May 4 Election Wrap-up

"...Ethical Gun? Proposition 1, aka the "Austin Fair Elections Act," is now a dead issue. Voters rejected the attempt..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Economics From the Bottom Up

A profile of Accion Texas, CDC, and other microlenders

"...chance at getting a bank loan. How was she supposed to secure a stable life for her family?..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...and the friends and relations of Lyndon Johnson. Nobody actually lived there. Instead, they lived in Austin, or in..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Supreme Court Will Take Up Emergency Abortions in April

ACLU calls the January ruling “astonishing”

"...The U.S. Supreme Court alarmed abortion rights advocates last week by allowing..."

Jan. 10, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Opinion: The HOME Act Will Help Keep Austin Affordable and the American Dream Alive

Affordable housing in great locations helped my immigrant parents thrive in America

"...opportunities Austin has to offer. Just this year, a couple I know moved out of Austin because the prospect..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by Valerie Zhang

Austin's Petition Tradition Is Up for Review

It could get a little harder to put an ordinance on a ballot

"...voters can write their own city ordinance, get a fraction of the electorate to sign a petition supporting it,..."

March 14, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Your Electric Bill Is About to Go Way Up

Council approves new Austin Energy rates, advocates disappointed

"...in anticipation of federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act for coal divestment. On Dec. 8, in one of..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good, Act 3

Why is it so hard to make actual progress on housing?

"...to ensure that the future use of city-owned property supports Council's policy priorities on issues such as affordable housing,..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Police Contract Talks: Hurry Up, or Wait?

Cronk wants APA labor deal before new Council arrives in January

"...that was inconsequential on the surface but clarified how contract negotiations could proceed through the rest of the year...."

Nov. 18, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Think Globally, Act Locally

Planning for mobility, hoping for democracy

"...military experts have often underestimated the efficacy of guerrilla actions, which have repeatedly thwarted the world's superpowers over the..."

March 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

For Briscoe Cain's Next Act, Watch This Bill Disappear (Along With Your Right to Vote)

House committee guts SB 7, replaces it with language from other draconian voting restriction bill

"...requires voters who need assistance to disclose why, beefs up protections for partisan poll watchers, and restricts mail-in voting,..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Voting by Mail? Better Act Fast.

Plus: $$ for Tesla, Threadgill’s auction & more

"...voting by mail – wham! – the time is upon us, and if you're planning on exercising your hard-won..."

June 26, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Dolly Parton Glitters Up Red River

Rhinestone cowgirl’s three-hour stand of virtuosity

"...the spotlights hit the center column, illuminating what John Updike called “the last of the hourglass figures,” hands on..."

Dec. 7, 2016 Music Post by Abby Johnston

A Posies Pop-Up Show

“Classy clusterfuck” jangled the Roosevelt Room on Wednesday

"...carry to the back, and the Posies seemed to act as their own sound men from the stage...."

May 5, 2016 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

D.A.'s Race Heats Up With Lawsuit

Reed accuses TCDP's Harding of failing to properly review Cobb's application

"...race, lest they "be compelled to pursue other legal actions." The cause for Reed's double-down, according to campaign representative..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

John Irving Opens Up at BookPeople

Garp author talks his new novel, how he writes, and sex

"...Sex and the act of writing it – “Did it come easily for..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez

Audiences Shouldn't Act So Jaded

"...Dear Editor, This year's Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup left no disappointments, but unfortunately I cannot say the..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Postmarks

Hit Up Piranha Killer Sushi for Dress for Success!

Benefit at Piranha Killer Sushi, June 21

"...as well as career counseling and a network of support as they enter the work force. Clients receive one..."

May 25, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Balancing Act of Being in Two Places at Once

I'll Come Running director Spencer Parsons on his states of mind

"...to make quite enough money in Austin to fully support myself without going farther down the hole."..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

AIDS Walk Walkers: Up Your Ante Right Now!

Dell has offered match donations to AIDS Walk Austin for a limited time! Get on it.

"...the next 25 donations of at least $100 with exactly $100 into your personal fundraising goal. If you are..."

Oct. 15, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Transit Union Resists Giving Up Pay Raise

Cap Metro's budget woes fail to impress union

"...the surprise of no one, Capital Metro's main labor subcontractor and the transit workers union are fighting again...."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Act Against the War

Doggett:"We have to do everything we can"

"...Nobody knows what the Bush regime is up to in Iraq, least of all itself...."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Column by Michael King

National Round-Up

"...mea culpa. Quite the season for those. The Next Act: More terrifying tales from Seymour Hersh, this time on..."

Nov. 21, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Curling Up

Gift guide

"...254 pp., $19.95 (paper) The best writing is often characterized by the quality of its surprises – not O...."

Dec. 9, 2005 Books Feature by Nora Ankrum

Time to Walk If They're Going to Keep up With the Talk

"...Texas Legislature has passed the Safe Routes to School Act. Unfortunately, this amounts to just about nothing. This is..."

July 20, 2005 Postmarks

Nader: Think Global, Act Texan

Ralph Nader dips into Texas politics while pursuing ballot access

"...funding education by encouraging gambling, which produces addiction, breaks up families, strikes hard at lower-income people, and represents the..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

How Pickle Envy Is Turning Fermentation Into an Act of Resistance

Brining for justice

"...on how many pickles and kimchi they were coming up with and sending to friends across the country." The..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Food Feature by Andrew Turner

The Statesman Restaurant Is Opening Soon, Dish Society’s Already Up and Serving in Mueller, MaieB and Batch Are Taking Over Contigo’s Former Space, and There Will Be Noms A-Plenty During Free Week

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering.

"...a numbering system that some of our predecessors made up and got a lot of people to agree to..."

Dec. 27, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

With Bad Dream Jaguar, Sun June Hasn’t Given Up on Texas Yet

The Austin pop in-betweeners’ third LP arrives at Parish on Nov. 18

"...on Bad Dream Jaguar's penultimate track. "How am I supposed to give you up?"..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Can Federal Funds Clear Up Local Water Problems?

Water quality is worst in marginalized communities

"...standards when last tested in 2021. However, Environmental Working Group stresses, "legal does not necessarily equal safe," and 13..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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