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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "I don't think we have racial bias..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week"History has proven that democracies don't war." –..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond.

"...Quote of the Week: "Treaties make no sense. There is only..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Local news this week in Austin.

"...the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Lavernia was convicted of several sexual assaults that took place along the Barton..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Although the federal health insurance program covers about half of all births in the state, those on Medicaid are..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature

City Accused of Killing Contracts in Retaliation for Prop B Support

City spokesperson denies political retribution against Austin Independent Business Alliance in ongoing convention center drama

"...On Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 29, Austin Independent Busi­ness Alliance Executive Director Rebecca Melançon issued a..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Austin at Large: Mapping the Transition Zones

Ever so slowly, City Hall learns to govern without consensus

"...If you've been following Austin's effort to reform its broken and obsolete land use..."

May 3, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: Of Public Power and Inside Chess

Council takes up the MACC, TXI, etc.

"...This week's City Council subject most likely to generate public sparks is..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Occupy Austin, 2011

A movement in evolution

"...Since early October, a few days after the Austin wing of the Occupy Wall Street national movement got..."

Dec. 30, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

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"...Quote of the week "Make no mistake, this is not going..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Money and Power

Where Austin's city budget is concerned, the two really do go together

"...swift boats and hurricanes and Olympians and the Fires of Zell) – the upcoming last lap of City Hall's..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: What Happens Next?

Suggestions for a 2004 City Hall to-do list

"...Forgive my Grinchiness, but here on the Austin-public-life beat, the happiest tiding of the season is that..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...one thing that almost everyone can agree on in Austin, it's that our transportation situation is unacceptable and unsustainable...."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

The Birth of Formula One – Austin

Some welcome the new offspring, and some don't, but the high-speed newcomer is at the starting gate

"...Two and a half years ago, Austinites heard for the first time that their city would..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...• MADOFF HITS CLOSE TO HOME The $50 billion Ponzi scheme..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• Teachers' unions are suing Austin Independent School District to block the release of what..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature

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News and happenings around Austin and beyond

"...Headlines• Quote of the Week: "You're keeping control of them. A tether..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Center of Gravity

City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails

"...Depending on your perspective, the May City Council elections portended one of two things: (1) Visionary,..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Off the Desk:

"...don't cast their votes until March, but there's plenty of talk swirling around about how the GOPs are fixin'..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...All Creatures Great and Small: Austin Animal Center temporarily paused its nonemergency intake Tuesday due..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: Pure X Reconciles With Austin

Local rock group returns after six years, Gold Rush Vinyl checks in, and Threadgill’s closes permanently.

"...rock band Pure X quit their jobs in anticipation of touring third LP Angel, their first with prominent Mississippi..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

'Hold-the-Line' Budget Hits the City Streets

City manager's spending plan includes "anticlimactic" cuts

"...Today (Thursday) at 2pm, the City Council and the citizens get their first official look..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Storms Along the Waterfront

How much should the city invest in the Statesman PUD? Zero, or $400 million?

"...we're back at 305 S. Congress, the former home of the Austin American-Statesman, the place we used to call..."

July 29, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: Austin Revs Up COVID-19 Relief Efforts

"All things on the table" to help Austinites weather crisis

"...In a deserted City Hall devoid of its usual Thursday throngs of staffers,..."

March 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Council Looks at Homelessness, Climate Change, and Gun Violence

Post-summer Council hits the dais running with 149-Item agenda

"...City Council returns today (Thu., Aug. 8) for its first..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• How can it be that City Council candidate Laura Morri­son, in return for complying with..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature

From Liberty Lunch to Homeland Security: Austin's Walk With CSC

Computer Sciences Corp. is now one of America's largest defense contractors. Is this a problem for City Hall?

"...Is the city of Austin -- which recently passed a resolution opposing..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin at Large: “No Significant Impact”

On unforced errors, ugly legacies, double standards, and loving thy neighbor

"...now we have in the headlines two different long-planned city projects, from different departments and in different parts of..."

April 8, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...March, South by Southwest hosted a showcase consisting entirely of musicians from the seven predominantly Muslim nations targeted in..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

City Council Sworn In

Mayor and three re-elected council members take office

"...In a celebratory Monday evening special called meeting of the Austin City Council, Mayor Lee Leffingwell and two..."

June 25, 2012 News Post by Michael King

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