UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance's In the Red and Brown Water

Multiple storytelling modes make Tarell Alvin McCraney's complex play operate as both theatre and ritual

"...In the Red and Brown Water delivers. The style of the play is so different from conventional Western storytelling..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Feds Sue Owners, Investors of Lakeway Hospital

The group is charged with defrauding the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

"...On Sept. 25, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the Lakeway Regional Medical Center..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Discipline of Numbers

The Austin ISD crime and disciplinary statistics give a partial but confusing picture.

"...Protecting the nearly 78,000 kids of AISD is the whole community's job, but on a..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Shadows of the Past

A timeline of APD's troubles over the past 13 years

"...Much of the discord within the Austin Police Dept. has its..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Quality of Life for Blacks in Austin: Going Beyond Midtown

The city's treatment of blacks – both governmentally and culturally – is questioned

"...Manager Toby Futrell penned a request to Western District of Texas U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, asking the feds to..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Justice Delayed?

A federal judge's decision on Medicaid angers GOP legislators

"...On the last day of August, Governor George W. Bush was caught off guard..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Criminal-Justice Officials Get Spanked

Officials with Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Board of Pardons and Paroles get tongue lashings during Lege hearing, where agency leaders were questioned about communication and coordination problems

"...Officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Board..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'What Is Justice?'

A state program that enables offenders and their victims meet face-to-face has helped Andrew Papke take full responsibility for the drunken driving-related deaths of Beth Early and Daniel London.

"...a wooden table. To Early's right sits a stack of pictures of her daughter Beth, killed -- along with..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Texas Justice

Book on Texas' Death Row Presents Just the Facts

"...no longer have to wait until the very end of the month to get spooked. All you have to..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Dick Holland

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...if you're over, say, 10 years old. The wisdom of such an accouterment for anyone old enough to sport..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

GOP Targets Women's Health, LGBTQ Community in First Day of Lege Filing

Texas Dems vow to keep up the fight for LGBTQ residents, women

"...filed three abortion-restrictive bills and the first anti-LGBTQ piece of legislation this filing period, assuring another heated fight for..."

Nov. 14, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

A Tale of Two Conspiracies

FLIR tape conspiracy theorists compare notes with the Kennedy assassination theorists

"...for forward looking infrared) tape has spawned a firestorm of controversy over what it allegedly shows...."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Executing Justice

Larry Robison, a schizophrenic killer whose parents tried to get help for their son but were turned away by state mental hospitals, is scheduled for execution on Friday.

"...at 21, Larry, now 42, might have gotten the professional help and medication his parents said he desperately needed...."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to a sudden end a..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Public Notice: People’s Housing Justice

What Council can do that's not CodeNEXT

"...an interesting exchange at the last joint work session of the two land use commissions working on the CodeNEXT..."

April 13, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Matters of Perception

Evidence suggest that former APD officer Timothy Enlow hasn't been completely honest -- nor have those who have testified against him.

"...Tuesday morning, the arbitration hearing regarding the Austin Police Dept. dismissal of former officer Timothy Enlow was suddenly interrupted..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

NYT: Feds Probing Southwest Key

Dept. of Justice looks at the books of embattled East Austin nonprofit

"...East Austin nonprofit Southwest Key Programs can't seem to stay out of..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...verdict itself -- which found the federal government innocent of wrongdoing in the Branch Davidians' $675 million civil suit..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Reefer Roundup: 8/12/11

It's back! Your dose of drug news has returned

"...right to it – just because Reefer has been off in la-la-land doesn't mean the news stopped rolling in...."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...In 2003, Williamson County Sheriff's Office investigators made a series of significant felony drug busts...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 9/9/11

Your roundup of drug war news

"...This week we've got lots of news from the feds (none of it particularly good),..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fewer Jail Inmates Last Year

But more on the way?

"...According to stats released yesterday by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, local jail populations decreased over the last..."

June 4, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

UT's Dept. Of Amplification

"...as incitement to imminent violence." That was the judgment of the UT Task Force on Assembly and Expression, in..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Will Medi-Pot Caregiver Go to Prison?

Federal judge wants feds to clarify position on medi-pot raids before sentencing California man

"...Will the Dept. of Justice's new policy on medi-pot effect the fate..."

March 24, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Council: Committed to Committees

AFD and Libraries grilled and postponed

"...over money matters, and punting to committees for more of the same. And a few fault lines were highlighted..."

March 31, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Court Says No to Hemp

After years of legal wrangling, appeals court rules against North Dakota farmers

"...two farmers appeared before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to argue for their right to grow industrial..."

Dec. 23, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Another Drug War Casualty: Young Mother Shot While Holding Infant Son

Ohio prosecutors charged police Sgt. Joseph Chavalia with two misdemeanor crimes related to the January shooting death of 26-year-old Tarika Wilson in botched SWAT raid

"...two misdemeanor crimes related to the January shooting death of 26-year-old Tarika Wilson, who Chavalia killed during a drug..."

March 28, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

POTUS Candidates on Pot

Reefer on the presidential campaign trail

"...out loud), the Marijuana Policy Project reports that 10 of the 18 declared POTUS contenders have come out in..."

July 17, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Lakeway Hospital Investors Settle With DOJ, HUD

Fraud settlements backed by whistleblower complaint

"...On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced three financial settlements – totaling more than..."

Sept. 30, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Lethal Weapon

FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.

"...began when it was still dark. Clive Doyle, one of just nine Branch Davidians who made it out of..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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