City Hall Hustle: An F1 Piñata

Break it open, and out streams council confetti

"...with Austin Travis County Integral Care and the Center for Child Protection, and extends current contracts to Sept. 30, 2012...."

June 24, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Bill Would Mandate Nurse-to-Patient Ratios

NNOC says its legislation stronger than Howard's

"...Gallegos, both of Houston, filed the Texas Hospital Patient Protection Act (HB 1489/SB 1000). Thompson said she decided to..."

March 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

State Investigators Remove Children from FLDS' Texas Compound

"...Child protection investigators with the Dept. of Family and Protective..."

April 4, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...School) – site of the ill-starred public-private housing and social-services project – is now known as Austin Ridge. The..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...administration scrambled to deal with a surge of unaccompanied children coming to the U.S. from Mexico and the Northern..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Naked City

"...is a sign of AMD's long-term commitment to environmental protection and the Austin community. It also provides AMD with..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Our Bodies, Our Cities

Austin and Beyond

"...assess penalties on cities that fail to provide promised services to territories they annex.1 The other has several provisions:..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Do the Right Thing

"...Community Landfill have gone the extra mile in environmental protection. In 1993 we made the decision to synthetically line..."

March 27, 1998 Column

Public Notice: First, Do No Harm

Council dives in

"...Tuesday, Feb. 17: Watershed Protection, Environment and Endangered Species; Parks and Open Space..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

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

"...funds to cover legal fees for those fighting for child custody. Armed with a mailing list, ALO started a..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...adoption, yet the emotional weight of carrying a rapist's child for nine months was too much to bear. "Being..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fighting a Rising Tide

The 78th Lege chipped away at abortion rights

"...annual state-by-state report card analyzing relative access to abortion services. NARAL -- which now calls itself NARAL Pro-Choice America..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Wallet and Spirit

Sickbed Fortune

"...was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which during her childhood was home to Adolph, his children, and their children...."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Transportation (Proposition 1, $103.1 million); Drainage and Water Quality Protection (Prop. 2, $145 million); Parks Facilities and Parkland (Prop...."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...37 states by signing the Kyoto Protocol-like Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement, thereby pledging to reduce Austin's emissions of global..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...District has been on the front line of environmental protection: addressing construction projects, new subdivisions, industrial uses, agriculture needs,..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Postmarks

"...Department Headquarters and Municipal Court facility; an Emergency Medical Services addition to the Fire Station at 5507 Ranch-to-Market-Road 2222;..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column

Has AISD Cleared Its Special Education Backlog, or Not?

After July 1 deadline, 77 evaluations still to be completed

"...and reevaluations. These assessments determine which specific special education services are best suited for a student – for instance,..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...issue cuts across jurisdictional boundaries - transportation, annexation, environmental protection, economic development, social service delivery, even simple land-use regulation..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Where Has All The Money Gone?

Most of the city's General Fund is spent on things City Hall doesn't want to cut.

"...Health and Human Services..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

Fostering Family Values

The Legislature engages in its biennial exercises in gay-bashing -- families be damned.

"...particular measure, which would prohibit the placement of foster children in gay or lesbian households, the articulate, soft-spoken Austinite..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Perils of Big Data

The up- and downsides of student information collection

"...state director for AVID, explained, "You look at [No Child Left Behind (NCLB)]; when it was signed into law,..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

Expect the next decade to be dominated by a weak economy and precarious international politics -- the consequences of Bush's successes.

"...government for, internationally, nationally, and locally, is to provide protection, and that is it. He gets nothing else from..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Bunch Replies

"...adopt both a "hands off" policy to city watershed protection ordinances and a policy that city ordinances are effective..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Column

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...on political intrigue and more on zoning issues, environmental protection, and roads...."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Dr. Perry vs. Obamacare

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

"...nor would he instruct the state Health and Human Services Commission to establish a state health insurance exchange, the..."

July 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Children's Zone: Can Harlem Come to Austin?

Travis County groups are competing to become part of a grand experiment

"...2008 presidential campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama applauded the Harlem Children's Zone in New York for using governmental, educational, and..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...Week "I thought this was the Year of the Child. I didn't know this was the Year to Screw..."

April 6, 2007 News Feature

Has AISD Cleared its Special Education Backlog, or Not?

After July 1 deadline, 77 evaluations still not complete

"...district is mandated to provide. These assessments determine whether children are eligible for particular special education services, and their..."

July 7, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

The Damage Done by SB 4

Court records reveal impact of the "show me your papers" bill on immigrant lives

"...family, comprised of documented and undocumented Austinites – some children, some adults. His family moved back to Mexico for..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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