Educators Hate It, So Why Is Texas Keeping the STAAR Test Alive?

Behind efforts to eliminate the state test that stresses kids out and shuts schools down

"...students (of course), teachers (of course), but also parents and principals. Austin state representative Gina Hinojosa has a story..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 3-9

"...GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A blogger named Sweetlikeacherry reminds us, "Some epiphanies..."

June 3, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

City Budget: Something's Gotta Give

Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council

"...a fairly simple frame: For the coming fiscal year, 2018, costs are expected to rise about 5%, and incoming..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Crash Course

Cabs try to survive in the era of Uber

"...the Vongos Event Center in Northeast Austin on July 13, Dave Passmore is speaking to 150 taxicab drivers with..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

CSI: Travis County

Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?

"...known what killed her father last summer, within about 24 hours of his death...."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...On Dec. 4, 1982, a deeply suntanned man, about 40 years old,..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...Save Our What?..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

2002 Summer Camps

"...Summertime, and the living is easier when your young ones aren't..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Going for Broke

Fruit Salad Days

"...early years, 1989-1995. In 1989, Waterloo Records owner Kunz, and Geissler, a German immigrant who exported rock & roll..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 14-20

"...CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Simpsons animated show has been on TV..."

July 14, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Has Austin Resource Recovery Found a Solution to Its Chronic A/C Problem?

Taking the heat off local garbage collection trucks

"...Recovery crews, it's a different story. Operators constantly stop and go from one curbside customer to the next, preventing..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Tesía Samara, Lauryn Paige Fuller, Steve Thomas, Lisa Davis, and all those we've lost along the way...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Adam Reposa on Ice

Sentenced to six months in jail for direct contempt, city’s DWI king meets stalemate in state courts

"...9 – local DWI attorney Adam Reposa has spent 35 days in a county jail. That's roughly one-sixth of..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The State of Trans Health Care

Gender affirming care in Austin is improving. But by how much? And how far must it still go?

"...By the time she'd turned 35, Beth West­brook had made her mark on Austin's queer..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...in Austin. I wanted to learn about the corps and how they fit into the Bastrop disaster scenario. I..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...during times of crisis, thus the emergency management decisions and plans of both municipalities are intrinsically linked. I spoke..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...It's one of the most contentious land battles in the Hill Country – but for once,..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

What Makes Cirque Worque?

Unlocking the enduring phenomenon of Cirque du Soleil

"...Just two weeks before workers raised the blue-and-yellow tents of Le Grand..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Two Lives Lost

Danielle Martin and Jackson Ngai shared a close friendship, a passionate love for music, and mental illness. They cared for each other as best they could. And then he killed her.

"...On the night of April 29, about a quarter after nine, UT graduate student Jackson..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Emily Pyle

High Tech vs. High Touch

The midwifery debate is not new in Austin -- a Chronicle reprint from June 18, 1993

"...reprint, originally published in The Austin Chronicle June 18, 1993...."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Welcome Wagon

Doyle Bramhall II, classic rock's most promising new blood

"...In the White Room -- Last year, God rang..."

May 25, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Like a Kid Again

For Spy Kids, his first youth-oriented movie, director Robert Rodriguez maintains the spirit of youth - and El Mariachi

"...It's Saturday night, and the sidewalk outside the Paramount Theater is a mob..."

March 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bizarre Talents

The strange road to success of former Austin bookseller Lynn Bender.

"...worked at the University Co-op for about one year and after he quit, he would occasionally stop by the..."

March 10, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Naked City

"...this week by Elise Guillot, Bryan Mealer, Amy Smith, and Jordan Smith. Off the Desk:..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"....footnote { vertical-align: super; padding-left: 2px; font-size: 12px; color: #d6121a !important; font-family: 'Gotham A','Gotham B';..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...However, as of Feb. 14 of this year, the city of Austin finally has..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Beat the heat in San Marcos and have fun at events around the state

"...in is a primary goal of any daytrippin’ outing, and the San Marcos River is a great destination...."

July 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 24-March2

"...PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "What is originality?" asked philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Here's how..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 15-21

"...CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your memory is SUBSTANTIAL. Your sensitivity is MONUMENTAL...."

July 15, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

How to Help After Harvey

Donate, send goods, foster a dog, do your part

"...water around the state, causing historic flooding in Houston and some of the state’s most beloved coastal respites...."

Aug. 30, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

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