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Volume 40, Number 20
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
2021 Lege Preview
Amid Chaos and Crisis, the 87th Texas Legislature Gets to Work
Can we rebuild a democracy?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
COVID-19 Turns the Texas Lege's Routines Upside Down
The challenge ahead – how to get back to the business of legislating without staging a superspreader event
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Freshman State Senator Sarah Eckhardt Lays Out Her Agenda
Sarah Eckhardt prepares for an uncertain session
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Can Texas Clean Up Its Climate Footprint?
State Rep. Erin Zwiener outlines a House environmental agenda
BY LINA FISHER
Will School Funding Take a Beating From a Pandemic-Pressed Budget?
Pandemic-pressed budget puts 2019's funding gains at risk
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Will Texas Expand Medicaid?
Long-running health care debate looks different through a pandemic prism
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Women's Health Advocates Brace for "Perfect Storm" at Texas Legislature
Republican lawmakers racing to further restrict abortion access
BY MARY TUMA
Will the Texas Legislature Take On Police Reform?
George Floyd Act, APD takeover, TCOLE all on Lege's agenda
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Has the Lege Truly Moved Past LGBTQIA Bigotry?
Slow progress toward equality and respect may continue
BY LILLI HIME
Are We Ready for Legal Weed?
Ambitions inch higher as the Lege finds common ground on cannabis
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Will the Texas Lege Roll the Dice on Gambling This Session?
The gambling caravan is back, but it’s losing momentum
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin at Large: Forget the Alamo
It’s strike three for Texas in the white-power rebellion game. Time to call folks out.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Criminal Behavior
Ken Paxton has to go – plus a bucket of warm spit
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
APD Kills Again
Driver fatally wounded after alleged road rage incident
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Strong-Mayor Proposal Likely Headed to May Ballot
Austinites for Progressive Reform submits 24,000 signatures
BY LINA FISHER
Rape Survivor Wins in Civil Court
After plea deal, defendant hit with $2 million in damages
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Anti-Lockdown Evangelist Sean Feucht Had No Permit for Saturday’s Concert on Austin Parkland
City “exploring options” to hold organizers accountable
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Austin Opens Field Hospital as COVID Surge Swells
How soon is now?
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Death Watch: Despite SCOTUS Ruling, Inmate Again Faces Execution
Blaine Milam, who may be disabled, is set for death Jan. 21
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
A Brief Guide to Some of Austin's Many Tiny Taco Shops
ATX's formidable population of taco purveyors offers meaty, regional delights
BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ
Sonya Cote's Bastrop Storehouse, Extending the To-Go Booze Waiver, Suga's Cakery at Dear Diary, Pizza from Intero, and More
All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of January 14, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Faster Than Sound: Don’t DM Me, Vote in the Austin Music Poll!
The Austin Music Poll is open all month. Go vote – online!
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DEREK UDENSI, ALYSSA QUILES, GREG STITT, KEVIN CURTIN, ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Origins of a Green Identity Dives into the Growth of a Community
KLRU and Living Springs celebrate Austin's eco-pioneers
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program Could Be a Lifeline for the State Economy
From script to screen to jobs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Bloody Hell
Australian horror-comedy is deliciously twisted riff on the eurotrip
Don't Tell a Soul
Rainn Wilson proves his darker skills in this drama of inherited sin and trauma
The Marksman
Liam Neeson is the action man again in this border thriller
Master
Classroom Tamil action with Vijay handing out lessons and justice
MLK/FBI
The Feds' surveillance campaign of the civil rights icon placed in new context
My Little Sister
German family drama about the trauma of losing a twin
Rock Camp: The Movie
Music fans seek glam without the grit and grind as they play with stadium-fillers
Some Kind of Heaven
America's retirement heaven shows some splinter in the clouds
The White Tiger
Indian crime drama with a class twist
arts & culture
PrintAustin 2021 Reproduces Community Online and Off
At this celebration of printmaking it's gather, prints, repeat
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
If You’ve Ever Wanted to Live Inside a Wes Anderson Movie...
This photography book is a close approximation
BY SARA HUTCHINSON
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Under Construction
Time to roll up the sleeves and start rebuilding our democracy
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: The Best Big Qmmunity in Texas
On discrimination, Dolly, and more queer happenings
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Guadalupe River State Park, Spring Branch
The crown jewel of the Guadalupe River
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: An Insultingly Simplistic Moral Reminder
There is no greater sign of a dumbass than a dumbass who doesn't think he's a dumbass.
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, January 15-21
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Watch Out for The Striker
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
