Guns & Ammo ... and Austin Politics

The state of gun control in Travis County

"...Locally, too, Austin municipalities are jockeying for position. The Travis County Commissioners..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Austin Climate Protection Plan Year One Highlights

A progress report on Austin's war on global warming

"...ACPP office's Report to City Council, April 2008, a comprehensive matrix showing the status of its initiatives. Download the..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature

How Cool Is Austin?

With a deep, collective breath, the city rolls out a world-class – but as yet unproven – climate-protection plan

"...about the global climate change crisis and the new Austin Climate Protection Plan. Embodied in a resolution adopted unanimously..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...1839: Judge Edwin Waller, later Austin's first mayor, lays out the original city of Austin..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Buckle Up

The 20-year argument over SH 45 resumes apace

"...neighbors to the south, the long-delayed State Highway 45 plan is back on the front burner – a slimmer,..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

How Cool Is Austin

2010 snapshot of the ACPP 'five plans'

"...Municipal Plan Make all city of Austin facilities, fleets, operations carbon..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...far, you'd think that the most important issue facing Austin is the proper valuation of a signature as a..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Church and Its People on Austin's Eastside

The living history of David Chapel

"...Church was born, phoenixlike, out of the darkness of Austin's racial history. The congregation originated in 1924, when members..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Arts-Park Plan

"...In the mid-Eighties, opposition to that era's Convention Center plan -- slated for the Palmer site -- led to..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature

Nation’s Real Estate Pros Say Austin’s Still Pretty Hot

Nashville, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Atlanta come out on top

"...Austin continues its run in the Top 5 hottest markets..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A New Plan for Austin ISD?

School board elections tee up calls for change – and rebuilding broken trust

"...Everybody running in, and many people observing, the current Austin ISD school board election agrees that things need to..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Point Austin: What You Say, and How You Say It

Ballot language argument is a snapshot of polarized Austin politics

"...language be as simple as possible, e.g., require "a comprehensive, independent, third-party audit of all city operations and budget,"..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Hard Choices

City Hall embarks on the bumpy road to social services

"...the special services they provide to the most vulnerable Austin citizens: the elderly and indigent, the uninsured, the homeless,..."

May 20, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Big-Box Breakdown

Impact? What impact? The city's slothful retail strategy.

"...Y'know, as long as we keep doing the Keep Austin Weird thing, all will be rosy. Let's move on..."

July 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Saving Austin Now -- and Tomorrow

A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal

"...over Stratus -- although I've found that sitting through Austin public hearings paralyzes my facial muscles quite effectively.) But..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The Rules No Longer Apply

Create decent housing for all Austinites (1 million and counting). Is it really so hard?

"...be great? It would be great if everyone in Austin – all 1 million of us and counting –..."

July 2, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Locally Cool

Austin embarks on a long but hopeful journey

"...In the spirit and context of the city of Austin's new initiative – under the unglamorous heading, the Austin..."

March 9, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Progressive Women Rule the South Austin Streets

Ellis takes District 8 as District 5 goes to a run-off

"...the crowded race to succeed Ann Kit­chen in South Austin's District 5, Stephanie Bazan was the clear front-runner from..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin's Airport Art Program Makes Every Flight a Trip to the Gallery

Got some time at AUS? There's many distractions in plane sight.

"...You know what there’s a lot of at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport? Art. In diversity of form, in sheer..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: What to Do About CodeNEXT

Opponents offering plenty of fear but precious few solutions

"...unregulated development undermines economic and racial equity; the city plans too much/too little; too-fast growth promotes gentrification and residential..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Imagine Austin With CodeNEXT

Draft two brings big changes, more questions

"...the new zones were designed to "implement the City's Comprehensive Plan by providing a mix of intensity of development..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Then There's This... : Austin's Never-Ending Story

Deadline reporting on the city of reinvention

"...had been in squatter mode, occupying Michael King's "Point Austin" column space every other week. Alas, I am no..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin Not a Community but a Collection of Silos

"...Dear Editor, Re: “In-Comprehensible? ANC Balks at Comp Plan.” [News, Dec. 3]: The next time you count the..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Unclean Hands

Prop. 1 and Prop. 2 are not "open," not "clean" – and definitely not progressive

"...I've spent nearly 20 years in Austin as a progressive writer and journalist, a longtime advocate..."

May 5, 2006 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The fuss over historic zoning is a symptom of larger city problems.

"...is something new, because what's at issue isn't really Austin's past, but its future. The old houses of dead..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Voters Decide Final Three Austin City Council Members

Zo Qadri, Ryan Alter, José Velásquez secure wins

"...a majority that has promised to act on increasing Austin’s housing supply with an urgency that has not existed..."

Dec. 14, 2022 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Eat Your Heart Out: A Three-Day Meal Plan for ACL Eats 2022

Paramore, Lil Nas X, and SZA aren't the only acts to watch for

"...Another year, another Austin City Limits Music Festival in the Texas capital. While..."

Oct. 6, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding

How overcrowding and mismanagement of Austin Animal Center and Austin Pets Alive! have them struggling to keep up

"...For more than a decade, Austin was the largest city to designate itself a no-kill..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: Location, Location, Dislocation

Decent housing for all Austinites "where it's needed." Where might that be?

"...– decent housing, for all (equity lens!) 1 million Austinites and 1.1 million in our suburbs (and counting), "where..."

July 23, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

“Center for Austin’s Future” in Search of Candidates

New nonprofit plans to groom City Council members

"...another meeting past 10pm? The newly founded Center for Austin's Future wants your number – and your application to..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

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