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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...widely shopped around town during Cap Metro's months-long outreach campaign, key details – like the final Downtown destination of..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The speaker's race statute restricts the involvement of committees and other groups in acting to aid or defeat..."

March 19, 2004 Column

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Beyond City Limits

"...to urge Perry to veto the bill. By contrast, Campaigns for People is calling on supporters to urge Perry..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature

DNC Does the Texas Waltz

National Dems have high hopes for Texas ... one of these days

"...How long has it been since the Demo­crat­ic National Committee met in Texas? Longer than most of its members..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Those Pesky Superdelegates

Who will they pick? And who are they, for that matter?

"...after-the-fact, but by the end of this weekend's Texas Democratic Party State Democratic Convention, the TDP will have finalized..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dem Convention: Turning Texas blue

Travis County Dems have the spirit, yes they do!

"...if not thousands of attendees at Saturday's Travis County Democratic Party Convention, since this was the first competitive presidential..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Texas Five Minus Four

The Congressional races perform almost as the GOP designed

"...no showdown at all. Frost – the more aggressive campaigner, the better debater, the man who so desperately wanted..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Charting the Maps

"...effort is based on a fallacy: that the current congressional map is shamefully gerrymandered in the Dems' favor, and..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Aleshire vs. Oden

Behind the scenes in county politics

"...The names on the Democratic primary ballot for Travis Co. tax assessor-collector are officially..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...add your two cents to the Bond Election Advisory Committee's deliberations, at a public hearing at City Hall, 7-10pm...."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Breaking news stories from Austin and elsewhere.

"...resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee issued a report blasting the CIA's prewar "threat" information..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Word on the Democratic street has Austin SafePlace Executive Director Kelly White stepping..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters @ 3AM

The archetypes in this Democratic primary are Mama and He Who Can Free the Sword From the Stone

"...and blind you to the present. (Hillary Clinton's previous campaign experience blinded her to the needs of this campaign.)..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Oh, shed a tear for Tom DeLay. Or not.

"...involved in raising corporate money for the state legislative campaigns, and the subsequent congressional re-redistricting effort, funded by Texans..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"..."Before telling his readers that Barrientos' relative lack of committee chairmanships suggests Senate leaders don't respect him, Oppel might..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

Election Ticker: Last Chance for Controversy

E-Day is tomorrow! Here's the latest news before it's too late.

"...went LARPing over the weekend to deface most every campaign sign, regardless of ideology, at the strategic hi-vis intersection..."

Nov. 5, 2018 News Post by News Staff

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...urging the commissioners to approve the Citizens Bond Advisory Committee recommendation to include a stand-alone proposition to bond $60..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...South Austin Tuesday morning to talk about "transportation," Republican congressional candidate Rebecca Armendariz Klein smiled spectacularly and punted deep:..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

State Redistricting Chairs Pretend They Don’t See Color

New maps respond to the growth among Texans of color by including fewer opportun­ity districts for Black and Hispanic Texans

"...Texas Legislature got underway, the House and Senate redistricting committees have moved quickly to finalize their own maps and..."

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

Money for Nothing

The Texas record on "enterprise funds" is even worse than meets the eye

"...appropriations via the state budget, according to House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, "We have no clue..."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Convicted Felon Tom DeLay

"The Hammer" guilty of money laundering

"...and former Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee executive director Jim Ellis still face 13 charges a..."

Nov. 24, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Court found." – From the judicial opinion issuing new congressional redistricting maps to correct violations of the Voting Rights..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...pondering time – the city of Austin's bond advisory committee was recently assembled, and now Travis County's 15-member BAC..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Richard Morrison takes on the Bug Man in his own backyard

"...DeLay by running in the tailored-for-Republicans districts he designed, congressional candidate Morrison is, in the words of Dem activist..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

New Districts Set the Stage for the Politics of the 2020s

The city and state begin to show their work

"...After a prolonged wait, the committees of lawmakers and (in Austin) extraordinary citizens in charge..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Big-Ticket Races Filling Up

If Rick Perry runs for president, who'll run for governor?

"...Iowa (population 58,965), which is traditionally seen as the campaign season kickoff. U.S. SENATE..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...vote in the 2009 mayoral race, has appointed a campaign treasurer to run for Riley's Place 1 seat...."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

Page Two

Contemplating the devastating effects of redistricting on democracy and the transformational effects of knowing Ondine and Ed Lowry.

"...is the deliberate, ongoing, partisan dissection of the core democratic nervous system of electoral politics (a process that demands..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Capitol Chronicle

Ideology, not need, shapes the energies of the incoming Legislature.

"...and other corporate patrons who put up all the campaign cash...."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Letters at 3AM: It Came From the White House

Obama and a majority of Democratic legislators support the NDAA, allowing the arrest of U.S. citizens without a warrant

"...During the long congressional tussle over the National Defense Authorization Act, some legislators..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

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