AE Rate Proposal Double-Edged

Ratepayers expense also city income

"...every rate cut has an income consequence to city programs currently sustained by the utility...."

Feb. 6, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Newborn District Takes Its First Steps

Hospital board gets a crash course in the realities of Austin health care

"...board members asked, "What's a MAP?" The county's Medical Assistance Program is just one of a number of bureaucratic..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

1% for Soul

Weighing the Costs of the Art in Public Places Program

"...for the center through Austin's Art in Public Places Program (AIPP). The artists used broken pieces of china along..."

March 7, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

How Women and Kids in Austin Can Get Extra Money for Local Farmers Markets

Sustainable Food Center issues vouchers to poor families

"...and EBT benefits through the Double Up Food Bucks program. In addition to doubling monthly benefits, SFC also doubles..."

May 7, 2024 News Post by Madeline Duncan

Point Austin: The Fire This Time

In their rush to reach out to the Eastside, city officials get burned

"...Council today (Thursday) on a "scorecard" for Austin's African-American community, and over the next 60 to 90 days, the..."

March 25, 2005 News Column by Michael King

TCB

Time to get suicide out of the bars and back in 'Heathers' where it belongs

"..."I think we're very well-known within the [musicians'] community," says SIMS Executive Director Mary-Louise Lopez, adding that most..."

July 9, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...AAHC the contract to administer the Section 8 housing assistance program for the entire state. This is a far..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...Studies, who offered the pianist a job in the program once he'd received his Masters in music. Now a..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Engineering Quality – and Equality

The African-American Quality of Life plan gets aired out; NAACP unsatisfied

"...to an overflow audience Thursday evening, as city and community leaders presented their African-American Quality of Life Implementation Plan..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...expanded its Speakers Bureau and offers speakers to the community free of charge. Speakers are available on a wide..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Oh, To Be a Constable

10 candidates compete for four open constable seats

"...if you do, we're told, the constables' Absentee Student Assistance Program, or ASAP, is not a bad little gig,..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Outlays Another $3.5 Million

City program supports 28 venues with ongoing grants as national Save Our Stages funds stall

"...under threat of closure. In Phase Two of the program, 28 clubs received grants totaling $3.5 million. The second..."

April 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Building Foundations

Good work on the sustainable design front

"...Austin" award, and also feature their health insurance enrollment assistance program below and elsewhere in this section, they also..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...several downtown buildings, including KOOP's studios, the cooperatively run community station began temporarily broadcasting Wednesday morning from the studios..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Will the Water Flow at Northridge?!?

Travis County finally finds a way to bring water to tiny Northridge Acres

"...the Texas Water Development Board approved $1.3 million in assistance to the Northridge Water Supply Corp., consisting of a..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

County Attorney Looks to Keep Young People Out of the Prison System

New diversion program attempts to get to the root causes of violence

"...having their charges dismissed in exchange for going through programming to better themselves and address root causes of crime...."

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

UT Research Reinforces Anti-Racism at Austin Water

Making equity flow

"...Equity Through Water Department Practices," to design and implement programs that go to Council for approval this year...."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Applications for Rent Relief Lottery Open Tomorrow

City will distribute $12.9 million in direct aid to renters

"...8am, applications will open for a lottery rent relief program, with $12.9 million available in direct aid to struggling..."

Aug. 18, 2020 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...step up and help those most marginalized in the community amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak...."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...just one barrier to fostering diversity in the moviemaking community. Now the Austin Film Society is knocking some of..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...Game," July 10, 2015). But Franco persists: "The Latino community does not feel that Austin is a sanctuary city..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

1995-96 City Budget: Health Care Relief Comes Painfully

"...only as far as funding the city's clinics, health programs, and the administration thereof, through the health department. The..."

Aug. 18, 1995 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

City Falls Behind on Housing Goals

Housing for Austin’s poorest residents in short supply

"...a stable housing status. The city's Rental Housing Development Assistance Program did not fund any PSH units in 2018..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: Mobile Homes and Climate Change

City Council gets through a brief agenda the week before budget talks begin

"...to include mobile home residents in a proposed relocation assistance program; provided funds to help clear APD's backlog of..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...forward. Lady Bird Lake is a treasure for the whole community, so we all have a stake in getting this..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...always been a neglected and undervalued part of the community; Spanish-language newspapers...."

March 11, 2005 Column

Shifting Gears

New Board, Boss, Budget in Store for AISD

"...are now created only for students in special education programs, may be criticized as costly or time consuming, but..."

April 17, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...it this way: "Questions raised about city minority contracting program" is not exactly a man-bites-dog headline. We live in..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Academy from 1997-2000, chairing the Theology department, directing the community service program, and sitting on the board committee on..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Solid Gold 40 is shocked and dismayed; non-fans of Carole Keeton Rylander add their two cents; a tear for Tony's Vineyard; and more letters to the editor.

"...was a time when Bondo's presence in our music community -- though perhaps behind the scenes -- was significant...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Column

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