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Juneteenth Parade in Austin 2021

What's Your Function? Reporter Brant Bingamon goes inside the city’s buggy, behind-the-times website

Ding Dong, Another Brutal Legislative Session Is Behind Us This week's Sine Die cover package explores the ups and downs (mostly downs) of the 87th Texas Legislature

Getting Back Out There – But There Where?

Life's Rich Pageant In praise of people watching, and a face to follow on film

Everybody's a Winner Celebrating the "Best of Austin" Awards

Opinion

We Must Not Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights Parties should be competing to win more votes, not working to keep voting down

Invest in Women and Families, Not New Jails

Prop B Passed. Now What? We must prioritize long-term solutions for homelessness over easier-to-implement changes such as temporary shelters

Conspiracy Theorists Are Central to the New Voter Suppression. I Got to Know One of Them Too Well. Op-ed: Austin City Council Member Greg Casar traces a fringe candidate's vendetta against him to Trump's Big Lie

Time to Retrofit Our City for the Transit System Voters Approved Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison offers a manifesto of sorts for transit-oriented development

Faster Than Sound

June 18, 2021

Austin music mainstay Mike Nicolai retails vinyl and Indoor Creature parties at the Ballroom

June 11, 2021

Plans for Pride Month, Resound concert promotions, and IRL record store day

June 4, 2021 New joint office expands the local label landscape

May 28, 2021 University station terminates "disheartening" negotiations and Spider House Ballroom changes ownership.

May 21, 2021 BluMoon singer's genre-dancing solo debut, a music supervisor panel, and more music news

May 14, 2021 A dreamy alternative R&B debut and a few major venue reopenings, too

May 7, 2021 KUTX Director says it's "50-50" whether the station will continue managing the venue

Day Trips

Bat-Watching in Texas

Six places to watch the bats

Fri., June 18, 2021

Walker Honey Farm, Rogers

This sweet superstore is the bee's knees

Fri., June 11, 2021

Paddle SMTX, San Marcos Glowing river cruises in San Marcos

La Petite Belle, Palacios La Belle sails again

North Shore and South Shore Parks, Bastrop Glamping on Lake Bastrop

FM 457 Bridge, Sargent I can see for miles

South Padre Island Parks The sunny side of SPI beaches

Qmmunity

Fri., June 18, 2021

Black & Queer AF variety show, Die Felicia, and more to keep Austin cool in this Pride Month heat

Fri., June 11, 2021

Cluck rainbow capitalism, keep your pink dollars in Austin's queer community at these events

June 3, 2021 Celebrate with Austin Black Pride, aGLIFF's mini film-a-thon, and more

May 27, 2021 Critical win at the Lege welcomes Pride Month festivities

May 13, 2021 Austin Black Pride, Austin Pride announce summer celebration dates

May 6, 2021 Poo Poo Platter fills your mommy complex, Cheer Ups announces reopening, and more queer events

April 29, 2021 Mask up for Austin Black Pride's Pose watch party, drag brunch at the Iron Bear, and more

The Luv Doc

What in the Hell Is Going on at the Statesman?

More of the outlandish factual assertions, needlessly hyperbolic language, and gratuitous profanity that undermines true, legitimate journalism

Fri., June 18, 2021

Surprisingly Cold

Every summer day under 100 degrees means that a thousand enthusiastic well-meaning folks will move to Austin

Fri., June 11, 2021

The Worst Thing Nobody wants to witness self-indulgent acts on a first date

Don't Ask Your Ex 70-93% of all communication is nonverbal

A Good Person The Achilles heel of COVID is that it’s not deadly enough to get the attention of the real knuckle draggers

Premature There is only one alternative to getting older, and it definitely involves not getting laid.

Running Late The kind of unforgivable transgression that can ruin a promising career.

The Verde Report

June 18, 2021

The tyro club has been through the MLS ringer

June 11, 2021

How the Verde squad is settling into Austin

June 4, 2021 Following Austin FC's well-earned goalless draw against the Seattle Sounders Sunday night, Austin captain Alex Ring spoke to the...

May 28, 2021 Josh Wolff laid out the assignment in simple English at his very first press conference as Austin FC head...

May 21, 2021 Sunday rivals offer a blueprint for first-year MLS success for a small market club

May 14, 2021 Team captain’s red card leaves ATXFC vulnerable in upcoming LA Galaxy match

May 7, 2021 A brand-new team is shaping up to be better than anyone anticipated

The Common Law

June 4, 2021 Property tax protest – how do I increase my chances of winning at the ARB hearing?

May 7, 2021 Driving golf carts on Austin streets – is it legal?

April 2, 2021 2020 federal tax deadline – extended again

March 5, 2021 Minors getting ink: Can an under-18 teenager get a tattoo in Texas with parental consent?

February 5, 2021 Trump’s secret pardon – can Trump issue himself a get-out-of-jail-free-card and not tell anyone?

Smarty Pants

June 18, 2021 Just before World War II, about a quarter of all food- and waterborne diseases came from milk. Now it's...

June 11, 2021 Sixty-five different species of animals have their own form of laughter when they are relaxing or playing, according to...

June 4, 2021 Despite attempts in recent years to crack down on immigration, as of 2017 more than 44.5 million people living...

May 28, 2021 Six nuclear weapons were lost by the U.S. in the 1950s and Sixties and have never been found. One...

May 21, 2021 At some point before 1960, a colony of stray cats (also called "moggies") moved into the British Museum. At...

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