Racial Profiling Report Finds Cops Still Racial Profiling

Austin Police Department annual report shows a disproportional number of Black Austinites arrested, injured

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March 18, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting members of her Rundberg corridor community in early February. Her mind..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...Acres at UT, there's a building named after one of the worst environmental desperadoes of the modern era. His..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Work It

Take This Job and...

"...The boom bypassed Yvonne Turner. The presence of Motorola, IBM, Advanced Micro Devices, and all the other..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Beside the Point

City's chief information officer avoids indictment, but his firing is still a mystery

"...won't be pursuing criminal charges against currently suspended city of Austin Chief Information Officer Pete Collins, still under administrative..."

July 11, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Where's Your Evidence?

Advances in forensic science have made physical evidence increasingly crucial in criminal justice – but the practice of preserving and maintaining that evidence is often underfunded, poorly managed, or just plain sloppy

"...prosecutors – in Gray County and the attorney general's office – for the right to DNA-test certain items of..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...In Central Texas, right now, there's a whole lot of planning going on. Big visions and decisions for the..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Abbott Issues “Safety Action Report” on Gun Violence

Recommendations long on surveillance, short on gun restrictions

"...Santa Fe High School episode, in our ongoing list of brand-named mass shootings...."

Sept. 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Election Day Live Coverage for Travis County

Tracking the local races

"...all doomscroll and stress-bake our way through this longest of all Election Days, Central Texas saw steady yet light..."

Nov. 3, 2020 News Post by the News Staff

Artists, Assemble!

Generous Art starting a professional association for artists

"...has been helping artists sell their work, with part of the proceeds going to nonprofits, is undertaking a new..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Post

Staging Mr. Burns, a post-electric play With Zero Waste

A UT student production of Anne Washburn’s play shows how to make theatre the sustainable way

"...culture, the Simpsons were ubiquitous – the First Family of Television. Homer feasts on doughnuts at his job as..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

McCracken Named Pecan Street Project Executive Director

Former council member to head smart grid group

"...Project apparently resolved, today McCracken was named executive director of the local smart grid consortium...."

Dec. 15, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Gifted and Talented Education Programs Turn the Lights Out on Non-White Students

"Race is the greatest predictor of who succeeds and fails in American public education"

"...get her child tested for GT services; the principal of his Austin ISD campus declined to test him, citing..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Autumn A. Arnett

SB 4 Ruling Means Cities Can Prioritize Public Safety

Full hearing to permanently block law awaits in coming months

"...U.S. Judge Orlando Garcia temporarily struck down major portions of Senate Bill 4 on Wednesday, Aug. 30...."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Omnibus Resolution Report Arrives

Mayor’s plan to save Austin music takes shape

"...– musicians – face extinction in a changing climate of affordability...."

June 27, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Heyride Has a Hitch in Its Get-Along

Cease-and-desist letter issued by City of Austin to local startup

"...Heyride is on the cover of the Austin Chronicle this week, but the legality of..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Dan Solomon

Environmental Cage Match

After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?

"...earned a degree in environmental policy from the University of Kansas in 2004. "The biggest surprise to me, when..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Letters at 3AM

U.S. military action against Iran is not likely to be tolerated by Europe, Russia, and China

"...major nations hated but tolerated the United States' invasion of Iraq. Their interests were not directly threatened, so they..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...politician in Texas. His longevity, volatile temper, encyclopedic knowledge of state issues, and long list of highly placed friends..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Carona Says He'll Filibuster TxDOT Sunset Bill

Senator angered by removal of local-option gas tax

"...in conference committee from House Bill 300, the Texas Department of Transportation Sunset measure...."

May 31, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Stranded

Karen Bernstein's 'Are the Kids Alright?' examines the state of mental health care in Texas

"...he got in trouble, and there followed a series of residential shelters. His dad, in dire financial straits, was..."

July 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...In April, as part of its effort to combat the deepening housing shortage, the..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Final Forum?

Austin Police Department's Police Chief's Forum the final farewell?

"...Could the redonkulously long parade of City Council candidate forums come to a close tonight?..."

May 1, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Austin Aquarium Manager Sent to Federal Shark Tank

Covino gets a year behind bars

"...holders, a Florida federal judge sentenced Ammon Covino, one of two brothers behind the new Northwest Austin aquarium, to..."

Dec. 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Van Boven vs. the Texas Medical Board: Now At the State's Highest Court

Hearing latest step in doctor's lengthy fight

"...before the Texas Supreme Court, in an appeal proceeding of his long-running effort to defend his name and reputation..."

Sept. 28, 2021 News Post by Michael King

APD (Finally) Ends Low-Level Marijuana Enforcement

Chief announces move, six months after Council told him to

"...Austin Police Department officers will no longer issue citations or make arrests..."

July 2, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles

“It’s about all of us”

"...The teeth marks of attack dogs and the pepper-sprayed faces of indigenous land..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Prints Charming

Marking Austin's Museum of Art's "Fresh Ink" Exhibit

"...1993. Monotype, 42x28 inches. Published by Flatbed Press. If out-of-town friends suddenly appeared on my doorstep expecting to be..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...that might save mankind, John Nosta sounds like one of Asimov's Eternals on a collect call from upwhen: fervent..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...a shrill siren cry starts howling from the bank of walkie-talkies on the shelf, and the teletype on the..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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