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Privatizers launch new strategy for school board elections

"...elected school boards; these folks typically favor project-based learning and other student-focused programs, support classroom teachers, and oppose Texas'..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Is That a Wrap for Incentives?

Amid economic woes and a race-baiting controversy, the future of TV, video game, and film funding in Texas looks shaky

"...The state needs to find an extra $27 billion, and filmmakers, TV producers, and game developers in Texas are..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...as much. He's a county judge in the Rio Grande Valley, hard on the border with Mexico. Vera started..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

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Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...As spokesperson for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, we commend The Austin Chronicle for contributing..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

The Chips Are Down

Budget balancing picks up speed – and it's anything but fun and games

"...Ott's recently released "menu" of some 240 proposed cuts and fee increases to the city's fiscal year 2010 budget...."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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"...tomorrow we vote.") Headlines Millions of people marched, demonstrated, and rallied across the country over the weekend and on..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...of the nation was watching either George W. Bush and Al Gore impersonate Disney World robots, or the Yankees..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...that part of its anti-smoking ordinance is unconstitutionally vague and limiting "the city's ability to enforce the ordinance," reads..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...Engineered Seeds of Controversy," a lecture on the politics and dangers of genetically modified organisms, on Wednesday, Oct. 10,..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Termagant Homosexuals...

"...are so far in denial of their sexual addiction and dis-ease that they can't even think straight, leave alone..."

May 23, 1997 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...article ["Capitol Chronicle," News, Oct. 22], which expressly states and italicizes the word "confirmed" (e.g., cases of child abuse)...."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...if Michael King, the News editor, actually investigates the candidates before giving them the nod, or are Tarot cards..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

High Stress at EMS

ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...Burger took a Glock 40 pistol to his head and shot himself to death. He was 29, engaged, and..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...it. But I did not swallow." – Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, responding to a "scandal" in which AP..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature

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"...I am enclosing a copy of Proposition 1, the campaign finance reform amendment, since you keep getting it wrong...."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Shape of Things to Come

What will the arts in Austin look like in 10 years? CreateAustin has a good idea – in fact, it has 10.

"...anywhere from five to 50 years down the line and then distilling and preserving their grand projections for that..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the Week "Texans expect relatively little from state government, and [Gov. Rick] Perry delivers precisely that – very little."–..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Michael King's essays on journalism and governance often entertain, no more so than in his..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...with his opinions that school spending is both inadequate and inequitable. See "Beyond City Limits."..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...There may be some truth in that: The Alamo notwithstanding, relations between Anglos and Hispanics in Texas have rarely..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Austin Climate Protection Plan

The five components

"...3) Homes and buildings efficiency..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"...local music scene. In a nutshell, says Dillinger, the supply-and-demand dynamics affecting Austin's live music venues are wildly out..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"..."[T]he voters are calling for a candidates' forum with Carter and me so they can judge..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature

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They Got Nothing on Lacresha

"...the Lacresha story ["Justice Denied?" Vol. 17 No. 48], and a noble one given that an innocent child needs..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Column

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"...heritage. … My family has been all over North and South America for centuries and centuries. Yes, we have..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...Department officer Stan Farris sits in his lawyer's office and unzips the shirt of his starched navy blue uniform,..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...summer that just barely missed doing the Berkowitz shuffle and enough radiant heat to make last month's filming of..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...conspiracy, the owner of the proposed site of the now-abandoned Wal-Mart Supercenter project at MoPac and Slaughter Lane has..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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ACC Needs Planning, Not Damning

"...As an ACC faculty member, I was disappointed to..."

June 20, 1997 Column

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...Having spent six months working as an HIV tester and outreach coordinator at a local clinic, Nelson, whose last..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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