Welfare Warfare

A Bill Is Born

"...Commission. As such, the TWC oversees 28 local workforce development boards across the state -- including the CAWD board..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

No Schism

"...the Sustainable Food Center (SFC) appreciate the attention The Austin Chronicle has been giving to East Austin recently, but..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...million acquisition of the water/wastewater system of FM Properties' developments on Barton Creek. Neither the Sierra Club's Austin Regional..."

Jan. 24, 1997 News Feature

Changing Directions

Community-based programs aim to redirect the 'school-to-prison pipeline'

"...But in Austin and elsewhere, innovative programs have emerged that look for..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Dagny Zenovia

Music Deportment

The Live Music Task Force recommends a Music Department under Austin government. Time for the Austin music community to put its many heads together.

"...encapsulates both the promise and struggle of the contemporary Austin music scene. The venue has become a linchpin of..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?

West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment

"...the Brackenridge Tract, along the Colorado River in West Austin, are once again under consideration for massive new development...."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the enviro vs. developer wars weren't bad enough, now Austin has a green vs. green battle: Several prominent environmentalists..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

Public Funds Part of PromiseLand's Plan for Praise

The conservative Christian church seeks a federal loan for an amphitheatre at its 51st St. campus

"...tax dollars to open its doors wider to the community. This year Heart at Home, a youth-focused nonprofit that..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I would not be a "viable" candidate in South Austin where I live (north of Stassney between South First..."

March 15, 2002 Column

War of Words

Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.

"...past half decade took the raging bull of new development by the horns and went to work enacting some..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...candidacy on the bandstand at Wooldridge Park in downtown Austin. Some blamed the wind on the autumnal weather. Others..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Q&A With City Manager Spencer Cronk

In his first sit-down interview with the Chronicle, Austin's CM discusses public safety, the budget, and next steps

"...with News Editor Mike Clark-Madison and City Hall reporter Austin Sanders for his first Chron­icle interview. We discussed Cronk's..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Time for a Change

A look back at Cristina Tzintzún's time fighting for immigrant rights

"...Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas, to Downtown Austin, a 37-mile journey commemorating the year that's passed since..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• East Austin Economic Summit..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...One year ago, Austin embarked on a complex experiment in populist urban planning..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Compact & Connected

All aboard for Transit-Oriented Development

"...MetroRail, to be precise – and with it the community's ticket to help shape the redevelopment of the neighborhoods..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...praises of former foes in support of the Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan. See " Central Austin Plan: Love..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Austin ISD's upcoming bond package will probably be larger than..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...project of the Housing Authority of the city of Austin, it's the very first of what will be thousands..."

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

Seeing the Light

Capital Metro unveils plans for light rail, a bus-rapid-transit system, and HOV lanes for Austin.

"...transit -- a "Red/Green" starter line running from Northwest Austin into the heart of town, along with a novel..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

ACC Needs Planning, Not Damning

"...the first Chronicle article that I can remember about Austin Community College ["Fonte's Inferno," Vol.16, No.40] based on the..."

June 20, 1997 Column

The ARA Myth

Empty Promises on the Eastside

"...needs to be a Plan-with-a-big-P at all, that East Austin is helpless on its own, that investors will never..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre

Leading Austin cultural institutions face slashed finances

"...groups across the nation, including those of dozens of Austin-based arts groups...."

May 5, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Eastside Housing Proposals Blow Up at Council

"That was crazy"

"...When City Council (acting as the Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Direc­tors) voted to award..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fighting to Stay

As Austin's housing market booms, its poorest residents fight to exist

"...Austin has watched new developments rise across the skyline over..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]

As May money season opens, candidates blossom

"...sense of where they fit into the overall dynamic Austin tapestry...."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Plan, Be

The citizens who spent years dreaming up CreateAustin are now working to make it real

"...The CreateAustin Cultural Master Plan, commissioned by the city of Austin..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Revving Up for Slow Times

How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession

"...Staring down a deepening recession, what's an Austin small-business owner to do? The consensus advice: Get out..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Centex Brigade

From San Antonio to Austin and back again

"...Five years ago, the staff at Austin's Save Our Springs Alliance was scrambling not only to..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Naked City

"...global environment the central organizing principle of the world community." – Former Vice President Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature

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