sep. 14, 2017
Point Austin: Looking for a Magic Bullet
CodeNEXT arguments reflect the complexity of affordability problems
News Column, Sep. 14, 2017
Council: Nickels, Dimes … and Millions
Budget readings slog through a difficult fiscal year
News Feature, Sep. 14, 2017
A Week in the Life of Budget Deliberations
Divvying up the pot
News Feature, Sep. 14, 2017
Dueling Petitions on CodeNEXT
Sign here, sign there, sign everywhere
News Daily, Sep. 12, 2017 2:50 PM
Point Austin: About That Puzzle
Council seeks consensus on a still-hatching Downtown project
News Column, Sep. 7, 2017
Council: Seeking Consensus on Hotel Occupancy Tax
City Council’s HOT debate masks deeper divisions
News Feature, Sep. 7, 2017
Neighborhoods vs. Neighborhoods?
The Austin Neighborhoods Council wants some ground rules with the Downtown Austin NA
News Feature, Sep. 7, 2017
Whistleblower Sues Lakeway Hospital for Illegal Actions
Neurologist's saga continues
News Feature, Sep. 7, 2017
Point Austin: Hot Over HOT
City Council wrangles over Convention Center, hotel taxes, and Downtown's future
News Column, Aug. 31, 2017
Council: Heating Up the HOT Tax
Mayor moves to defend his solutions to the “Downtown Puzzle”
News Feature, Aug. 31, 2017
Budget Development
Ordering from the Concept Menu
News Feature, Aug. 31, 2017
Central Health Gets “Clean” Audit of Med School Funding
Auditors found Dell Med’s spending to be in accordance with Affiliation Agreement with Central Health
News Feature, Aug. 31, 2017
Council: Downtown Puzzle or Rubik’s Cube?
Dais division brewing over hotel tax spending, tourism industry
News Daily, Aug. 28, 2017 8:00 AM
Point Austin: Celebrating the Kellers’ Exoneration
On a happy day, too many others endure criminal injustice
News Column, Aug. 24, 2017
Advocates: Reject Police Union Contract
New “excessive force” lawsuit filed over 2015 “jaywalking” arrest
News Feature, Aug. 24, 2017
Council on CodeNEXT
Four CMs lament inequitable land use standards throughout city
News Feature, Aug. 24, 2017
Pressley Continues to Fight Council Election Loss
District 4 loser takes fight to Texas Supreme Court
News Feature, Aug. 24, 2017
Workers Prevail on Wages at ABIA Hyatt
Six ABIA Hyatt Place Hotel subcontractors stiffed workers out of nearly $240,000
News Feature, Aug. 24, 2017
Council Members Say “#FixtheCode”
Four CMs say CodeNEXT process must strongly address inequality
News Daily, Aug. 22, 2017 2:15 PM
Money Don't Buy Everything, It's True …
City Council plows through housing, energy, and budget hearing
News Daily, Aug. 21, 2017 8:00 AM
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
