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Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers
The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large
BY TAYLOR JACKSON BUCHANAN
Beside the Point: What’d You Expect?
On immigration and elsewhere, best to have a plan
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Public Notice: Dealing With a Surplus
AISD real estate; a clean energy future
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Greg Abbott
Our governor is basically an online troll
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Bring On the Bike Signals
City to install 12 markers around Downtown
BY SARAH MARLOFF
DPS to Charge for Forensic Work
Policy to go into effect on Sept. 1
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Carbon Monoxide a Continuing Problem in APD's Cars
One officer still on medical leave after incident
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Housing Advocates Protest Trump's HUD Cuts
A week of action kicked off Saturday
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Fire Negotiations Update
AFA President Bob Nicks cites increased civility in recent meetings
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Lege Lines: Do Not Resuscitate
The Texas Lege, back from the dead
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Suit Filed Against Latest Abortion Ban
This year's target: Senate Bill 8
BY MARY TUMA
Council: Budgeting for a Return
Council catches last breaths before summer break comes to an end
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Union Accuses AFD Assistant Chief of Dishonesty
Liar, liar, pants on fire?
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
CodeNEXT: Communication Is Key
CAG, staff present updates to Planning Commission
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Campus Carry, Coming to a Community College Near You
Take your guns to school
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
The Hightower Report: Should We Entrust Our Schoolchildren to Corporate Profiteers?
What's your education worth?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Classic Crepe Gets Two Austin Twists
Crêpe Crazy and Saperlipopette embrace the universal language of food
BY JESSI DEVENYNS
Review: Kinda Tropical
Hot-weather food with a sunny disposition
BY BRANDON WATSON
Dear Glutton: Your New Favorite Ice Cream Shops
Find the perfect place for a frozen treat
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
Meet Austin’s Funk Prodigy D-Madness
Blind purveyor of soul, hip-hop, and reggae takes us behind the curtain
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback: Gone Unsane
Unsane bassist just left Austin for Italy, while SXSW eschews Sonicbids to bring their submissions process in-house
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Bullock Museum Scores Video Game Exhibit
"Pong to Pokémon" traces gaming's Texas ties and rapid evolution
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
"Tales of the Obsessed" Comes to Town
The new Drafthouse series celebrates wonderful weirdos
BY JOSH KUPECKI
What’cha Watchin’?
Editor-in-Chief Kimberley Jones falls in love with a show about a talking dog
Film Reviews
Atomic Blonde
Spies duke it out in Cold War-era Berlin
City of Ghosts
Battling ISIS with journalism
Endless Poetry
Portrait of an artist as a young man
Lady Macbeth
A violent, desperate housewife plots murder
13 Minutes
A plot to blow Hitler up goes wrong
The Untamed
Sex and body horror in the backwoods
arts & culture
Forklift Danceworks' My Parks, My Pools, My City
With Bartholomew Swims, Allison Orr's dance company plunges into Austin's pool problem
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Austin Classical Guitar's i/we
Events such as this concert are using sound and music to share the experiences of refugees
BY MOLLY KENDRICK
Arts Reviews
Zilker Theatre Productions’ The Wizard of Oz
The 59th Zilker Summer Musical embraces all the joy in the familiar tale, making for a family-friendly show
Hideout Theatre's The Kindness of Strangers
This improvised salute to Tennessee Williams conjures his South's deeply rooted traditions and misfits with style
"Greg Davis: India's Kumbh Mela" at Butridge Gallery
This exhibit's images offer impressive layers of visual intricacy but also raise the problematic questions of photojournalism
columns
Gay Place
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Texas Barbecue
Five barbecue joints in one day
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Your Psychopathic Buddy
Put the HR department on your speed dial
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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