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Transgender Students and Parents Say the State Is Putting Children in Danger
Is Texas' refusal to implement a national mandate state-sponsored bullying?
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: Unbalancing the Budget
Council makes final spending decisions with one hand behind its back
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: 'Tis the Season
Tailgaters and fundraisers: It must be fall
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
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Civics 101
If We Had Budget Enough, and Time ...
Council closes in on a final FY 2017 city budget
BY MICHAEL KING
Elderly Residents Raise Concerns About Conditions at Primrose of Shadow Creek
The City Council lets affordable housing projects go "out of service"
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Death Watch: A Dying Breed
Can Texas even carry out an execution anymore?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Six Figures of Sick Pay
Art Acevedo backpedals on a suspension to avoid arbitration
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Sparks Fly at First ACC Trustee Forum
Unexpected chill at the first ACC endorsement meetings
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Texas Maternal Mortality Rate Soars
Local health department examining deaths: Is the Lege to blame?
BY MARY TUMA
Give Beth a Leg Up on Saturday
Injured cyclist Elizabeth English raises funds for a prosthetic leg
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Norwood Proceedings Slated for Monday Start
Accused killer in 1988 murder of Debra Baker prepares for second trial
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report: What Does Trumponomics Actually Amount To?
Breaking down the Donald's economic plan
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
AC Food Fight: Lobster Rolls
Dock & Roll and Garbo's get their claws out
BY BRANDON WATSON
Review: Street
Chinatown's new pan-Asian concept covers all the bases
BY BRANDON WATSON
Dear Glutton: Meeting Gays Outside of Gay Bars
Trading dating apps for edible apps
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
Is Lockhart the Live Music Suburb of the World?
A growing wave of musical expats heads south
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Texas Platters
Adam Torres
Pearls to Swine
Convextion, Gerard Hanson
2845
Beaver Nelson
Positive
Golden Bear
Dimensional Place
Sharks in the Deep End
Killin' Machine
Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes
Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes
Nori
World Anew
screens
Everybody's Talkin' aGLIFF
Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest returns
BY JESSI CAPE
The Grrrls of aGLIFF
A strong presence of queer women at this year's fest
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Austin Filmmaker Greg Kwedar On His Acclaimed Thriller Transpecos
Blood on the border
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Ron Howard tackles the Beatles
Ghost Team
A group of losers stumble onto paranormal activity
Mia Madre
A filmmaker says goodbye to a mother
No Manches Frida
A thief becomes a substitute teacher to get his loot
Our Little Sister
Siblings bond in this charming Japanese film
Sully
Eastwood's film tells the story of the "miracle on the Hudson"
Transpecos
Border-patrol officers get in way over their heads
The Wild Life
An animated spin on Robinson Crusoe
arts & culture
Jennifer Sherburn's Riverside
With her new site-specific dance Riverside, choreographer Jennifer Sherburn says, "Come on in, the water's fine!"
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2016: The Frank Mills, Loverboy, People of Earth
These three improv troupes gave us an earful at this year's OoB
"Sum You Some Me" at Butridge Gallery
This show pairing artwork by Felice House and Dana Younger feels dedicated and warm, a committed homage to the body
columns
Page Two: The Apache Wars in History and Myth
Indeh, Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth's new graphic novel
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Cyndi Lauper and aGLIFF just wanna have fun
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Lockhart State Park Golf Course
Playing the nine-hole course is cheaper than a pound of Lockhart's famous barbecue
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Rock-Solid Friend
Any wedding planner who claims to actually know the difference between shrimp and flamingo is blowing puce up your rosebud
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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