Hurricane Kids Hit Austin Schools

AISD promises to meet evacuees' needs

"...are two of about 600 evacuee students enrolled in AISD schools. Some are attending schools in the neighborhoods where..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Point Austin: Squeezing the Schools

Failing all its courses, the Lege sends a love note to Highland Park

"...The episode recalled the gnomic wisdom of the recently defrocked, unlamented Houston Rep. Talmadge Heflin,..."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: A Life of Quality

In the shadow of another tragedy, the city takes a step toward justice

"...ad hoc coalition of African-American community organizations, including the Austin Area Urban League, the Capital City African American Chamber..."

July 1, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For regional planning, it's a great day to go back to the future

"...a pretty good week for Will Wynn after all. Austin ISD has signed up its campuses for green power;..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The postponement of light rail means we should look for other forms of mass transit

"...livestock, then the Chronicle, Capital Metro's only friend in Austin media for years, can broach the question. We are..."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Gus Garcia on the qualities of the next mayor

"...nearly 20 years in public office, first on the Austin Independent School District board, then (after a few years'..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Has Round Rock ISD Hit Rock Bottom?

Maybe not yet

"...5 by 7 inches, from an address in Northwest Austin. Part of Chiles’ work as a network administrator for..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Deep-Pocket Donors Fund Right-Wing School Board Candidates in the Austin Suburbs

Drama outside of town

"...conservative activism has heated up in the suburbs surrounding Austin. Those activists are turning out on the ballots of..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Quick Skim of What's on the Ballot Outside Austin

"...Since Austin city elections were moved to November, the Travis County..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Wingnut Crusaders Want All of Round Rock ISD

Storming the castle

"...lot of difficulty with our board," said Round Rock ISD Trustee Tiffanie Harrison, using heroic levels of understatement. "There's..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Drama at Round Rock ISD Reaches a Temporary Resolution

The district's board of trustees decided not to part ways with its superintendent, ending a months-long saga

"...More than two months after Round Rock ISD placed its Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez on paid administrative leave,..."

March 18, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Austin at Large: Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa

Have a problem with our endorsements? That’s not news! Here’s some of what we’ve heard.

"...daily) at a lot of its 220-ish papers. But Austin is, of course, different, and the Gannett-owned Statesman rolled..."

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

Point Austin: We Have Just Begun To Fight

The budget battles are only skirmishes in the long march toward democracy

"...many people from so many communities gather together in Austin to defend the public schools, although it remains to..."

March 18, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Austin Music Yearbook: Can You Name These Musicians?

"...collective give-a-shit. So what’s another few photos of notable Austin musicians pulled from their elementary, middle, and high school..."

Aug. 29, 2019 Photo Gallery

Del Valle and Leander ISD Supers Testify Against New State-Imposed School Rating System

Dozens of districts have joined the lawsuit

"...one letter grade, even if their performance had improved. Austin, Del Valle, and Pflugerville’s scores were expected to drop..."

Oct. 11, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Austin At Large: We Didn’t Demand a Recount

But maybe we should have? How “election integrity” rules could change outcomes

"...numbers, over two-time challenger Susanna Ledesma-Woody, a Del Valle ISD trustee and leader of the Del Valle Community Coalition...."

March 11, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Online This Week: Austin Chronicle Scores AAN Nominations, New Merch Alert, and More

What we're serving up online

"...about two old friends reunited when one returns to Austin...."

May 26, 2023 Column

The Top 10 Austin News Stories of 2022

From worse to bad

"...Here in Austin we had both new, big stories and old favorites..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The Most Serious Time of the Year

Somewhere along the way, we learned that in political matters, people trust us

"...room, where we grill candidates on their visions for Austin and Texas and America, and then grill each other..."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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

Austin at Large: Brightness on the Edge of Town

Samsung’s Taylor expansion lights up needs, opportunities in the Eastern Crescent

"...particular, the proximity to Samsung's current manufacturing site in Austin, about 25 kilometers southwest of Taylor, allows the two..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: The Stakes at 4700 Riverside

“Redevelopment” is always about community

"...their cynical enablers) turned it into a flashpoint of Austin arguments over growth, development, affordability, and "gentrification." That polarization..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Why Are Some of Austin's Smartest Restaurants Heading Toward Dripping Springs?

The Switch, Pieous, and the League look west

"...and Revolution Spirits chose to locate in far Southwest Austin less than a decade ago, the idea seemed like..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

Point Austin: Through the Looking Glass

City Council considers its threatened budget in a topsy-turvy Texas

"...specifically noting that for Fiscal Year 2018, while Aus­tin ISD property taxes continue to increase because of recapture (aka..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Column by Michael King

May 7 City of Austin Special Municipal Election

Early Voting April 25-May 3; Election Day: Saturday, May 7.

"...CENTRAL Austin City Hall, 301 W. SecondTravis Co. Offices, 5501 AirportFiesta..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature

Austin Leads Pack on Early Student Aid Submissions

Local students and their families get much-needed FAFSA help

"...so. Not the case here: An alliance between multiple Austin-area school districts and the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: A Sense of History

By the way, there's an election, and it's your choice

"...the naysayers have won; while the chattering classes of Austin never tire of patting ourselves on the back for..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Column by Michael King

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...This is simply one more attempt to undermine local jurisdictions and the public schools' tax base for districts that..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...This is simply one more attempt to undermine local jurisdictions and the public schools' tax base for districts that..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...This is simply one more attempt to undermine local jurisdictions and the public schools' tax base for districts that..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature

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