Project Connect Draws a Line

Group makes official recommendation to Mayor Leffingwell

"...– made its official recommendation to Mayor Lee Leffingwell's Central Corridor Advis­ory Group regarding the proposed next high-capacity transit..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Project Connect: It’s East Riverside and Highland

Recommendation to CCAG chooses initial corridors for rail

"...Connect made its official recommendation to Mayor Lee Leffingwell’s Central Corridor Advisory Group (CCAG), regarding the next high-capacity transit..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Post by Mac McCann

How Do You Get From Here ... to Here?

The Austin transit system plan has vision but little consensus

"...to plan, the future course of mass transit in Central Texas will be decided within the next two weeks...."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Get Off Your Ass and Change the World

Nobel Prize winner Jody Williams speaks tomorrow at BookPeople

"...Despite the exhausting recent headlines from around the globe, there are those..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

So Special: The Race to Replace Mark Strama [UPDATED]

House District 50 campaign features a disparate slate

"...resignation from his state House seat – to run Austin's new Google Fiber project – has triggered one of..."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Feature by Christopher Hooks

Playback

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...ceremony aspect was hardly noticeable. "There's something special about Austin," announced indie-rapper Macklemore to thousands of young spectators. "We..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Krewe Kuts: Pride Edition

The Gay Place Krewe has the final word on Austin Pride.

"...for the party. Pride has come and gone and Austin's queertizens are chilling to the next episode. But we..."

Oct. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

High School Stakes

Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district

"...On Nov. 6, voters in the Austin Inde­pen­dent School District won't just be selecting new trustees...."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fighting for Justicia

Workers Defense Project celebrates 10 years on the front lines of Texas labor

"...directors. During her four-year tenure, she participated in the organization's move to a new building and helped expand WDP's..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Med School Solution

A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?

"...Aug. 19, the presid­ent and CEO of Travis County Central Health, Patricia Young Brown, woke to find her face..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...Texas' highest environmental official until last spring, moved to Austin this summer to join the Sierra Club as its..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...question that inevitably comes up whenever two members of Austin's creative community connect. We stay so active here all..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dyke in Gold Knickers

Austin’s third QueerBomb celebrates the right to bear sequins, assless chaps, and neon weave

"...be making some joyful noise on the streets of Austin. Some of the noise will be familiar. It will..."

June 1, 2012 Features Feature by Raven Hinojosa

Coyote Creek: Small Farm, Large Impact

Austin's growing web of local, organic, delicious

"...Paul Qui?), the recent strides made within our local community in local organic food production are nothing short of..."

April 25, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Unchartered Waters

City Hall and citizen advocates look toward a new model of representation – is the seventh time the charm?

"...on the committee's primary topic: "geographic representation" and whether Austin's revised form of City Council elections should be based..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Walking the No-Kill Tightrope

As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?

"...a temporary license agreement authorizing local animal rescue group Austin Pets Alive! to occupy and operate the current (soon-to-be-former)..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Riding the Pinwheel

The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters

"...room during the 82nd Texas Legislature, I ran into Austin political consultant (and staunch Democrat) Alfred Stanley. He was..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...is the last address on a dead-end street in East Austin. From the road, you can see the front..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Loss of Old Homes Fuels East Austin Debate

Juniper Street says goodbye to another old soul

"...    Central East Austin neighborhood residents are decrying the city's recent..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...It was hour three of the meeting, and the Austin Independent School District board of trustees was bogged down..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, May 5-12

"...5-6, 6:30-9pm. Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River. Free. www.maccaustin.org. Friday06..."

May 6, 2011 News Column

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, March 24-31

"...2:30-5pm, public. Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd. www.austinaltcar.com...."

March 25, 2011 News Column

The Daily Hustle: 12/10/10

The Marshall debate, in speakers own words

"...Yesterday, City Council’s Austin Housing and Finance Corporation unanimously passed a controversial $2.5..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Alphabet City

'Tis the season to give 'til your ears ring

"...ACC will help. Even then, the letter game in Austin's community conscience is unique even among other rare, self-sustaining..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Welcome to Capital Metro

Whoever the new CEO turns out to be – she'll have her hands full

"...S. Watson as its new CEO and president. (See austinchronicle.com/newsdesk for latest updates.)..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

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

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

New Bike City

In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features

"...When Central Austin streets become crowded and traffic-snarled and the spring..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Can't Get There From Here

While suburban rail spends and stumbles, Cap Metro's transit-dependent riders wait at the end of the line

"...to go see my family that lives in North Austin on the edge of Williamson County, it takes about..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Greenprint Draws a Blueprint for Central Texas

A new tool sheds light on a path toward conservation

"...With money for conservation perpetually tight, which lands in Central Texas are most important to protect? Which sites offer..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Audit

The city auditor's review of the Austin Revitalization Authority is very mixed

"...The Austin Revitalization Authority has improved conditions in Central East Austin..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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