TribFest Recap: Red and Blue Teams Find Common Ground Before the 88th

Six points of agreement as the new Legislature coalesces

"...liberal solutions to those problems differ, here is the common ground that emerged. The Grid and Property Taxes State..."

Sept. 25, 2022 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Annexation Relief Act

Council Aids Its Newest Citizens

"...the council instead made a rare attempt to find common ground with the suburban real estate developers affected by..."

May 1, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

World Trade Center

This is not the 9/11 film we expected from Stone, who tells the fact-based story of two individuals who somehow survived the collapse of the World Trade Center and with a remarkable economy of expressionistic detail and bombast.

"...have expected from Oliver Stone on this subject. Most commonly recognized for his bold, broad strokes and contrarian investigations,..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Are We Ready for Legal Weed?

Ambitions inch higher as the Lege finds common ground on cannabis

"...voters as constitutional amendments. Still, Fazio sees more bipartisan common ground on efforts related to decriminalization and penalty reduction...."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...had been centrally involved in the work of the Common Ground Relief – a community effort focused on restoring..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Q&A With Scott Crow

Anarchist and community organizer co-founded Common Ground Collective

"...In the chaos of Katrina's early aftermath, when relief was still disparate and unorganized, Scott Crow traveled from..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Waylon Cunningham

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...appropriations request for another $9.4 billion in FEMA disaster relief funds. For more, see www.cbpp.org/2-23-06hous.htm. – C.S...."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

Five Docs To Watch

"...archive continues to add layers. Meltzer's documentary covers the ground from Darby's legendary rescue of his friend Robert King..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Michael King

Activists Raise Concerns About FBI Informant

"...and former director of the prominent post-Katrina recovery effort Common Ground Relief, revealed that it was in fact he..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...looking at it as an opportunity for property tax relief – but we need to have the same urgency..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

A Stage of Their Own

TexARTS has yet to find its audience in Austin, but outside it is another story

"...is embarking on an eight-month development process for On Common Ground, a new musical by Broadway-bound composer David Austin..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rep. James Talarico on the 86th Texas Legislature

“There isn’t a blue or red way to fix public education – there’s only a right way”

"...and empathy, we can chart our path toward some common ground. That's what I learned as a nonprofit leader...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Song of America

"...piano great Don Pullen’s Blue Note swan song, Sacred Common Ground from 1995, the year the avant-gardist died. Primal..."

Dec. 27, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

"...the, oppositional by nature, two major parties. There is common ground on key questions like political accountability, genuine democracy,..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Grassroots Organizers Take on Erin Zwiener in Redrawn HD 45

Shades of blue, red, and brown

"...San Marcos Public Library; she's also coordinated winter storm relief and delivered diapers and formula to families in need...."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...President, Silverstone Neighborhood Assoc. Roads Aren't Relief..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...atmospherics, two ends of the alt-rock spectrum that find common ground in intensity. This duality explains the band's support:..."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Public Notice: Happy New Year?

Surely, 2021 will be an improvement

"...until then. To that end, stimulus money and local relief initiatives have eased the burden on most of those..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Rep. Gina Hinojosa on the 86th Texas Legislature

“We need to have the state pay its fair share into the school finance system”

"...looking at it as an opportunity for property tax relief. We need to have the same urgency behind adequate..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Rep. John Bucy III on the 86th Texas Legislature

“We’ve got to do everything we can to keep attention on Medicaid expansion”

"...relationship-building. I’m eager to learn where we can find common ground and make some progress for the state...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Council Watch

Important Council actions in 1999 and what's on the agenda for 2000.

"...Commerce): The odd bedfellows proved they could reach significant common ground, the kind that has the potential to bring..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...tense chambers into gales of laughter. Despite the comic relief, though, Blizzard was still sweating...."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...And I found that we had a lot in common, a lot of shared values, a belief that hard..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...a siren's song that would run any mortal man aground. On the Portland trio's new World Domination release, Feeler..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Now it's time for the city to build a common database of water-quality data for all creeks in Austin,..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column

Longtime Commissioners Face Challenges From Their Left

In the hot seats

"...care, with which the county has partnered on COVID relief and vaccine outreach. "Many parts of Precinct 4 are..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...before it starts moving, reports MPI. Rape is a common threat facing female migrants. Exact numbers are hard to..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...AC: Martial law? That's what we experienced while attempting relief work...."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

ProLodges Saves and Changes Some of Austin's Most Vulnerable Lives

Can the city keep them open?

"...or all of the ProLodges before year's end. A common question arose – why?..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...remained: My aunt's beloved Cadillac was pinned to the ground by a neighbor's truck, the piano on which I..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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