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At the Capitol, Texas Tries to Catch Up With Cannabis
From medical use to decriminalization to legalization, marijuana seems to have bipartisan support, so what's taking so long?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Austin at Large: Mapping the Transition Zones
Ever so slowly, City Hall learns to govern without consensus
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: What Happens Next?
Public process will be key to whether code rewrite succeeds
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
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NAKED CITY
North Austin Mosque Targeted Again
Attempted arson latest in vandalisms attacking North Austin Muslim Community Center
BY MARY TUMA
Federal Judge to Texas: No, You Can't Bar Government Contractors From Boycotting Israel
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Student Settles With Scottish Rite Dormitory
Private dorm had been accused of discriminatory behavior against queer resident
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Is a New Austin Land Development Code Done Yet?
Council: Stick a pin in that!
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Growing State of Downtown
Downtown Austin Alliance releases status report on development
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Who’s Running for What in Texas So Far
Yellow Dog 2020: Local Dem primary dance card filling up
BY MICHAEL KING
LEGE LINES
Tax Caps Roll Through Texas House
House approves Senate Bill 2, a revenue cap plan opposed vociferously by local mayors, county judges, and other elected officials
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan
SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Gun Advocate Wants Apology From Texas Speaker of the House
Chris McNutt showed up at Dennis Bonnen's house but doesn't think he was being intimidating
BY MARY TUMA
House Democrats Introduce Bill to Protect Transgender Texans
HB 1513 would expand scope of James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act
BY MARY TUMA
What Time Is It in Texas?
Texas House wants to let voters decide whether to keep daylight saving time
BY MARY TUMA
Open Carry for School Marshals?
Senate wants to let school districts decide if marshals can open-carry guns on campus
BY MARY TUMA
Commissioners Court to Decide Next Step in Proposed Public Defender’s Office
May 7 vote scheduled to approve grant proposal to fund new indigent defense office
BY MICHAEL KING
food
Celebrate Community and Connection in Austin During Ramadan
Soujouk, samosas, and dinner with Rep. Ilhan Omar and Mayor Steve Adler
BY EMILY BEYDA
The Peached Tortilla’s Cookbook Can Make You a Dinner Party Star
Explore Asian comfort food from Tokyo to Texas
BY EMILY BEYDA
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of May 2, 2019
music
Rancho Alegre Fights to Be the Cadillac of Conjunto Festivals
The music fest returns the native Texas genre Downtown where it once flourished
BY CÉSAR E. LÓPEZ LINARES
Faster Than Sound: A Festival Blooms in the Desert
Amid concern over a new C3 festival, homegrown Marfa Myths strives to grow with the Texas city
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Texas Platters
The Well
Death and Consolation
George Strait
Honky Tonk Time Machine
Bayonne
Drastic Measures
Sine
Insomniæ
screens
New Documentary Shows the Beauty of the Border, and the Perils of a Barrier
The River and the Wall captures a wilderness without divisions
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Empty Metal Rewrites the Rules of Filmmaking
Cine Las Americas film blends entertainment and the avant-garde
BY MATTHEW MONAGLE
Inside the 2019 Cine Las Americas Schedule
Talking different kinds of borders with Executive Director Jean Anne Lauer
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd: "The Rink"
Get groovy on wheels by crowdfunding this horror short
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Hail Satan?
The Satanic Temple’s idiosyncratic quest to remind America about freedom of religion
The Intruder
Is going Full-On Quaid a thing? Maybe so, as the veteran goes bugnuts melodrama in the "crazy neighbor" thriller
Long Shot
Timely political rom-com finds new common ground for opposites attracting each other
Rafiki
Kenyan LGBTQ drama is a miracle solely for existing, yet also a vibrant, colorful romance
Red Joan
Based-on-true-life spy drama can keep its secrets to itself
The River and the Wall
More than a nature hike, this border wall documentary replaces rhetoric with reality
arts & culture
Getting Your Head Around (and Hands on) the Art of Abraham Cruzvillegas
Conceptual artist brings "Hi, how are you, Gonzo?" to the Contemporary Austin
BY BARBARA PURCELL
Arts Reviews
ScriptWorks' Out of Ink 2019: Artificially Intelligent
The 10-minute plays in this year's edition of the annual showcase venture outside the comfort zone
Austin Opera's La Bohème
The beauty of the music and stagecraft in this production teaches us something about love and art
Dimension Sculpture Park
Springdale Road is increasingly strung with gems, and this is the newest one
columns
Qmmunity
Plus new music from Krudxs Cubensi and a Cinco de Mayo drag brunch
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: "Greetings From ..." Murals
Outdoor paintings worthy of a selfie stick
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Stolen Wedding
Imitation is also the most sincere form of ridicule
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Challenge your ever-increasing property taxes
BY LUKE ELLIS AND HALEY HOLT
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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