What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...as to Democrats. Ken Paxton in December filed a criminal complaint with Austin police alleging Hardeman threatened his life;..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Looking at the Hard-to-Handicap Race for a Texas Senate Seat

Who will take Kirk Watson's Texas Senate District 14 seat?

"...that on "the issues" – budget priorities, health care, criminal justice, etc. – they are both solidly Democratic, with..."

July 10, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Showtime's Outcry Unravels the Greg Kelley Case

Everyone thinks they know what happened to the wrongly-accused Leander highschooler, but Pat Kondelis needed to find the whole story

"...later, he was exonerated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and released. In Kondelis' series, that means there..."

June 26, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements for the March 3 Primary Election

From local judges and representatives to the presidential candidate, here are our recommendations

"...specific challenges facing Texas residents: In health care, immigration, criminal justice reform, labor rights, and climate change, she's consistently..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature

District Attorney Margaret Moore Announces Re-Election Campaign

Speakeasy kickoff marks beginning of 2020 primary

"...Violence Unit as addressing a major issue in local criminal justice – that family violence cases constitute the second..."

May 24, 2019 News Post by Michael King

This Holiday Season, Give Political Gifts That Resist

Anti-MAGA merch, feminist nudie mags, Chron swag, and more

"...doesn't beat around the bush. Whether trying to amuse like-minded relatives or annoy the other ones, "Fuck Trump" holiday..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

SXSW Film Review: American Animals

A docudrama as audacious as the heist it re-creates

"...often the most misused. It's not audacious when skilled criminals try to pull off a complex heist; that's just..."

March 19, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: A Mental Health Problem

We should all be deeply ashamed that we have let things go this far

"...are absolutely insane for continuing to elect crooked, spineless, small-minded simpletons like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Suburbicon

The dark side of Fifties middle America

"...final product is an awkward mixture of amusingly Coen-esque criminal capers and a high-minded broadside from Clooney (who is..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Music to See This Weekend

Your game plan for the next three days

"...eardrums! Jersey City’s Fit for an Autopsy blasts politically minded deathcore from The Great Collapse, joined by Brooklyn’s trending..."

June 23, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Doggett: Keep Hope Alive

Lloyd Doggett on Trump, the future, and the responsibility of citizens

"...some hate, and have emboldened those who are more narrow-minded, that they are in the mainstream instead of on..."

Jan. 12, 2017 News Post by Michael King

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...travels upward, irresistibly, to ghost-animate every limb. It’s almost criminal to have to stay in your seat when the..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Like to Watch

Sinner priests are here to save us all

"...Cleverman, Hunter Page-Lochard's Koen West, holds on to his criminal life in defiance of his destiny as a spiritual..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...programs, aimed at people who have disabilities, limited education, criminal records, or a history of homelessness...."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Hearing or Anti-Abortion Attack?

AG leads criminal and civil investigation of Planned Parenthood

"...and Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, compelled the quorum to remain “open-minded,” objective, and fact-based, and to refrain from injecting their..."

July 29, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Playback: Record Store Crawl

The day after Record Store Day breaks the bank

"...Parish.) I add a copy of Boogie Down Productions' Criminal Minded ($14.99), forgetting I purchased another KRS-One release five..."

April 24, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Then There's This: Our Ill-Advised Relationship With ICE

Travis County runs a brisk deportation business, as other entitites call it quits

"..."S-Comm," which was originally intended to weed out hardened criminals, but instead has turned into a villainous exercise in..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

County Candidates Vow to End S-Comm

Sheriff's deportation program becomes campaign issue

"...by the Austin Coalition of Immigrant Rights and other like-minded organizations. According to the coalition, 4,280 Travis County residents..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

In the Name of Ann Richards

AISD's School for Young Women Leaders is a district showcase – does its glittering reputation hide a darker side for teachers and students?

"...read her senior speech, Jailyn Bankston was listening. A sharp-minded, clear-speaking young woman, she's headed to Sam Houston State..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: The Score

How the 83rd did on water infrastructure, the budget, education, the environment, and transportation

"...traction. For the first time in 12 years, three equality-minded bills made it out of committee with some measure..."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

DVDanger: 'Scum'

What's scarier than Ray Winstone? A young Ray Winstone.

"...Today strand. That was the place for up-and-coming socially minded writers to cut their headline-gnashing teeth, people like Clarke..."

June 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Occupying Occupy

APD undercover debacle embarrassed itself, and Austin

"...infiltrate the Occupy Austin organization, APD officials delivered several high-minded defenses of the practice. Assistant Chief Sean Man­nix (now..."

March 29, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Everybody Must Get Stoned!

The national trend of marijuana reform law continues to build

"...Anderson, a long-time supporter of medical marijuana and marijuana decriminalization, "and he never said a word about legalization."..."

March 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Not Your Same Old Criminal Jurisprudence Committee?

New voices on committee asking more questions

"...82nd – or 81st, or 80th even – House Criminal Jurisprudence committee. Or at least it isn't sounding that..."

Feb. 28, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: A Jog in the Smog

What we know is increasingly disconnected from what we do

"...Just yards away from these health-minded people, clouds of poison emanate from myriad exhaust pipes..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

A Quarrel With the Status Quo

Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.

"...I found – is that some people in the criminal justice system are so poor at managing their own..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

EPMD

Back in business, strickly

"...Method Man and Redman's Blackout! than Boogie Down Productions' Criminal Minded. Reunited again, Parrish promises a classic return of..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Green Hornet

This Hornet's a cheesy and borderline-boring cream puff of a vigilante.

"...defects of Bruce Wayne minus the stoic panache and single-minded drive. He is, in effect, a buffoon, and the..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Convicted Felon Tom DeLay

"The Hammer" guilty of money laundering

"...everyday Texans continue to suffer for the stain his criminal activities and effort to gerrymander our districts has left..."

Nov. 24, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 2 general election

"...if he garners 5%. Supreme Court and Court of Criminal AppealsSupreme Court, Place 3: Debra Lehrmann (Republican) Supreme Court,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature

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