More School Fingerprinting Fuss

"...Fingerprinting school employees is not off to a smooth start..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Post by Kimberly Reeves

Leffingwell Shares the Ride

Former mayor now chair of “Ridesharing Works” campaign

"...know why the companies are so adamantly opposed to fingerprinting their drivers. (Both Uber and Lyft have threatened that..."

April 12, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Parliamentary Maneuvers

Council plows through agenda beneath a persistent TNC cloud

"...to enforce the existing TNC ordinance – specifically, requiring fingerprinting of drivers by Get Me and other ride-hailing start-ups...."

May 23, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Uber, Lyft Form PAC, Push Petition

Newly formed Ridesharing Works for Austin PAC wants to make Council regs permanent

"...to abandon TNC regulations altogether. The specific act of fingerprinting – the straw man masquerading as the crux of..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Uber and Lyft Go to City Hall

Will Austin finally have permanent rules governing TNCs?

"...Thursday’s paper – that implementation of a requirement for fingerprinting drivers would necessitate that the companies abandon Austin’s market...."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

City Council Picks Up the Pieces

"...Prop 1 vote as a vote for "sticking with fingerprinting as a requirement." Mobility Committee Chair Kitchen agrees that..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Ubering to the Polls

There's no stopping a costly referendum election

"...does not operate in any city that requires mandatory fingerprinting, and the company left Houston when the city made..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Uber Says "Thumbs Down"

No truce in the TNC war

"..."third-party, cross-platform badge validator," which would replace the mandatory fingerprinting required by the December ordinance, is set to be..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Safety for Some

The mayor tries to find a way to placate Uber and Lyft

"...do, including information gathered in driver background checks, including fingerprinting...."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Katie Matlack

Leave No Fingerprints

Council’s last 2015 meeting looks both ways before crossing

"...is largely a place-holding measure, implementing the principle of fingerprinting for TNC drivers, but leaving both the enforcement mechanisms..."

Dec. 22, 2015 News Post by Michael King

AISD's Fingerprints

Teachers speak out against having to get fingerprinted

"...state to submit to a new, state-mandated regime of fingerprinting and background checks for school employees. But not everyone..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Public Notice: Learning to Share?

A full week of Proposition 1

"...The exact mechanics of the background check system, with fingerprinting, are indeed yet to be worked out. But for..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Play by the Rules

"...to run the whole show. First they objected to fingerprinting, so Mayor Compromise promoted one which made fingerprinting optional,..."

Feb. 15, 2016 Postmarks

Point Austin: Sign Right Here

TNC petition and Kitchen recall election recipes for pointless public expense, voter cynicism, and lousy government

"...TNC ordinance that would have incrementally encouraged virtually universal fingerprinting of TNC drivers (as is required of all traditional..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Thumbs Up or Down?

Will bowing to Uber and Lyft set a bad precedent for city government?

"...somehow split the baby between the Council's adoption of fingerprinting as integral to those background checks, and the TNCs'..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Michael King

News Roundup: Anti-Choice Work Is Never Done

Ken Paxton is an anti-abortnik

"...Among those changes is the implementation of fingerprint requirements. Fingerprinting is something that's required of all city taxicab drivers,..."

Oct. 12, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Lone Star Imaging System -- a $17 million electronic fingerprinting apparatus designed to wipe out welfare fraud in Texas..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature

The Dissident

Unfurling the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and the rot at the heart of Saudi Arabia

"...through their apartment that’s covered in volcanic ash from fingerprinting, she’s melancholy, but poised. Fogel and his team never..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

RideAustin Enters the Ride-hailing Market

Nonprofit TNC launches app

"...start the on-boarding process, and get themselves scheduled for fingerprinting...."

May 23, 2016 News Post by Kahron Spearman

Did the City Force Lyft to Leave?

Short answer: No

"...If the Council has no plans to actually require fingerprinting, and is actively promoting businesses who are failing to..."

May 13, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

From a Driver

"...threatened to abandon us if they had to do fingerprinting. I have come to believe that they won't leave..."

April 25, 2016 Postmarks

More Strong-Arming From Uber and Lyft

President of U.S. Chamber tries to undermine U.S. “Smart City” grant

"...TNC-written ordinance that (among other company-favored changes) would block fingerprinting of drivers. “I would like to bring to your..."

April 24, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Chronicle Endorsements

Vote no on Prop. 1

"...with an ordinance that would repeal and prohibit required fingerprinting, repeal the requirement to identify the vehicle with a..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature

Prop. 1: False Advertising Claims Escalate

City officials deny claims on background checks

"...results will now include FBI data to facilitate the fingerprinting process, which according to federal/state rules can only be..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Campaign Finance Reports Shed Light on Prop 1 PAC Spending

Ridesharing Works coffer dwarfs rival PAC

"...they won't), there would still be background checks, including fingerprinting, so the ad is blatantly confusing, if not flat-out..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Notes on Kamp: Everybody Loses

Council considers bad, outdated regs for Uber and Lyft

"...as I can tell. The referendum on City Council's fingerprinting requirement is only their latest attempt to avoid any..."

April 8, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Poor Tactics

"...mention that I receive just $3.20. They decry Council's fingerprinting program, claiming driver segregation, while they offer some drivers..."

Feb. 1, 2016 Postmarks

Council: "Sharing" Showdown Arrives

Plenty of contentious business for the first Council meeting of the year

"...while satisfying a Council majority that voted to include fingerprinting for drivers – under rules still to be written...."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council to Vote on TNC Ordinance

Ride-for-hire companies face regulation

"...permitting fees. The sticking point, it appears, is the fingerprinting. Both companies have suggested that the regulation’s implementation could..."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...without injuries and with all vehicles drivable, and public fingerprinting services are suspended, among other modifications...."

March 20, 2020 News Feature

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