The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...once a development project has begun. The original "grandfather" bill will return in 1995 as SB 1704, be inadvertently..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...sided with the city in ruling a 1995 Austin-bashing bill unconstitutional. HB 3193 granted special powers and privileges to..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature

Texas House Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban

SB 8 allows anyone the right to sue a provider

"...Wednesday, May 5, the Republican-dominated Texas House passed Senate Bill 8 by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, legislation that not..."

May 5, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Farr, Jim Cummings, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer, Macon Blair, Bill Wise, Jordan Fox, Chelsea Edmondson (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...with death. Cast: David Morse, Rainn Wilson, Jared Breeze, Bill Sage, Mike Vogel, Zuleikha Robinson, Aiden Lovekamp (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Reefer Roundup: 10/21/11

Your drug war news

"...Unfortunately, the powers-the-be don't seem to give a crap...."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...consistent with that principle since Foster." Indeed, although "his powers are significantly limited in terms of clemency procedures," notes..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Office are unhappy about losing their existing turf and powers.) Given the constraints of this budget year and now..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature

2009 Lege: Local Delegates Lay Out Agendas

Austin's Lege delegates ready to go back to work

"...a month away, Travis County legislators have started prefiling bills and finalizing their policy agendas. So what are local..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Briefs

"...– declared the official language of Texas. Republican Rep. Bill Zedler last week filed House Joint Resolution 83, which..."

March 16, 2007 News Column

Capitol Briefs

"...the filing of the Texas Prevention First Act (Senate Bill 837 and House Bill 1842), designed to beef up..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Letters @ 3AM

On September 28, key rights guaranteed by our Constitution, plus the central tenet of the Magna Carta, were nullified by an act of Congress – specifically, the Military Commissions Act of 2006

"...The bill decides the fate of "unlawful enemy combatants," who are..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

House Members not Keen on Bill that would allow pharmacists to interject moral, religious judgement into birth control scrips

"...object to participating in abortion – via their scrip-filling powers – appears to be fading fast if not already..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The Lege kills it, ostensibly to save it

"...the passage of HB 7 at the Lege, a bill destined to radically change workers' compensation. Authored by Rep...."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Capitol Chronicle

Republican Bill Ratliff throws a monkeywrench into his own party's redistricting plans

"...he would be meeting a little later with Sen. Bill Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant, to address Ratliff's "serious concerns" about..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Michael King

How Can We Miss Them If They Won't Go Away?

Although the Die is not quite Sine, the buzz is already of a Legislative special session.

"...retaliate by scuttling university tuition deregulation, potentially worth a half-billion dollars in "nontax" methods of balancing the budget. There..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

City attorney Andy Martin retires after nearly seven years of service.

"...performance on numerous critical issues, including the (now-much-amended) Bradley bill, the city's (failed) eminent domain lawsuit seeking land for..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Developer Gary Bradley pulls back on legislation that would create a special development district for his Spillar Ranch property southwest of Austin, but the development could move forward anyway.

"...Green says he'd be happy to excise from the bill. "All that is, is a boilerplate form for creating..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Wrapped and Ready

"...D: Bill Condon; with Ian McKellan, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...Bill Couch, manager of Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, is..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...GRAND MAL: Led by former St. Johnny frontman Bill Whitten, this New York outfit is following a pair..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

A Boy Named Sue

Jim Bob Keeps Up the Fight

"...Antonio) that passed the Texas Legislature in 1995. The bill, which the city refers to in its court pleadings..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Going Whole Hog

City Vows to Pare Down Pohl's PUD

"...it looks like both the State of Texas and Bill Pohl might finally join them at the table. The..."

Jan. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What Price Baseball?

The Rangers Ain't Gonna Like This, Yogi

"...pay for 70% of the stadium; use the government's powers of eminent domain to condemn land the Rangers couldn't..."

June 20, 1997 News Feature

Will Expanding SCOTUS Help Fix Post-Roe Texas?

Casar takes on the Supremes

"...Thomas has been secretly accepting luxury vacations from a billionaire for 20 years...."

June 16, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Memoirs of a Movement

Remembering the campaign to Save Our Springs

"...telling, this Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 7 and 8. Bill Bunch..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature

The Hightower Report

FDA Gives In to Food Torturers; and Protecting the Integrity of Our Votes

"...the industrial processes that contaminate our food, the corporate powers are demanding a quick, high tech fix from government,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Money for the Movies

The film production incentive bill is getting closer to being passed - but who will be excluded?

"...close eye on the Senate this week as Senate Bill 782, the Moving Image Industry Incentive Program bill, works..."

April 16, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...excessive force, unnecessary deaths, and abuse of [police] search powers" against minorities. "We have no choice but to invoke..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Sentencing reform (or not), medical marijuana, and short-term memory loss in Nevada

"...courtesy of U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, whose new bill would beef up mandatory minimum sentences for folks convicted..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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