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news
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Deep Divisions in Texas' Powerful Anti-Choice Movement
Battle reflects Lege’s growing extremismBY MARY TUMA
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Point Austin: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
City Hall begins budget prep with a fair-to-middling forecastBY MICHAEL KING
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Public Notice: Doomed?
Looking forward to the November ballotBY NICK BARBARO
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Headlines
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Quote of the Week: Bob Nicks
Austin Firefighters Association president on the matter of self-policing -
Civics 101
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NAKED CITY
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One Cop Fired, One's Fate Sealed?
Mathis fired following Stallings October indictmentBY CHASE HOFFBERGER
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Pair of Deaths at the County Jail
TCSO believes both men died "of natural causes"BY NINA HERNANDEZ
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Changes Ahead for Austin Pride
New president, new weekend?BY SARAH MARLOFF
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The City's (Interim) Plan for the Public Safety Chiefs
Police, Fire, and Police Monitor all addressedBY NINA HERNANDEZ
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Special Prosecutor Assigned to Probe Old Sexual Assault Allegations Against Chantal Eldridge
Judicial nominee derides case as being based on "false allegation"BY NINA HERNANDEZ
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Uproar Over Judge's Dismissal at SOAH
Calls to remove chief administrative law judgeBY MICHAEL KING
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Rich DePalma Enters District 8 Council Race
Parks and Rec Board member joins crowded raceBY NINA HERNANDEZ
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Executive Oversight: Who's Watching Over City Chiefs?
Public Safety Commission continues probe into harassing behaviorBY NINA HERNANDEZ
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Commissioners Hash Out CodeNEXT's Mobility Details
Cars, parking, and more addressed at recent meetingBY SARAH MARLOFF
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City Council: Budding Budgets
Anticipated FY 2018 General Fund surplus: right now, $750,000BY NINA HERNANDEZ
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Campaign Notes
For those about to run-offBY MICHAEL KING
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Soccer in Austin: The Road to Realness
What'll happen at McKalla Place? Good question.BY AUSTIN SANDERS
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Texas Could Lose Big If Census Undercounts Immigrants
Citizenship question could eat into $43 billion state receives in federal fundsBY MARY TUMA
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Feds Move Closer to Removing Vireo From Endangered Species List
A delisting for the birdsBY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
food
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Review: ManinPasta Brings a Little Sicilian to South Lamar
Italian food crafted with love just down the road from the Broken SpokeBY JESSI CAPE
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An “Old Austin” Date Night at Phara’s Mediterranean Cuisine
Transport to a bygone Austin era of funky ambience and soulful hospitalityBY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
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Another Look at the Underrated Tex-Mex of Vivo
Have a Mexican martini and then walk to AFS CinemaBY JESSI CAPE
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Food Events
music
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How Heartless Bastards Frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom Arrived at Her Solo Debut
Songwriting at the edge of her comfort zone on Sweet UnknownBY DOUG FREEMAN
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Playback: Spatula City Limits
Austin music journeys to the desert – and you're not invitedBY KEVIN CURTIN
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Texas Platters
screens
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Austin Writer Explores the Contradictions of Ted Kennedy in Chappaquiddick
Telling the tale of the shattering of CamelotBY RICHARD WHITTAKER
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Sex Pistols Go Boom
Iconic punk final tour implosion in D.O.A.BY TIM STEGALL
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Now Streaming in Austin
Web comedy gets in shapeBY AUSTIN SANDERS
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Film Reviews
arts & culture
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Courage Moves in Ballet Austin's Exit Wounds
For his new dance, choreographer Stephen Mills turned to moments of inspiration in his own lifeBY ROBERT FAIRES
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Snapshot: Balloons Over Horseshoe Bay Resort
Annual hot air balloon festival is an uplifting traditionBY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
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Seen / Soon: April 6
On the bus in the City of Angels with Salvage Vanguard's staging of con flama and in Mexico with John Gibley, author of I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us -
Arts Reviews
columns
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Oops!
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Gay Place
The Great Show brings modern cabaret to AustinBY SARAH MARLOFF
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Day Trips: AquaBrew Brewery, San Marcos
Popular brewpub has the agility of a homebrewer and consistency of a craft brewerBY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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The Luv Doc: A Grossly Inaccurate Egyptology Lecture
We mere mortals are just feathers being blown about in the tempest of the gods -
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
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This Modern World
BY TOM TOMORROW
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Why So Much?
BY LANCE MYERS
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Peppermint Tears
BY RYAN HENNESSEE
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Eyebeam
BY SAM HURT
