Headlines

"...is accepting applications from participants in the city's Customer Assistance Program wishing to join AE's new discounted solar power..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...than a back door for a full future voucher program, Senate Education Committee Chair Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, filed SB..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Then There's This: Consumer Alert

There's a glimmer of hope that we won't go broke paying for electricity

"...of worship. This clarification will be presented at a community discussion Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole will host today..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Cole Hosts AE Forum at ACC

Panel discusses rate proposal, consequences, possible alternatives

"...if not entirely illuminating Saturday morning forum at Austin Community College-Riverside, Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole and a panel..."

Jan. 28, 2012 News Post by Michael King

New Plan Aims to Heal Insurance Ills of Small Biz

Nonprofit launches project to help small businesses provide health coverage

"...Indigent Care Coalition)*, the nonprofit that helped bring us programs such as Medical Assistance Program and Project Access. Kitchen,..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature by Diana Welch

Bush Federal Budget Cuts Bad for Texas

"...off your streets. The Bush budget cuts the COPS program, which has put 6,124 officers on Texas streets, by..."

March 4, 2005 Postmarks

Page Two

The anti-safe-and-legal abortion movement is about control, not life

"...abortion facility is slated to be built in your community please contact Texas Contractors and Suppliers for Life. We..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Louis Black

About AIDS

Medicare bill an AIDS nightmare

"...AIDS then may have only their state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program for obtaining their pills. However, ADAPs (including the..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column by Sandy Bartlett

About AIDS

"...Heard, Feb. 10-11! Underfunding of the Texas HIV Medication Program may leave 4,200 HIV-positive Texans with no access to..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column by Carolyn Parker, Ph.D. Director

About AIDS

"...HIV-positive but have not yet developed AIDS. The new program will provide full Medi-Cal (their Medicaid) benefits to HIVers..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Past Planning Efforts

"...1967: The Austin Community Renewal Program, the city's federally funded urban-renewal plan, proposes..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature

A View From the Cheap Seats

"...of the least important things they do. Instead, successful programs like Grammy in the Schools, which exposes kids interested..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Ronney Reynolds

"...Austin Police Dept., allowing increased patrol, police overtime, and community policing efforts...."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature

Where to Go for Gender Affirming Care in Austin

Reaching out to the medical and queer communities

"...a bigger city like Austin is its ever-growing queer community. You can tap into knowledge from a wide array..."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature by James Scott

Health Care Equality

Obamacare and the LGBTQ community

"...such as members of nontraditional families and the LGBTQ community, it can be especially complex...."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Free Week Announces January 2024 Lineup, and More Music News

Power Trip reunited at Mohawk; Sonic Guild divvied grants at ACL Live

"...Seattle, Colorado, and the Ozarks, the nonprofit applies the community-supported ethos of ballet, symphony, and opera to independent live..."

Dec. 7, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Unhoused Moved to "Bridge Shelter" As City HEALs Its First Encampment

20 people living outside Terrazas Library relocated

"...clear campsites as part of the Housing-Focused Homeless Encampment Assistance Link (HEAL) initiative approved by City Council in February...."

June 17, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Sendero’s Path Forward

Community health plan gets one-year budget reprieve

"...customers select patients currently in Central Health's Medical Access Program, in what amounts to a bank shot to achieve..."

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

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome

The 85th Lege rolls on

"...as to include an amendment specifically protecting the LGBTQ community. According to reps from both companies, their own nondiscrimination..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by News Staff

Headlines

"...on the budget, moves to create a "tenant relocation" assistance program and "expedited permit" programs, as well as the..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature

Point Austin: Unbalancing the Budget

Council makes final spending decisions with one hand behind its back

"...three of the next priority items – Austin ISD programs, the scandalous backlog of forensic DNA analyses, and the..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Column by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 4/8/10 (Updated)

Brutal morning, brutal afternoon at council

"...pertaining to a $280,000 contract for minority recruitment outreach assistance at the Austin Fire Department, the latter covering medical..."

April 8, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

About AIDS

"...these expensive drugs is through the state AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), which is established in each state and..."

April 16, 1999 Column

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...which is where nonprofits like the Central East Austin Community Organization (CEACO) rise to the occasion with assistance for..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...decade with no increase in federal funding for public assistance, we have to ask ourselves, how are they feeding..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...City Council certainly sounded thankful for the recommendations the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force had just laid at..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...YouthWorks communications coordinator; and Chris Sheffield, Texas Conservation Corps program director...."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Ho-Ho-Homegrown Holidays

Austin's independent "iconic" businesses hope we'll all put them on our list

"...Wal-Mart on steroids for Northcross Mall and with the community searching for solutions to protect beloved "iconic" businesses like..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

As Eviction Crisis Looms, Local Leaders Ramp Up Relief

Help is on the way?

"...are on the verge of losing access to federal assistance and are fearful of losing their housing amid the..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Jose Benjamin Montaño

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...convey the human service needs of the Austin area community to policy makers and the public and to support..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

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