Outlawing Death and Cockfighting, and Restoring Rights for Drug Offenders

Committees to hear raft of criminal justice bills today

"...Cockfighting, restoring public assistance for drug offenders, and all things death penalty. Those are among the..."

March 29, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Human Rights Are Indivisible

International Human Rights Day activities in Austin strung together workers' rights, social services, and Texas' awful death penalty.

"...Austin's celebration last week of International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, was small but..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Column by Michael King

A League of Their Own

"...more like the rumble just before a volcanic eruption. Often, the town that Richard Linklater's Slacker helped put on..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

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

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Student-Athlete Bill Revived, Again

Plus, San Marcos Pride Festival and more queer events

"...For the fourth time this year, the rights of trans kids are yet again being targeted by..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

For Trans Texans, One Bill Forward, Two Bills Back

Texas has filed the most anti-LGBTQIA bills in the nation this year

"...on Wed­nes­day, April 28, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1646 by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, which seeks to..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Gun Advocate Wants Apology From Texas Speaker of the House

Chris McNutt showed up at Dennis Bonnen's house but doesn't think he was being intimidating

"...up at Dennis Bonnen's house to advocate for gun rights legislation – a move that ironically doomed the constitutional..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

LGBTQ Rights: Hate Defeated

Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session

"...84th Legislative session started out with a record number of anti-LGBTQ measures – likely the most ever filed by..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: United Defense of the Fetus

Campaign to end abortion is a national crusade

"...Early in last Friday's Senate debate over the anti-abortion bill (HB 2), the bill's sponsor, Katy Republican Glenn Hegar..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Michael King

From Womb to Bill to Law to Court?

Perry signs ultrasound-before-abortion bill

"...a spectacle as backdrop for signing the new ultrasound-before-abortion bill – perhaps on a Sunday after church? – he..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Opinion: House Bill 7 Will Not Only Endanger the Lives of Migrants, but of All Texans

HB 7 is dangerously far-reaching. But we should also be worried about what it doesn't say.

"...As families across Texas are reeling from a string of tragedies that have upended a sense of safety, the..."

May 26, 2023 Column by Hortencia Rodríguez Sandoval

Anti-Trans Sports Bill Heads to Abbott's Desk

HB 25 makes Texas fifth state to pass legislature targeting trans youth this year

"...Following its approval last week in both chambers of the Texas Legislature, anti-trans student-athlete House Bill 25 now..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

The War on Women’s Rights Wages On

The Senate continues its attacks on abortion

"...Affairs unanimously voted on Feb. 27 to send a bill to the full Senate that allows physicians to withhold..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Battle of the Bathroom Bigots

Austin's "bathroom bill" aims to protect rather than demonize trans residents

"...Paula Buls has experienced firsthand the impact of the current right-wing campaign against transgender rights. Buls, a..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Reproductive Rights

'Choose Life' – and Defund Women's Health Care

"...With a host of problematic issues vying for lawmakers' attention this session, Gov...."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reproductive Rights Fight

South Dakota lawmakers set stage for most targeted attack on abortion rights since 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling; and Bush's proposed FY 2007 budget features cuts to women's and family planning programs

"...the stage for the most targeted attack on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 ruling in Roe..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Abortion Rights Lawsuit Filed Against State of Texas

"...On Friday, Sept. 27, reproductive rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the state of..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Making the Best of a Bad Voter ID Bill

Dems hope to turn a lemon into lemonade

"...respect, the 82nd Legislature will not be a repeat of the 81st. One clear example: voter ID, the issue..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Perry Flips on Private Property Rights

Guv vetoes bill offering protections from eminent domain

"...Among the 49 bills Gov. Rick Perry vetoed last Friday was an expansive..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Qmmunity: Advocacy Orgs’ Toolkit Informs Trans Students of Their Rights

Plus, don't miss queer crafting, But I'm a Cheerleader screening, and more events

"...As the third special session of the 87th Texas Legislature kicks off this week, LGBTQIA..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Top 10 Reproductive Rights Stories

In 2016, the fight for reproductive rights went all the way to the Supreme Court

"...Victory The U.S. Supreme Court ruled two major parts of the state's 2013 House Bill 2 unconstitutional. The Chronicle..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Human Rights Complaint Filed Against State Senate

Three former Senate staffers have filed suit for discriminatory firing.

"...filed a complaint with the Texas Commission on Human Rights against the Texas State Senate, charging sexual discrimination and..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...$1,500 was a lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...1973 when a kid called Tom Huckabee first met Bill Paxton. They were both students at Richmond College in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his wife Staci bought a 10.8-acre plot..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Beside the Point: Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Ignorance

As we become submerged in factless policy-making, a request to return to reason

"...In May 2010, the Texas State Board of Education dramatically revised curriculum standards for U.S. history and..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Courage of Dawnna Dukes

State representative discredits claims that abortion leads to mental health problems

"...In a political context of increasing restrictions on reproductive health, women lawmakers have begun..."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...book, Environmental City: People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Austin. Below are excerpts from our conversation...."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Fruits of Their Labor

How labor-related bills have fared this session

"...no secret that, in Texas, "good for big business" often means "bad for workers." But this legislative session, there's..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Picture This: The Lege on Women's Rights

A list of anti-abortion bills of the 78th Legislature

"...Woodlands, and Steve Ogden, R-Bryan): amendment to the appropriations bill (HB 1) denying public funding to any family-planning organization..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature

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