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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...should have to follow the law." – Kinky Friedman, challenging his fellow independent gubernatorial candidate's request to be listed..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...in his administration who has "committed a crime." Naked City readers are encouraged to send him a list. See..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...course has huge implications in needle-happy Texas. See "Beyond City Limits."..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...It took a while, but the city's Music and Telecommunications commissions have formally weighed in on..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...interim reins at the Travis Co. Hospital District, as city and county financial minds fail to meet. See "Hospital..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...bit, but remains unwilling to resume contract talks with City Hall. Meanwhile, APD has released long-sought information about the..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Ken Martin sells In Fact to Jo Clifton; Log Cabin Republicans set up a "booth in exile" at Republican convention; AustinAtWork.com debuts; Whole Foods closes its Web site.

"...Ken Martin, the omnipresent City Hall scribe and editor of In Fact, an online..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...took the first step in launching a campaign for city council by filing a campaign treasurer on Wednesday, December..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature

City Council District 2: Young Progressives Square Off for Open Seat

Candidates pledge to protect Austin’s working class families in Southeast Austin

"..."I am the working man that our so-called 'progressive' City Council claims to care so much about." He champions..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Politics Gift Guide

News staff suggestions for the wonks and smartasses on your list

"...interplay between the charter-mandated authority of elected members and city staff (filibuster!!!). Comes complete with these action figures: Brewster..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

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csc breaks ground; protest of groundbreaking headed off; intel may build facility at museum park downtown, thomas henderson is seeking pardon

"...decided to back away." That CSC is building on city-owned property makes the minority contractor flap an especially sensitive..."

March 3, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Chronicle Endorsements for Austin City Council Run-Off Election

Early voting runs Dec. 1-9 ; election day is Dec. 13

"...the least knowledgeable and engaged with actual land use politics, let alone the broader spectrum of City Hall business...."

Nov. 30, 2022 News Post

Libraries, Technology, and Politics

"...now, but has occasionally surfaced in recent months at City Hall – especially during City Council discussions of Austin..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

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Funders gather at Kirk Watson's House, a new campaign finance reform group is born in Austin, and Club DeVille goes Republican.

"...District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who is again facing Republican challenger Shane Phelps, worked a roomful of lobbyists that included..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

2013 Politics Gift Guide Part III

Last-minute ideas from yesterday's news

"...Photographs and Text, captures every moment – courtroom drama, City Hall encampment, and APD infiltration. It's a powerful (and..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

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Off the Desk:

"...he wasn't going to get special treatment from the city regarding permits and other red tape he'd have to..."

June 25, 1999 News Feature

All Politics Is Local at Texas Tribune Festival

Evan Smith leads the fest’s move Downtown and brings national newsmakers to Austin

"...Texas Tribune Live!, delving deep into the policy and politics of our own Great State and featuring much of..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happening from Austin and beyond

"...race track, but that referendum was nonbinding. See "Beyond City Limits."..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...this week, Beverly Griffith became the first of three City Council members to announce she has reached the halfway..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Off the Desk:

"...Well, the early voting turnout for the City Council Elections was even worse than the dismal prediction...."

April 30, 1999 News Feature

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Ralph Hall makes the switch, Arlene takes the plunge, and Gus flirts -- again -- with unretirement.

"...verdict is the left moccasin of U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, D-now-R, Rockwall. This immediately alters the Texas congressional delegation..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Also on the police beat: The City Council is set today (Thursday) to approve a new..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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T.J. Higginbotham, a landowner in Hays County, wants to drill a well to produce 50 million gallons a year, reportedly to serve two proposed subdivisions in Dripping Springs, but Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District board members aren’t biting.

"...40-acre-plus property. However, Higginbotham and his attorney, Jimmy Allen Hall, refused to specify what the well water would be..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Carole Keeton Strayhorn is the hockey-masked/razor-fingered slasher of Texas politics, but maybe the conspiracy-crazed Angels & Demons domain is..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature

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Local news this week in Austin, Texas.

"...8,000 revelers will descend on our already stuffed-to-the-gills central city, and that insipid slogan "Downtown Jam" will take on..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...are slated to move out by 5pm Friday. The city says it has had "overwhelming success" at finding housing..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature

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"...filed last week to oppose congressional re-redistricting: two in Marshall, one in Victoria, and another in the Tyler U.S...."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Off the Desk:

"...Ask and ye shall receive. Austin Interfaith, a political lobbying organization of congregations..."

June 13, 1997 News Feature

Politics Gift Guide 2021: Ain't That Good News

Some gift ideas for the politically and civically minded

"...time by the Chamber of Commerce to hawk the city's investment opportunities, and now custom-printable for you and yours..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• In yet another low-water mark for Austin's institutional politics, Capital Metro threatened to fire any bus drivers who..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature

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