Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Announces Retirement

Manley's 30-year career with APD will end March 28

"...Austin Police Chief Brian Manley will retire on March 28,..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Qmmunity: Austin Pride Made the Right Call

Yes, Pride's cancellation is sad. But it brings us one step closer to a post-pandemic future.

"...the COVID-19 crisis is together. On Wed., Aug. 11, Austin Pride announced it was postponing this Saturday's Pride Parade..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Austin Ain't Boys' Town

Meet the Most Reverend John McCarthy

"...John McCarthy, who presides over the Catholic Diocese of Austin, has heard that one before. He's had plenty of..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Latino Civil Rights Group Cuts Ties With Southwest Key

UnidosUS cuts East Austin nonprofit out of funding and affiliate benefits

"...at Southwest Key's migrant youth shelters, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy group has severed ties with..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

So You Want to Redistrict Austin?

The process – and what’s at stake – with redrawing our City Council districts

"...to be a member of the commission that drew Austin's first single-­member Council districts. "I said, 'No, I don't..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Lilli Hime

How Much of Zilker Park Can Austin Return to Nature?

Balancing ecological preservation and the human element in city's Zilker Park Vision Plan

"...Austin has parks, and then it has Zilker Park. With..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Chronicle Endorsements: Austin City Council

Five districts up for grabs

"...the 22 months since she took office, the Southeast Austin representative has proven herself thoughtful, considerate, and professional, with..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

How $50,000 Is Shaking Up Austin's Black Artists Buried Treasure

"...an elusive miracle cure for any number of worthy Austin groups who are feeling the lack-of-funding crunch that reverberates..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Eastern Crescent’s Path to Get Past Pandemic Is Rough

Finding a way out proves elusive for East Austin and beyond

"...disease has revealed a light at the end of Austin's coronavirus tunnel. But that proverbial light is not shining..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Where Do the Vaccines Go?

Dashboard reveals Black and Latinx residents aren't being reached

"...As of Feb. 6, Austin Public Health has administered 37,258 doses of COVID-19 vaccine..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Following Protests, Expect a Jump in COVID-19 Cases

City releases new metric for judging stages of risk, and promises better outreach to communities of color

"...Expanding on its previously released Risk-Based Guidelines, Austin Public Health has released a comprehensive staging dashboard to..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Kimberley Jones and Beth Sullivan

Desperately Seeking Commissioners

City Auditor Looking for 10-1 Map Drawers

"...do not reflect the diversity of the City of Austin.”..."

Feb. 7, 2013 News Post by Michael King

City Plans New Emergency Homeless Shelter, But Without Much Community Input

A Southeast Austin warehouse will soon become a shelter

"...As Austin struggles to provide enough emergency shelter beds for the..."

May 12, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Día de los Muertos COVID-19 Mural

"...Members of the Austin Latino Coalition who organized the event..."

Nov. 2, 2021 Photo Gallery

Troubling BOA

"...noticed no obviously Latina/o activists in the [Best of Austin] lists of activists, which I find troubling given how..."

March 29, 2021 Postmarks

Study Shows Growing Racial Disparities in APD Traffic Stops and Arrests

Black, Hispanic drivers overrepresented in police enforcement

"...From 2015 to 2018, Black and Hispanic drivers in Austin were stopped and arrested by the Austin Police Department..."

Jan. 30, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...an interlocal water-quality planning agreement between the cities of Austin and Dripping Springs, Travis and Hays counties, and the..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Sonidos del Barrio

Part 1, the overview, of Latino music in the Austin mainstream

"...Isidoro Lopez when asked if a language barrier keeps Austin's Latino music from assimilating into the town's mainstream, "but..."

May 1, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

How Does an Artist Get a Passport?

Two Austin playwrights join dozens of writers from across the hemisphere to 'dream the Americas'

"...We being Austin playwrights Amparo Garcia-Crow and C. Denby Swanson and Dreaming..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature

Tracking the MACC

A Brief History of Austin's Latino Cultural Center

"...1978 was a tense time for Chicanos in Austin. El movimiento, which had provided a sense of identity..."

June 12, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Faster Than Sound: R&B Innovator Nayome Gets Personal

Sade-loving local Naomi Sutton previews sophomore EP, Latin music enters Live Music Fund conversation, and more music news.

"...as Nayome by utilizing beats off YouTube. Moving to Austin in January, the 23-year-old singer searched for producers to..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

March 2020 Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the Democratic primary?

"...Let us know if we missed something by emailing newseditor@austinchronicle.com with the subject "CLUB ENDORSEMENTS." U.S. Senate..."

Feb. 4, 2020 News Post

Manley Makes His Exit

Police chief's 30-year career at APD will end March 28

"...Austin police Chief Brian Manley announced Friday that he will..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: City Cyclone

Council’s wild week, if they can get through it

"...to appoint Brian Manley as permanent chief of the Austin Police Department (see "Brian Manley: “Austin’s Next Police Chief,”..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Articulations

The former bakery turned arts center on Tillery gets another tenant, Austin Musical Theatre gets an executive director, and Zachary Scott Theatre Center alums get plum acting gigs on opposite coasts.

"...28 edition of this column, we reported on the Austin Circle of Theatres moving to the Eastside building, where..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the feasibility of merging city police forces. See "Point Austin," and "Beside the Point."..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

The Hispanic Factor

Place 5 Poses Moral Quandary for Some Latino Voters

"...Place 5 race, but this week it is the Latino vote, and little else, that is weighing on a..."

May 16, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn

Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August

"...Antonio. The scene also says goodbye to three dedicated Austin music contributors. Nonstop Recording Engineer Chet Himes..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

'If Not Edison -- What?'

Austin Interfaith's Alliance programs represent one alternative to failing AISD schools.

"...Education Agency's 2001 assessment of state school districts, the Austin Independent School District as a whole is rated "acceptable."..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Julián Castro, Women of Color, and Texas 2020

The path toward turning the state blue

"...represent: local advocates and activists from Workers Defense Project, Austin Justice Coa­lition, Planned Parenthood, and elsewhere. The women who..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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