Crosstalk: The American Analog Set Due for Numero Group Reissue Treatment, and More Music News

Blaze Foley’s Outhouse online & Broken Spoke's historic marker

"...campaign is starting to hum, as is fitting for Austin’s slowcore pioneers. Numero Group, arguably the world’s best reissue..."

April 6, 2023 Music Post by Austin Powell

ATX TV Festival Rides Again With Justified: City Primeval

Outlander, Dawson's Creek added to season 12

"...and now the story will make a stop in Austin as the opening night screening. The series will debut..."

April 3, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What State Police Patrolling Austin Means

Send in the troopers

"...Before Kirk Watson was elected mayor of Austin (for the third time), the prospect of..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Long-Awaited Reforms at Austin Police Academy Just Aren’t Happening. Why?

How the fish rots

"...Reforming the Austin Police Academy's curriculum is critical to shifting APD officers..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

We Have an Issue: Time to Vote for Your Favorite Local People and Places in The Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin Awards

Show your appreciation for the good work folks are doing

"...the planned one, but after news broke Monday that Mayor Kirk Watson struck a deal with state officials to..."

March 31, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Public Notice: Echoes of History

From the 23rd Street Mural to the Police Academy, in only 50 years

"...When I moved to Austin in the summer of 1975, the 23rd Street Mural..."

March 31, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Missing the Old Homestead

"...techie or other high-wage earner (i.e., rich) to afford Austin’s exorbitant rents. Regular people must move into a friend’s..."

March 28, 2023 Postmarks

Mayor OK's Deal to Have State Troopers Patrol Austin Streets

And they don’t have to play by our city’s rules

"...Public Safety troopers will begin patrolling the streets of Austin soon following an agreement brokered by Mayor Kirk Watson,..."

March 27, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Back (and Forth) to the Future

At some point Austin history will stop looping upon itself. Until next time …

"...many of y'all can understand why the reset of Austin's news clock back to 1998 did not leave me..."

March 17, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Petition Tradition Is Up for Review

It could get a little harder to put an ordinance on a ballot

"...When you ask what has made (and kept) Austin weird, part of the answer must be this city’s..."

March 14, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Electro-Pop Pioneers New Order’s “Blue Monday” Kicks Off SXSW Music

ACL Live show brought in former clubgoers and curious newbies alike

"...by fellow Mancunians Loose Articles and the Orielles, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham appeared to announce Beyond the Music, a..."

March 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Women’s Shelter Closure Delayed, But Dozens of Residents Have Already Left

Outreach starts up in hopes that delay isn’t too little, too late

"...The Salvation Army of Austin’s Downtown shelter will remain open an additional 30 days..."

March 10, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Billionaire Wants His Own Town, Go Figure

Musk Town headed for Bastrop isn't "paradise" Elon proposed, either

"...Elon Musk has been espousing his vision to create..."

March 9, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Austin at Large: The Train Can’t Be Too Late

It’s going to be sad, so sad, when Mayor Pete’s money comes if Austin’s not ready

"...strangely eventful month or so in the history of Austin mobility, with the public finally realizing how much it..."

March 10, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...that started in 2022 will continue in 2023, the Austin Monitor reported...."

March 10, 2023 News Feature

Lawsuit Threatens Council’s Modest Progress on Housing Crisis

Same group that blocked land code rewrite in 2020 is back

"...less ambitious LDC changes City Council adopted to address Austin’s housing supply and affordability crisis...."

March 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Women Left Behind When Salvation Army’s Downtown Shelter Shutters

With no beds for single women, where will they go?

"...for Carolyn Williams. Her husband died and, in October, Austin Police officers killed one of her sons (he was..."

March 3, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: When Jesús Takes the Wheel

Garza sends several executives packing, brings on a host of City Hall veterans

"...Jesús Garza, brought on board two weeks ago by Mayor Kirk Watson, announced that Assistant City Man­ager Rey Arellano..."

March 3, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City, County Join the I-35 Resistance

Council and commissioners ask for big changes to TxDOT plan

"...plans for rebuilding and widening Interstate 35 through Central Austin scored two victories this past week, convincing both City..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Downtown Salvation Army to Close for Good in Two Weeks

Nonprofit plans to sell the property, offered little advance notice

"...who with his wife Jacqulyn leads the Salvation Army’s Austin Area Command, announced the closure in a Feb. 16..."

Feb. 28, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: It’s Mayor Wonderful’s Life

Look at all this sh*t getting done! Watson brings political chops back to City Hall.

"...next big story arc, as a very charismatic lifetime Austin city employee named Toby Futrell ascended the final steps..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Not Good, Not Getting Better

Austin police learn the limits of their propaganda

"...so much as runs a red light within the Austin city limits, social media goes all atwitter about how..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Goes for Short-Term Police Deal, Ignores Union Noise

One year, last chance

"...from the police union. Up until now, oversight in Austin has existed within the boundaries of the police contract,..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Car Enthusiasts Take Over Public Streets and the Police Union Capitalizes

Cops come upon donuts they don’t like

"...So far seven Austinites have been arrested – four of them under 21..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Oyster Festival Is Shella Fierce, Progress Coffee Is Back in Black, Girl Scouts Are Out for Blood, La Condesa Is Gonna Try Hard, and Who’s Putting All That Queso on the Verde?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here’s some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene – as wrangled from numerous PR releases,..."

Feb. 22, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

With Cronk Out of The Way, Council Goes For a One-Year Cop Deal

Decision allows voters to consider police oversight in May

"...hands of former City Manager Spencer Cronk last week, Mayor Kirk Watson and City Council returned yesterday with vengeance...."

Feb. 16, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Inside the Last Days of City Manager Spencer Cronk

After dramatic days of extreme weather and backstabbing, Council lets Cronk go

"...Council members, and with a wide swath of the Austin community. Still, his firing Wednesday morning in a 10-1..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Timeline: How Spencer Cronk Lost His Job

Hindsight's 20/20

"...of the ordinance. They also vote down a "strong mayor" prop, keeping the power and responsibility of running city..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk Fired Effective Tomorrow

Pushing for a police contract Council didn't want sealed it

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk, whose role in Austin is to oversee city operations much like a CEO,..."

Feb. 15, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Sources: City Manager Spencer Cronk Will Be Asked to Resign

Brazen police-contract gambit follows ice-storm SNAFUs

"...Council resolution that would have moved negotiations with the Austin Police Association over a new labor contract in a..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

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