Texas Senate Warms Up to Film Incentives After Taylor Sheridan's Testimony

Yellowstone franchise mastermind makes argument for funding

"...been a major advocate for TMIIIP. Now Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has joined the team, as he instructed the..."

Oct. 10, 2024 News Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...a lot of familiar faces from the local scene. Sundance may have snagged the world premiere of Sasquatch Sunset..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Only One for Me, John-lene: This week Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick appointed only one Democrat, Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston,..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature

Prefiling for the Next Lege: The Good, Bad, and MAGA

It's just a bill …

"...House Speaker Dade Phelan and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will likely pick up some of Abbott's threads..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Adair (Elyse), The Tasters, UT Department of Theatre and Dance Kareem Badr (Antonio Salieri), Amadeus, Penfold Theatre Company Macy..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Cause of Sex Trafficking Scandal

Twisted priorities at DFPS-contracted Bastrop facility

"...a statement about the Thursday hearing by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, problems at DFPS aren't a result of flawed..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...kindly fuck himself. They'd be met at Randy's by Lois Richwine. It was her and Sublett's first date...."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Chronicle Redesign Issue Party at Still Austin Whiskey Co.

"...Chronicle Senior Account Executive Lois Richwine, musician/writer Jesse Sublett, and City of Austin Marketing..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Photo Gallery

Debunking Five Anti-Choice Lies This Session

No wonder why repro rights groups are using the mantra “Lies Into Laws”

"...murdering infants left and right after failed abortions. This dangerous and grotesque narrative stems from the right wing’s inflammatory..."

April 24, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: School Finance Bill Passes House With Flying Colors

Stickland only holdout on ambitious “Texas Plan” finance bill

"...Caucus after Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, peppered lead author Dan Huberty, R-Kingwood, over whether HB 3 would do enough..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sex and the Senate

What will it take to curb sexual harassment at the Texas State Capitol?

"...a formal vote as the House did. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, never as engaged on the issue as Straus,..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...spent it, so don't go crazy. That's been the guidance from Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who increased his revenue estimate..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...and homemaker respectively, had four children in all: Eva Lois Manning, Kenny, Cloteat, and Joel, who would become a..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Chronicle's Staff Pet Portraits

"...office to sit for portraits with staff photographer David Brendan Hall. The result was total chaos – fur flying..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Photo Gallery

State Capitol Sexual Abuse Policies Remain a Work in Progress

After flood of allegations, House and Senate pressed to revise rules

"...Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked Senate Administration Com­mit­tee Chairwoman Sen. Lois..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks

From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?

"...Texas Legislature gaveled in back in January, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had not only secured an author for his..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

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

"...Like Dan Patrick during the regular session, Abbott attempted to pretty..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Who’s Carrying Water for Greg Abbott?

The governor's got his rogues' gallery of lawmakers

"...insists is about privacy for women and children: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, and Rep. Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Patrick’s Hostage Play

How the Lt. Gov. held the 85th Lege for ransom

"...When Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, filed Senate Bill 1929 in early March,..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Tough Balance

The Lege's budget standoff stumbles forward

"...that Attorney General Ken Paxton sides with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick against House Speaker Joe Straus – even if..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Hammer: The Bathroom Bill

It's not about protecting women and children

"...bathroom bills on the map, but Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and his iconic bigotry did not lag far..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: Through the Lege Looking-Glass

Alice's tea party was never as mad as the Lege this session

"...tank purportedly devoted to smaller government – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick compared Senate Bill 6, his heroic Defense of..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Bathroom Bill Flushed to Senate

Despite 21 hours of testimony, SB 6 goes to chamber floor

"...at the Texas State Capitol yesterday against Brenham Sen. Lois Kolkhorst’s Texas Privacy Act – better known as the..."

March 8, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Pet Issue: Chronicle Staff Pets

"...Pet: Maisie Human: Dan Hardick, LuvDoc/Circulation/Special Events..."

Feb. 9, 2017 Photo Gallery

Lege Lines: Bathroom Bill Steals Spotlight

"Texas Privacy Act" isn't about privacy – it's about transphobia

"...over Senate Bill 6, long championed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and carried by Sen. Lois Kolk­horst, R-Brenham. The..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...role as lieutenant governor and president of the Senate, Dan Patrick had prepared a bombastic press conference promoting what..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Texas Bathroom Bill Battle Officially Begins

Sen. Kolkhorst has filed the Texas Privacy Act

"...As predicted, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has his bathroom bill. Senate Bill 6, labeled..."

Jan. 5, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Scrooge); Jon Scieszka (Frank Einstein and the Evoblaster Belt); Lois Lowry (Looking Back: A Book of Memories); Kwame Alexander..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Lege Lines

Budget fight on the horizon, GOP leadership spat, TMF thwarts anti-choice measures, and more

"...upper chamber dispatched Republican Sens. Jane Nelson, Charles Schwertner, Lois Kolkhorst, and Joan Huffman, with lone Democrat Juan "Chuy"..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

Janek gets grilled, transportation moves, and more

"...over: Feb. 24 was Wash­ing­ton County Day, and Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, was able to announce free Blue Bell..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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