What's the Damage?

The news staff takes a look at the fallout from the 84th legislative session

"...Luckily, the mainstream GOP quietly derailed much of the Tea Party's agenda. But the mainstream..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bonus Bill of the Week: Mandatory Gun Shows

Undue haste to tie county hands and force them to cut rates

"...stage in the committee process when bills are easily derailed. But it could still get pulled from Local and..."

May 8, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Help Desk

Is asking your parents to unfriend an ex too much to ask?

"...– Getting Over Douchebag Derailed by Autonomous Mom..."

April 24, 2015 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

Headlines

It's Old World Order vs. New in this week's news blast

"...A computer glitch on Tuesday temporarily derailed the House's plan to pass HB 910, the "open..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature

Texas Me

New Doug Sahm documentary and SXSW all-star concert resurrects Austin's cosmic groover

"...A marijuana bust derailed the Quintet and in 1966 shuttled Sahm to California..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Point Austin: A Work in Progress?

The new City Council seems just a trifle tentative

"...Mayor Steve Adler's second signature initiative was derailed by his first signature initiative...."

March 6, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Putting Out the Fire

Council-brokered agreement at AFD could be a city breakthrough

"...That renewed threat nearly derailed this latest Council action – initially to "withdraw" the..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Death Watch: Homicide, Drugs, Mental Incapacity

Garcia Glen White's time is running out

"...who fell into drug addiction after a knee injury derailed his college football prospects (and led to his departure..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Alamo Drafthouse Gets OK to Screen The Interview

Remember when Kim Jong-un threatened to nuke Austin? He'll be mad now.

"...a surprisingly sympathetic and textured performance) – a plan derailed by the CIA, who want them to assassinate the..."

Dec. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

It's a Wonderful Lie

The breezy, sneaky charms of 1945's Christmas in Connecticut

"...Connecticut farm, where the intended quickie wedding keeps getting derailed, especially when the war hero Jefferson – a total..."

Dec. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

One in a Crowd: Leslie

New doc seeks funding, plus updates on more local crowdsourcing

"...to do the soundtrack. However, the whole project was derailed in 2012 when Cochran died. After a two year..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hornography

"...a narrow course of okay-ness that can still be derailed by the slightest shake to their confidence...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Sports Column by Eric Sollenberger

Death Watch: Questions of Competence

Hatten ends appeals; advocates push to amend state DNA testing law

"...McGuire’s efforts were derailed in April when Hatten filed a motion to replace..."

Oct. 9, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...his limbs to a bacterial infection, his life was derailed. With his career on hold, Will finds a new..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Dram Held High for Ed Miller

KUTX folk sage is shown the door after 43 years on-air

"...Miller’s precision likely got derailed by the phone calls. He received a dozen during..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...a slight detour last week, as a legal opinion derailed the plan for a combined rail-and-road proposition. Council is..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Feature

Powers Survives

UT President will stay through June 2015

"...Efforts to forcibly remove him today have seemingly been derailed, as he reached an agreement to step down on..."

July 10, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Then There's This: Grandfathered Death Star

The Vested Rights Ordinance is new, but is it improved?

"...PC in October. "And then somehow the process got derailed, and now we're back with a much weaker ordinance."..."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Kids These Days

Growing up on 'Looking' and 'Girls'

"...cruising anymore?” he self-effacingly asks later), has his hookup derailed by someone calling him on his phone, which he..."

Jan. 18, 2014 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Van de Putte Sets the Date

SA senator to announce 2014 election plans next week

"...male colleagues," that's when the crowd truly (if temporarily) derailed the bill. Moreover, Van de Putte is a more..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Formula One

"...the Circuit of the Americas, the track that almost derailed his championship hopes last year...."

Nov. 15, 2013 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Twinkies, Twerking, & Paraplegic Crowd Surfing

Fun Fun Fun Fest 8 – wrapped

"...Mike tried to rap from a half-pipe and was derailed by technical difficulties...."

Nov. 15, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Julie Ruin

"...transporting you right back to where you left off. Derailed by Lyme disease since 2007, she refuels the Julie..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Last Day of Summer

White Denim pours 'Corsicana Lemonade'

"...D's tour was nearly derailed right out of the gate when Petralli's home got..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Davis Delays Announcement

Father's ill health extends governor speculation

"...governor's seat in 2014. The filibuster may not have derailed the bill permanently (it came back in the second..."

Aug. 29, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Tour de France 2013: Stages 10 – 12

Even the fastest rider in the world can’t keep up

"...(Argos-Shimano) bumping into Cavendish and crashing to the ground, derailed the leader and Matty Goss (Orica-Greenedge), leaving the sprint..."

July 12, 2013 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

Special Session 2.0: Wendy Davis Responds

SB 5 filibuster senator fires back at Perry's renewed anti-health call

"...up the matter of transportation, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst derailed as much as much as $1 billion per year..."

June 26, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Chaos in Tejas Live Shots

"...it should have enjoyed before a harrowing bus accident derailed its promotion. Barring the truncation of its set list..."

June 7, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Toland

All Over Creation: Head in the Game

In Houston, 'Warrior Class' and 'Road Show' show it is how you play the game

"...depict the widespread devastation these "games" can wreak: careers derailed, livelihoods lost, families fractured, classes of people made to..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Lege Lines

It's a mad rush at the Lege before sine die

"...month, a coalition of frustrated Dem­ocrats and anti-spending Republicans derailed HB 11. Speculation was rife that the spending could..."

May 10, 2013 News Column by Richard Whittaker

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