Headlines

"...public hearing on the Austin Strategic Housing Plan, hoping for 135,000 new units over the next 10 years. See..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature

Headlines

"...fees – and more testy conversations about safety "incentives" for ridesharing services. See "Council: Let's Face the Music" and..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature

Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Medicaid Exclusion

The provider claims the state is breaking federal law

"...edited and widely discredited videos released by the anti-choice Center for Medical Progress, charging Planned Parenthood providers profited off..."

Nov. 23, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Page Two: The Undoing of Due Process

Why Republicans, Constitutionalists, Libertarians, and committed pro-lifers should oppose Gov. Abbott's attack on Planned Parenthood

"...with a clear bias and released by the partisan Center for Medical Progress, Gov. Abbott said the state would..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Column by Louis Black

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...recent Monday morning, in a basement clinic at University Medical Center Brackenridge, a half-dozen doctors and assistants huddled around..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Putting Together the Downtown Puzzle

A closer look at Mayor Adler’s proposals to solve (and pay for) Downtown conundrums

"...Mayor Steve Adler's complex strategy for a Downtown investment plan has plenty of tentative and..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Supremes Take a Hit

The federalist smoke from medical marijuana reaches the Supreme Court. Can they clear the air on states' rights, pot, and the Constitution?

"...patients who use the drug in compliance with state medical marijuana laws? Does the wholly intrastate cultivation and distribution..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Sheryl Cole. On Thursday's agenda: can Green pump on for a few more years, will McMansions shrink to McBungalows,..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature

High Stress at EMS

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

"...to "be done with this place," Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services paramedic Ryan Burger took a Glock 40 pistol..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...Fort Worth is not built perfectly flat, but it looks..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

One-Two Cancer KO

Two benefits working to deliver a knockout to the Big C

"...a fight, but this week a pair of benefit efforts from theatre artists aim to put the Big C..."

July 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

When the Bough Breaks

In 1993, the Hyde Park Baptist Child Development Center hired a teacher who proved to be a little 'rough' with the children. Now the church is being sued for ignoring alleged child abuse.

"...recently divorced and with a year-old baby, was looking for a day care center. A family-law attorney, she planned..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Collateral Damage

Assessing the cost of service for minority veterans

"...people waiting to access services at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH). It's an unavoidable reality for..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Council Preview: The City Will RISE Again

$15 million fund proposed to help deliver quick cash relief

"...to allocate $15 million from the city’s emergency reserves for direct financial relief to individuals affected by the economic..."

April 8, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...Austin Police Department mental health officers Art Fortune, Joel Pridgeon, and Sgt. Jeff Hampton can't comment directly..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How Many Cats Did Austin Save Last Year?

By the numbers, shelter and animal advocate efforts show significant progress

"...FixAustin, relentlessly pound the "pound" – their pejorative term for the Town Lake Animal Center – as a shameful,..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...the many burdens Texans face to accessing abortion care; for teens seeking confidential care, those are even heavier...."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...up myself. The nice folks at CNN did that for me...."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Evicted and Helpless

Disabled residents to be forced out of state supported living center

"...disabled son's future. That is, until she found refuge for Jason at the Austin State Supported Living Center (formerly..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...within its 2-year-old walls. The school is just the centerpiece of a $14 million complex built in the St...."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19

There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad

"...U.S. dawned with the tragic story of Life Care Center, a nursing home outside Seattle where dozens of residents..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Texas Reproductive Health Advocates Lay Out Legislative Agenda

“Trust. Respect. Access.” campaign combines progressive forces

"...Empowered by a few more progressive seats this session, reproductive rights and justice advocates at..."

March 6, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Nursing-Home Families Want Answers as COVID Comes Back

Still seeking safety as the data remains unclear

"...since Austin City Council passed a resolution meant to fortify nursing homes and protect their residents from the ravages..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Central Health: “Well-functioning”

Positive reviews for the health care provider

"...Last week, Central Health received the results of a "performance review" study commissioned last year and delivered by health..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...attacks on local government, unions, teachers, abortion rights, and medical professionals; not to mention the reviled bathroom bill, or..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

The War on Women's Health

To attack Planned Parenthood, lawmakers undermine health care ... and promote more abortions

"...state's commitment to provide family-planning and reproductive health services for thousands of low-income, uninsured women. Meanwhile, another successful amendment..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Capitol Chronicle

As Gov. Bush moves to D.C. in a wave of acclamation, the Legislature prepares to meet over redistricting and new legislation.

"...Now that Rick "Boll Weevil" Perry is comfortably in charge of all of Texas, we shouldn't get..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Dr. Perry vs. Obamacare

Whatever Gov. Tough Guy says, Texas health care is about to get a federal upgrade

"...a state health insurance exchange, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act continues on its path to full implementation..."

July 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Healthy Town Hall

While we wait for federal reform, the health-care work goes on

"...Time for some good news about health care...."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...view than Texas, then maybe that's a better place for them to live." – Gov. Rick Perry, in response..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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