Then There's This: Housing Bond Back on Ballot?

After voters' rejection in 2012, November may bring another try

"...a fall ballot, six months after the May 11 AISD bond election...."

May 3, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

School Finance Back in Dietz's Court

Eight years after Dietz ruled for massive reform, school finance returns

"...announced that its challenge to the massive public school funding cuts passed during the 82nd Legislature will be heard..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...and had been interested, so when I got full-time funding she was, of course, the perfect choice for that...."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Headlines

"...million for Carruth, $7.5 million for Baker. For more AISD money matters, see "Education Funding May Require Special Session."..."

May 20, 2011 News Feature

The Sunday Survey: 8/8/10

Are we having Fun Fun Fun yet?

"...announced on Friday that, while 109 out of 115 AISD campuses made the federal Adequate Yearly Progress standards, the..."

Aug. 8, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 6/16/10

Big ballin' at the budget forum

"...engines to medical response vehicles, and wanted to preserve funding for four-person staffing on all engines. EMS was there..."

June 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Sex Ed: Parents Just Don't Understand

Survey shows that local parents overestimate their influence on teens' sex ed

"...the curriculum is also likely in order since federal funding for ab-only sex education has been replaced with funding..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Res Publica

Citizen's calendar, Feb. 5-12

"...COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COM­MIS­SION MEETING Help determine Austin's funding priorities for 2009. 6:30pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W...."

Feb. 6, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...• In other education-related news, the AISD board of trustees has responded to the recent media..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...a one-time windfall of $30 million in unexpected federal funding. Hospital district officials want to bankroll that funding; and..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature

Clouded Prospects

Lege special session opens with glowing rhetoric, uncertain goals

"...Court, which in November ruled that the state's education funding system had evolved into an unconstitutional statewide property tax...."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Low Expectations

Not much reason to believe that the Lege will do right by Texas students

"...In theory, that would be good for districts like AISD (even better for wealthy suburban districts), where school support..."

April 14, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• The AISD board of trustees voted on a proposal to close..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Beside the Point

This week's council agenda

"...care, grants for Caritas, Meals on Wheels, and SafePlace, funding for AISD tutoring, and youth training and counseling...."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...curve in preparing for the special session on education funding of the candidates running for the District 48 seat..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column

Supports Donna Howard

"...curve in preparing for the special session on education funding of the candidates running for the District 48 seat..."

Jan. 11, 2006 Postmarks

On the Lege

No solution; another special session is coming

"...raise for teachers, adds about $2.4 billion to school funding, and caps the amount of money that wealthy school..."

July 22, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Lege Wrap-Up

Education

"...of the Capitol on Monday without a solution for funding education. They couldn't agree on school finance because they..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...is important to vote, for example by talking about funding cuts, has a lot more power than someone pushing..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Below the budget storm clouds, plans form for UTMB campus at Mueller

"...peace treaty between city and county officials, whose all-or-nothing funding battle grows wackier by the day...."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Big Items

Major increases in spending

"...Funding Increases Included in the Proposed AISD BudgetIncreased employee pay..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature

Testing, Testing, 1 2 3 ...

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics … and then there's the TAKS test

"...Legislature to build on the test results by increasing funding for education – determined to be at least $400..."

June 4, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...Plant (see The Downtown Dominoes), and pleas for federal funding by local leaders visiting D.C. (see Locals Talk Cash..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...On May 13 the AISD Board of Trustees' lame-duck members said goodbye, and new..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...Teacher Associations is hosting a forum tonight (Thursday) for AISD Board of Trustees candidates. The event will begin with..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...very first of what will be thousands of federally funding housing developments across America -- you know, "the Projects."..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

More letters about music, art, and urban planning

"...drool when looking for more reasons to cut NEA funding. I'll admit, I am biased against performance art (In..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...but as students withdraw, the public school loses state funding. (Edgewood lost $4 million last year.)..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...city employee pay raises. What it doesn't include is funding for other hot issues du jour like Land Development..."

July 9, 1999 News Feature

Endorsements

City Propositions

"...by the city. Still, the majority of Prop. 8 funding goes to expanding our reclaimed water system, which will..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by the Editorial Staff

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