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Cody Wilson, the Austin man who’s been in the national news lately concerning whether he can publish instructions to 3-D-printed guns, faces felony sexual assault charges after Austin Police determined that he paid a 16-year-old girl $500 to have sex with him at the Archer Hotel in the Domain.

3:21PM Wed. Sep. 19, Nina Hernandez Read More | Comment »

City Arts Funding Tempest

Skies may have been clearing over most of Central Texas this past weekend, but storm clouds continued to hang low over the city's Cultural Arts Division. The release Thursday of funding amounts for FY 19 showing dozens of arts organizations receiving drastic cuts in funding – anywhere from 15-45% – sounded alarms across the arts scene.

1:40PM Mon. Sep. 17 Read More | Comment »

Grand Jury No-Bills Chantal Eldridge

A Travis County Grand Jury declined to indict Chantal Eldridge this afternoon. Eldridge, who is set to take over as judge of the 331st District Court in January, had been accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Brazilian foreign exchange student who lived at her house for a period of time in 2006.

4:15PM Fri. Aug. 31, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Creatives Meet Business Experience 2018

Multiple venues on East Cesar Chavez

Austin Pride Gay Skate
at Playland Skate Center

Enamorada
at CineClub México

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Greetings, young upstanding student, and welcome (back) to Austin, where you’re either re-acclimating to the increasing chaos of life in an ever-growing metropolis or getting your first taste of life in the little big city.

12:01AM Thu. Aug. 30, News Staff Read More | Comment »

Supremes Reject Ballot Lawsuits

Late Monday, the Texas Supreme Court rejected lawsuits – literally, requests for “writs of mandamus” – that would have required City Council to rewrite ballot language for one proposition directing an “efficiency audit” and another requiring a referendum for any comprehensive land-use code revision.

2:00PM Tue. Aug. 28, Michael King Read More | Comment »

City Council Candidate Forums

You’ve seen the list of candidates – now get to know 'em. The city, its Ethics Review Commission, and the League of Women Voters have scheduled candidate forums for each of the six Council races, and the first one – in District 3 – is happening next week, before our next issue.

9:00AM Fri. Aug. 24, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

Austin FC

The support group MLS2ATX tonight revealed the team name, logo, colors, slogan, and more, for Austin’s first major league sports team: Austin FC, the current Columbus Crew, who are ever-so-close to finalizing their move to Austin, starting next season.

8:59PM Wed. Aug. 22, Nick Barbaro Read More | Comment »

Two Ballot Lawsuits Before State Supremes

As expected, petitioners have sued the city of Austin over the language drafted by City Council on the “efficiency audit” and the “waiting period” and public vote for any comprehensive land-use code provision (e.g., CodeNEXT). Due to short deadlines, the case was taken directly to the Supreme Court.

3:15PM Mon. Aug. 20, Michael King Read More | Comment »

Laura Morrison Files for Mayor

Thursday morning, former City Council member Laura Morrison made official what has been her long declared campaign for mayor, to replace incumbent Steve Adler, running for his second term. Morrison told the Chronicle, “We’re ready to win this … it is definitely a winnable campaign.”

2:45PM Thu. Aug. 16, Michael King Read More | Comment »

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