Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...to get a streetcar system up and running in Austin?..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...after the April 17 unveiling of an amendment to Austin's amplified sound ordinance that would have reduced the legal..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...LULAC and NAACP's Austin chapters have laid out a wish list of characteristics..."

May 9, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

"...asks Mack DeLeon, Ronney Reynolds' appointee to the Human Rights Commission. "Is it because he spoke up during the..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...["Beaten by Wackenhut," July 5]. As a longtime human rights activist, I am in an especially fortunate position to..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Who Owns Sixth Street

Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?

"..."Dollar shots!," "Quarter beers!," "No cover charge!" Live blues, Austin-style rock & roll, reggae, hip-hop, punk, etc., troll for..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Developing Stories

Big Box, Back Off!; Las Manitas Swirls On; and Bucking the City

"...(Except, of course, when we want to shop there.) Austin moved one step closer to enacting a new "big-box..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...effect." – December 2003 staff memo of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, concluding that the..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...on public-school finance will begin April 17. Emphasizing the property-tax reform mandated by the state Supreme Court, Perry said..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin and beyond.

"...Quote of the Week: "We're not here to say..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...explain how living in the dry landscape outside of Austin's chaotic world of traffic and strip malls is peaceful..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week: "Give me my rights. Give me my rights. Give me my life back."..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Austin - bands, bikes, billboards, ballots, Bradley, and beyond - under scrutiny.

"...in Billboards," April 20] claim that restricting billboards denies property owners their rights leaves me unmoved. The only reason..."

April 27, 2001 Column

War of Words

Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.

"...do these out-of-county political feuds have to do with Austin? A lot...."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Salamander Setback

Endangered Listing Could Sink Barton Springs Pool

"...At issue is a lawsuit brought by Austinites Alan Hamilton and Robert Barnhart against the city of..."

June 12, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...[BS/EACD] be dissolved? The question, which voters in South Austin and southern Travis County will address on the May..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Country Club PERCs

Political Economy Researchers Preach Laissez Faire

"...that there be a market for water and water rights. Those who can pay more for the water will..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Then There's This: Water Talk Bubbles Forth

Exploring the unknown future of Austin's water supply

"...– is a treasured rule of thumb here in Austin, as in most other growing cities. And if there's..."

May 16, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...speaker chair vacated Headlines• Continuing heavy rain mostly spared Austin but caused disastrous flooding north and west of Travis..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature

An S-O-S for SOS

What will the Stratus deal mean for the Springs?

"...Barton Springs salamander -- one need only consider the Austin Tomorrow Plan of 1979: a comprehensive, citizen-inspired blueprint for..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Off the Desk:

"...the giant electric company that's been hankering to buy Austin's city-owned utility. Kessler, a former aide to Mayor Bruce..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature

Back ~ In Black?

SOS Is Arisen: Let the Confetti Rain Down

"...a victory for the public will -- for the Austin voters who overwhelmingly supported SOS in the 1992 referendum...."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Naked City

"...• Tuesday, March 4, is primary election day, or,..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...throw out a lawsuit filed by the cities of Austin and San Antonio over HL&P's alleged negligent operation of..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

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

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...In the late Seventies, when Austin was still clinging to its small-town roots, a youthful..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

A Liquid Proposition

Austin's Water Quality Protection Lands are few and far between: can they do the job they are meant to do?

"..."We've got rattlesnakes on this property, so watch where you step," says William Conrad, as..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Endorsements

"...Yes, it's spring in Austin – and there's an election in the air. We..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...Yes, it's spring in Austin – and there's an election in the air. We..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...Yes, it's spring in Austin – and there's an election in the air. We..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

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