Sword of Escamilla Dangles Over City Hall?

Unabated rate discourse, post office roast, and more

"..."Beside the Point"), the big-ticket item at today's (Thursday's) City Council meeting, the first of the new year, is..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...have since apologized. See "Austin Stories," below. Headlines • City Manager Toby Futrell meted out only a mild scolding,..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...The city of Sunset Valley and two environmental groups – the..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The City That Never Shrinks

“Austin’s rapid growth” has become background noise. We should bring it up front.

"...all over. Last week, Austin voters turned back the city's homelessness clock to the spring of 2019. This week,..."

May 14, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Big boxes are back at City Council today, with scheduled votes on both the Blunn..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...May 21, with action scheduled for June 18. The city Environmental Board found itself in a similar situation last..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Off the Desk:

"...Hispanic Eastside activists and business types filed onto the city council dais Tuesday evening to say that, contrary to..."

May 23, 1997 News Feature

City Council Notebook

What's on City Council's agenda?

"...Agenda highlights for the Thursday, Aug. 30, City Council meeting:..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Council Notebook

What's happening this week in Council chambers?

"...Agenda highlights for the Thursday, August 30, City Council meeting. Item 8: $1 million plus to repair..."

Aug. 29, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...regulations require. The addition of the plant to the city's power grid paves the way for the closure of..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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CAMPO undergoes the peer review study sought by anti-light rail activists, but the results turn out quite differently than the road warriors expected.

"...yes to Smart Growth, and yes to a compact city. Which is what CAMPO was already saying, which is..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Local singer-songwriter Lourdes Perez has become outspoken in the fight against the US bombing range in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

"...Bomb Rap..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Passing the (Queer)Bomb

What's the future of the June celebration for Austin's LGBTQ community?

"...June of 2010, a group of Austin queers began Queerbomb – a free, all-inclusive LGBTQ celebration – in response..."

June 3, 2016 Arts Feature by Sarah Marloff

Ban the (Honey)Bomb

"...Following the city's unsuccessful trade talks with Lubbock for the ghost of..."

April 1, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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Nuclear War = Great Jobs!

"...its proposed Modern Pit Facility -- fedspeak for a nuclear-bomb factory. Amarillo's Pantex, the former final assembly plant for..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

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Songs of Freedom in Tulia

"...drug sting, others -- such as "Thermobaric Bunker Buster Bomb" -- don't seem much related to the Panhandle busts..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Ashcroft's Pipe Nightmares

"...Federal efforts would undoubtedly be better served keeping a bomb out of the hands of al Qaeda than keeping..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Oppel-inania Attacks! The Sequel ...

"..."But whom to bomb?"..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

What Made Him Do It?

Weeks-long bomb scare ends Wednesday with few answers

"...for yet another press briefing with his assistant chiefs, City Manager Spencer Cronk, and members of the Texas Rangers,..."

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Into the Heart

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

"...they've released another album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb...."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Fame

Fame: Some stories live forever. It's more or less the same story as before, just a different generation.

"...Step and Stomp. For me, for a movie to bomb, there has to be bad will there, some kind..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fun and Games With Stratfor

APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'

"...of the week was the Austin Police Department (APD) Bomb Squad 'special' training session for Stratfor staff. A six-man..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

The Siege

"...is that The Siege is hardly the ticking time bomb of racial slurs some would have you imagine, and..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Return of the Panama Hat

Council spends for roads, buys a robot, & has a brief Zimm flashback

"...of the tough action moving to budget prep, current City Council agendas are fairly light and adjournments relatively early...."

May 8, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories

What TV and movie news lit up your search engines?

"...1: “Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Asks You to Love Film

Special cinematic treat for Valentine's Day week

"...• Bomb City (Feb. 9-16: read our full review here, and..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Attack

When the wife of an assimilated Arab in Israel is identified a suicide bomber, the unwitting husband questions both his marriage and hiss Palestinian identity.

"...to the gathering. Shortly after the ceremony, a terrorist bomb goes off in in the city, killing 17 people,..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Words

As an examination of the writer's world, this film offers nothing new; as a romance it's not half bad.

"...Trek's Saldana) in – where else? – New York City, is at something of a loss for words. Rory..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The War Within

This fiction film, in which the lead character is but one cog in a plot to detonate a series of bombs in New York City, portrays a terrorist’s point of view in a jarringly matter-of-fact manner.

"...penal system after three years a thoroughly radicalized time bomb, the poster boy for bad times ahead. Next stop..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Finding Forrester

"...out edgy, provocative, gorgeously surreal pieces. Before that kindly fuzz-bomb Good Will Hunting, Van Sant was consistently making art..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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