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TROUBLES AT APD’S CRIME LAB
The Future of Austin’s Crime Lab
The backlog of DNA evidence is moving, but is it shrinking?
BY SARAH MARLOFF
What Happens to Rape Victims?
Sixteen months and nothing
BY KATHRYN LUNDSTROM
Point Austin: Hours to Burn
When they promote you to "supervisor," their hands are in your pocket
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: On and Off the Rails
Debating a Downtown rail station, AISD land purchase
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
New Controversy in District 10 City Council Race
Race for Council continues with high heat
BY ANNAMARYA SCACCIA
Council: Race to the Finish
A light list of Items as two PUD discussions loom
BY MICHAEL KING
NAKED CITY
Grove Mediations Continue
A second reading is expected at Council Dec. 6
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Rezoning the Champions Tract
Sheri Gallo and her constituents can't seem to get along
BY ANNAMARYA SCACCIA
AISD: The More Things Change
Welcoming in the new class of AISD board members
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
“A New Beginning” for the San Antonio Four
Group exonerated 22 years after their high-profile arrest
BY SARAH MARLOFF
State Health Department Makes Fetal Tissue Rule Final
Anti-choice rule takes effect Dec. 19
BY MARY TUMA
UT Faculty Finds Itself on Conservative Watch List
Watch what you say
BY MICHAEL KING
Democratic House of Non-Representation
It's almost like the Democrats could have run any Joe Schmoe out there
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Under a Texas Rock
Donald Trump got his ideas about voter fraud from where?
BY MICHAEL KING
Death Watch: Matters of Incompetence
How smart must one be to stand for execution? In Texas, not that smart.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Fred Lewis, Friends of “the Poor” Go to War on Central Health
Is there a doctor in the house?
BY MICHAEL KING
How Returning Lightbulbs Turned Into a Run-In With Police
Chiullán said one officer told him this kind of situation is why Yelp reviews were invented
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report: The New Founder
Why is Greg Abbott messing with our Constitution?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Review: Sophia’s
Classic Italian eatery needs far less flash
BY BRANDON WATSON
Cheap Eats: Hut’s Hamburgers
Austin classic is still one of the best deals in town
BY MARY BRYCE
Dear Glutton: Healthy for the Holidays
Finding an oasis from family obligations
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
Bonnie Bishop on Who She Is and Isn't
The singer’s new album and how she almost walked away from music
BY ABBY JOHNSTON
Playback – Carnegie Bound: Gary Clark Jr.
Gary Clark Jr. strips down on his way to Carnegie Hall, hardcore duo Street Sects kills the lights, and Savannah Welch makes her first public appearance since losing her leg
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
All ATX Vol. 4
Low Down Violet Crown
Walter Daniels
"Almost Got Hit by a Truck" b/w "My Mind Got Bad", "Voodoo Working" and "Stimulant" b/w "I Get Off on It", "Graveyard Shift" b/w "They Can Only Fill One Grave"
Peckinpah
Animal Dreams
The Eric Bee
The Eric Bee
screens
Bumble Offers an Alternative to Online Dating
Local dating app puts women first
BY FELIX MORGAN
Other Worlds Austin Premieres Nathaniel Atcheson’s Domain
Social media meets the apocalypse
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Manchester by the Sea
Casey Affleck shines in this heartfelt drama
A Winter Rose
A star is born (again)
arts & culture
Gift Guide 2016: Haunted Holidays
A few suggestions if you’re giving your Ghost of Christmas Past a present ...
BY ROBERT FAIRES AND WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
Different Stages’ Fahrenheit 451
This theatrical adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story ends up being timely and may make you step outside your bubble
“Mayhem, Method & Medium: Mike O’Brien” at Flatbed
Sculptures of striped tubes take on an uncanny life when photographed and reprinted by the artist
columns
Page Two: An Immodest Proposal
Preventing the music scene from burdening the city
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Combining noise music with performance poetry offers a space for all voices to be heard
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Lady Justice in Comanche
Statue of Lady Justice returns to old courthouse to guard the halls
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Strew Your Seed
Usable knowledge in the agricultural sciences
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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