Meet the New Man Leading the City of Austin

City Manager Broadnax discusses police, homelessness, and more

"...T.C. Broadnax’s first month on the job as Austin’s city manager is drawing to a close – just..."

May 31, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The City of Austin Is Still Tweaking the Live Music Fund

Music Commission plans 2025 grant program, meets new ACME director

"...The Austin Music Commission and Economic Development Department continue to tweak..."

March 28, 2025 Music Feature by Angelina Liu

City Hall Hustle: Budget, Bonds, and Big Plans

Hard times and planned projects to collide at city forums

"...opportunities this week on major financial decisions facing the city: the city budget and the proposed November bond election...."

June 18, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Ends Contract With Operator of Austin's Downtown Homeless Shelter

Front Steps has run the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless since 2004

"...The city of Austin is cutting ties with Front Steps, the..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...to you sweetly from my window in the Tower of Song...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. In celebration of this week's "Best of..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

City Hall Hustle: Budget Time

The annual budget melodrama rounds up the usual suspects

"...One week after the release of the proposed 2008 budget for the city of Austin,..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'

"...Austin Chronicle: You've emphasized in your campaign that you're "a..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Envisioning the Future of Austin State Hospital

What will it take to turn the former Texas State Lunatic Asylum into a world-class center of brain health?

"...a lake, with boats, and lily ponds, and lots of trees, and of course roses, and gravel paths to..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

In Deep Sorrow for the Animal Community of Austin

"...Dear Editor, Well it finally happened. Two of the least compassionate members on the Animal Advisory Commission..."

April 23, 2007 Postmarks

Sons of Austin

Murph and Ben Willcott develop a new paradigm for the next generation of a beloved family business

"...father, Ben, 40, and their uncle Murph, 48. Children of a linguistics professor, the Willcott brothers grew up around..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

City of Spirits

Austin is a town for the liquor-store sophisticate.

"...Austin is blessed with a multitude of high-quality liquor stores...."

March 28, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

City Hammers Out Budget, Crosses Fingers for Katrina Evacuee Reimbursements

2005-06 money is ready to spend

"...With a minimum of fireworks, the City Council banged out the 2005-06 budget..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Budget in a Box

The budget year begins with the annual forecast

"...I'm writing this column with the reassuring drone of ATXN.TV in the background, as the city's budget administrators..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Budget Finish Line

Council ponders final adjustments to General Fund

"...and he reiterated that perspective in Tuesday afternoon's Council budget work session. Leffingwell is taking the position that Council..."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Ten Defining Moments of Austin's Intense Year of Police-Community Conflict

We Fought the Law

"...Picture Prompted by controversy that arose at the end of 2019 around abruptly retired Assistant Chief Justin Newsom, a..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Budget Time

Running all the numbers, we have to pay for what we need

"...Almost beneath the radar, the 2007 city budget tiptoed in on little cat feet two weeks..."

June 9, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Budget Frenzy

It ain't where they live

"...up on the news after a few days out of town, I was suddenly struck by a previously unknown..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Column by Michael King

The Future of Austin’s Crime Lab

The backlog of DNA evidence is moving, but is it shrinking?

"...Six months have passed since the Austin Police Department announced the shutdown of its DNA lab..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Playback: The Future of Austin Recording Studios

Studio owners look at different solutions to surviving in an increasingly expensive city

"...One of this town's finest album producers has turned up g-o-n-e...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Meet Your New City Council, Austin!

Recapping the run-offs

"...concede just yet, it appears as though the new City Council is finally here, and it looks almost nothing..."

Dec. 17, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Southeast of Austin, an Unarmed Immigrant's Killing Galvanizes a Quest for Justice

Why did Adil Dghoughi die?

"...you cross from Hays to Caldwell County, just east of San Marcos. The river feels near but you never..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Ten of Austin's Top Sommeliers

A guide to somm-built wine lists in town

"...we spoke to 10 trendsetters and tastemakers in the Austin wine scene...."

July 9, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

The Wizards of Austin's Webzines Behind the Curtains

"...Content Love Knowles of "Babylon" photograph by KENNY BRAUN I'm five minutes late..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

Point Austin: Budget Puzzles

Before your eyes glaze over, a few matters for consideration

"...We're a week off from the official opening of city budget season –..."

May 18, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Bottom of the Budget Barrel

City Hall scraped to the bone; now it cuts into it.

"...The third and final episode of "Budget: How Low Can You Go?" featured what City..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Hustle: Budget and the Thin Blue Lines

Council returns to budget deliberations and the lingering questions of the Sanders shooting

"...City Council's return to the dais is still a week..."

July 23, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Health Inequities Dog Austin

Racial disparities are glaring

"...Today, a partnership between the City of Austin, Travis County, and Central Health unveiled Healthy..."

Aug. 19, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

City Budget: Minimal Slippage

Sparse cuts, few surprises in proposed fiscal document

"...The budget process has changed under Marc Ott to become more..."

July 23, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Students With Disabilities Get a Chance to Work for the City

The city of Austin and Austin ISD partner to employ hundreds of students with disabilities across four city departments this fall

"...A first-of-its-kind partnership between the city of Austin and Austin ISD..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Madi Donham

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