Point Austin: Trials of Our Would-Be Rulers Highlight the Limits of American Justice

In Trump and Paxton trials, the rules don’t apply

"...there’s another chance, slim but unresolved, that the lead-footed FBI will finally come up with its own conclusions about..."

April 19, 2024 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Film Review: Whatever It Takes

A cyberstalking whodunit with a corporate twist

"...with great skill by director Jenny Carchman. Eventually, the FBI gets involved, and there’s a bit of police procedural..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Rod Machen

D.A. Candidates Focus on Safety, Data Shows Austin Crime Rates Decreasing

Austin was the safest big city in Texas in 2022

"...the three biggest cities in Texas, according to 2022 FBI data, which is the most recent year available...."

March 5, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: The Never-Ending Story

Millions of guns, and countless murders

"...recorded 55 “mass shootings” since Jan. 1 (defined, per FBI standards, as incidents including at least four people shot..."

Feb. 20, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...at Eagle Pass has also attracted bad actors. The FBI arrested a Tennessee man earlier this month who threatened..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature

Ken Paxton Attacks Austin’s Lenient Marijuana Policy

Critics say it’s a distraction from the A.G.’s legal woes

"...four of his top lieutenants after they told the FBI he was abusing his office. Paxton had offered to..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...funeral wreath. As the harassment intensifies, the police and FBI close in on a Silicon Valley giant and some..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Three Years After the January 6 Insurrection, What’s Changed in Central Texas?

Locals have pleaded guilty, but conspiracy theories still reign

"...the same, while one in four Americans believe the FBI organized the January 6 attack...."

Jan. 6, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Request Denied: Paxton Will Be Questioned Under Oath Despite Delay Tactics

He's still pushing to limit questioning, though

"...after they reported evidence of Paxton’s corruption to the FBI. Paxton and the plaintiffs had previously reached a settlement..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Point Austin: Ken Paxton’s Top 10 Follies This Year

How was Ken’s year? Just impeachy.

"...for unjust dismissal after they reported him to the FBI...."

Dec. 14, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Gift Guide: The Movie of the Book

Five page-turners for the film fan in your life who wants the whole story

"...Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIby David GrannVintage Books, 416 pp.$18 (paper)Killers of the Flower..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Find the Wolves: Martin Scorsese on Killers of the Flower Moon

The filmmaker on his new film about an “easygoing genocide”

"...While Grann’s book focuses on the beginnings of the FBI investigation that the murders sparked, Scorsese knew he had..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

The Exquisite Torments of Ken Paxton

Why is everybody so mean to the Texas Attorney General?

"...“whistleblowers” (senior OAG staff who reported him to the FBI), laid out a pattern of alleged Paxton actions which..."

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Breaking: Paxton Acquitted on All Counts

Senators reject impeachment for attorney general

"...the group of “whistleblowers” who reported him to the FBI in 2020 and who subsequently resigned or were fired...."

Sept. 16, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Ken Paxton Impeachment Goes to the Jury

30 senators deliberate on 16 impeachment articles

"...finally reported Paxton’s behavior and potential crimes to the FBI, House Managers charge, they were fired or constructively dismissed..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI) Kiyash Monsef (Once There Was) Simon Montefiore (The World:..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

That’s Entertainment: The Paxton Impeachment Trial So Far

Texas’ most addictive reality show heads into week 2

"...first resisted that subornation and then subsequently informed the FBI that they believed their boss might be committing crimes...."

Sept. 11, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Hate Crimes Require Sparks Before They Ignite

Who’s holding the guns?

"...passive “nodders” at bigotry, even J. Edgar Hoover’s mud-slinging FBI, the agency then charged with finding King’s killer...."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...forever," or something. That usually puts you on a FBI list of some kind...."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

The League

The history of the Negro Baseball League as the history of America

"...latest film from documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard (Mr. Soul!, MLK/FBI), the league finally has the documentary it deserves...."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's roaring, terrifying, and carnal tale of the father of the atom bomb

"...basic humanism were used against him by Hoover's commie-smashing FBI. Grand betrayal is an elemental component of the story,..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: A Great Time to Be a Republican

Bryan Slaton, Ken Paxton … and the rest of them

"...of Paxton’s staff attorneys objected (and complained to the FBI), Paxton fired them – leading to a whistleblower lawsuit...."

June 30, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Ken Paxton Impeachment Trial to Include Evidence, Witnesses

Hearsay excuse won’t fly, thanks to Senate-adopted rules

"...him of bribery and allegedly attempting to undermine an FBI investigation. The Senate’s rules specify that they will consider..."

June 22, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Senators Can’t Agree on How to Conduct Paxton’s Impeachment Trial

Secret meetings produce no rules for suspended attorney general's trial

"...him of bribery, and allegedly attempting to undermine an FBI investigation. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who will preside over..."

June 23, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Real Estate Developer Nate Paul’s Arrest, What We Know So Far

A.G. Ken Paxton's attorney suspects Paul's arrest is connected

"...The FBI arrested Paul on a federal warrant Thursday, and a..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

How Texas A.G. Paxton’s Trumpian Antics Led to Impeachment

Sealing his fate

"...things, worked hard to provide Paul with a secret FBI document detailing what the agency learned when it served..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Public Notice: Housekeeping News

Plus trying to slow the Convention Center expansion, code changes

"...[financial benefactor Nate] Paul," "improperly obtained access to [an FBI file on Nate Paul] for the purpose of providing..."

June 2, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

House Panel Recommends Ken Paxton Impeachment

High drama at the Lege as session winds down

"...bribes from Austin developer Nate Paul and undermined an FBI investigation...."

May 25, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

How Texas Wreaked Havoc on One Man's Journey to Citizenship

Living the American nightmare

"...Unbeknownst to Mejía, he was entering a state that..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

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Comic Creator Spotlight on Gene Selassie: "It Took Stuff Like The Walking Dead"

For Free Comic Book Day we chat with Austin's sequential standouts

"...named Kayfabe, and I had a story about an FBI agent who volunteered for an experiment that would mutate..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

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