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Building Austin
As the city grows, is it being cavalier about the well-being of the laborers who are assembling Austin's new face?
BY AMY KAMP
Point Austin: Unmet Needs
As Council wrangles the budget, groups push for more funding to breach inequalities
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: A Tale of Two PUDs
It's not too soon to aim for green space
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: The Public Weighs In
Budget priorities continue to be debated
BY MICHAEL KING
UT Prepares for Campus Carry
UT president announces a working group
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
STR Debate Unresolved
Ordinance is updated, but issues remain
BY NATALIA CIOLKO
Bag Ban Aftereffects
Environmental advocates call for change in single-use bag ordinance
BY JESSI CAPE
MACC Gets Parkland Status
Special-called Council meeting hashes out an agreement between MACC and developer
BY TONY CANTÚ
City Files Challenge Lawsuit Against TCAD
Claims current property appraisal system is unconstitutional
BY MICHAEL KING
APD Detective at the Center of Two Legal Battles
Brenda Bermudez has filed a sexual harassment complaint with APD, but she’s also accused of sexual harassment. Another suit claims her negligence led to a teen’s suicide.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
School Finance on Trial
Hearing only expected to last a short two and a half hours
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Poll Shows GOP Voters Want Paxton Out
Conservative group behind poll asking Republicans if Paxton should resign
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Micro-Unit Housing Planned for Eastside
A new affordable housing development plan sees positive reception from neighborhood group
BY TONY CANTÚ
KATRINA: 10 YEARS LATER
Katrina Survivors Reflect 10 Years Later
Jamar Jefferson and Donna Bonner are just two of many who relocated to Austin
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Documenting Disaster
Alive in Truth: The New Orleans Disaster Oral History & Memory Project
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Q&A With Scott Crow
Anarchist and community organizer co-founded Common Ground Collective
BY WAYLON CUNNINGHAM
The Hightower Report
Proud "partners" corporatize our parks
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Eating Out With Kids
Austin's food boom may not be for everyone
BY HEIDI MEURER
Some Like It Hot
25th Hot Sauce Festival brings the crowds
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Bun Belly
Inconsistency mars Airport Blvd. newcomer
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food-o-File
The art of the deal
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Hot August Nights
Fire and ice for summer commiseration
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Playback: HAAM Payback
Austin music says thanks for saving our butt, HAAM
screens
Gone to the Dogs
Bob Byington on his latest Austin comedy, 7 Chinese Brothers
BY MARC SAVLOV
Austin's Public-Access Glory Days
When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV
BY MARC SAVLOV
Dancing in the Dark
Texas noir Two Step cuts a bloody rug
BY CAITLIN MOORE
Film Reviews
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Bold coming-of-age story is told from the girl's POV
Digging for Fire
Joe Swanberg's latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Animated film is based on Gibran's iconic book of prose poems
Mistress America
Greta Gerwig borrows from Holly Golightly in Noah Baumbach's new comedy
Phantom
Hindi political thriller
Sinister 2
Round 2 for this supernatural horror franchise
Turbo Kid
This irreverent throwback is a loving homage to kids' adventure pictures
Uppi 2
Kannada psychological thriller
War Room
Christian melodrama likens prayer to war against the devil
We Are Your Friends
A wan Saturday Night Fever wannabe about four millennials
arts & culture
AUSTIN PRIDE 2015
Ebony Stewart's Hunger
Spoken-word artist Ebony Stewart enters a new stage with her solo show Hunger
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Tender Rough Rough Tender
Groundswell turns up the heat in its developmental staging of Sarah Saltwick's new play
Forever Plaid
Austin Theatre Project's staging of the popular musical hits all the right notes
"The Only Knowledge Worth Possessing"
Personal narratives stand at the heart of this exhibit by artists in the Contemporary Austin's Crit Group program
columns
Gay Place: Austin's Gay Days
We've got all the Pride info and sneak peeks into a very gay fall season.
BY KATE X MESSER, NEHA AZIZ, SARAH MARLOFF AND BLAKE MCCOY
Day Trips: Sun Studio, Memphis, Tenn.
Birthplace of rock & roll still all right, mama
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Drunk Booty Call
Wherein the Luv Doc tries to explain a dine-and-dash scenario
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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