Four More Seats

GOP worries about redistricting motivating anti-DNC namecalling

"...last session, and it was his own party that derailed it. Now they're the ones screaming that the Democrats..."

Sept. 10, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Doyle and Debbie Show'

The creator of the hit country music satire reveals its Grand Ole Opry roots

"...much, much dimmer wattage. His was a barely-cracked-the-regional-charts career derailed by alcohol and more poor personal choices than Music..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

How much is that male escort in the window?

"...he had his chance at the big leagues permanently derailed by an injury. When we meet him, he's head..."

July 3, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Special Session Update Updated

What's happened so far in the 81(1)

"...HB 3: The happy train just derailed. Rep. David Leibowitz, D-San Antonio, has promised amendments on..."

July 1, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Supremes Bail Out

Court ruling lets Voting Rights Act live for another day

"...ID" standards that would disproportionately affect minority voters virtually derailed the entire current session. Thomas argues that there is..."

June 26, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Another Round

AG's Office asks state Supremes to review unconstitutional stripper surcharge

"...to sexual assault programs, but HB 982 was ultimately derailed after TAASA complained that it did not guarantee enough..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'In the Can With Martha Kelly'

Kelly's homegrown talk show, whether online or live, is refreshingly candid and funny

"...the damage done, and her budding career was temporarily derailed...."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Headlines

"...State senator and physician Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, after a derailed attempt to revive his bill for a needle-exchange program..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Gale's farewell hymn closes the council year

"...planned RV park of permanent shelter for the homeless, derailed by neighborhood protests. "If we would have moved forward..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Merritt Calls for Speaker Summit

Is Longview rep trying to prove his speaker credentials by deed, not word?

"...it was the lack of a secret ballot that derailed Rep. Jim Pitt's speaker challenge last session. "The reality..."

Nov. 19, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Unpropped

Prop. 2 is about much more than a vote against the Domain

"...and other quite worthy and progressive city projects are derailed or delayed. That doesn't strike me as a good..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Daugherty Repeats the Empty Bus Myth

No one takes mass transit in the city – except for all these people on the bus with me

"...office to the luncheon anyway. Only a last-minute errand derailed me from doing so; four out of five times,..."

Oct. 14, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"..."We thought we would have a honeymoon, and this derailed that," Redd adds. "But you know, we got it..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...A woman’s life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. Her..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

La La Love You

Alex Holdridge does the impossible and makes Los Angeles impossibly romantic in 'In Search of a Midnight Kiss'

"...headed to Hollywood. But distribution hopes for Sexless got derailed by contested ownership rights, and a studio rewrite for..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...to back it up but his career was often derailed by drug addiction. After breaking the chains of crack..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Sales Bros.

"...oddly endearing. Sadly, the Sales Bros.' soul-revue ambitions were derailed by Tony's near-fatal car accident right after their debut..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

How the Force Was With Them

Spaced's Top 5 Star Wars Moments

"...is a brief, heady trip into chaos theory, quickly derailed by the discovery of a pack of Jaffa Cakes..."

July 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Why Chamber Music?

For the folks who play it, it's the intimacy and democracy and unity and fun

"...and be constantly focused on that instead of getting derailed by little things along the way...."

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...with the family still. So is Highway 211. Temporarily derailed after the unexpected death of the rancher who was..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Homeless Community Put on Hold

Council member calls for one year moratorium on planned homeless community

"...plan to create a new homeless community has been derailed after City Council Member Mike Martinez proposed this afternoon..."

June 20, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Paper or Plastic?

A short, unreliable survey of the bag in recent cinema

"...that production on this Adam Sandler comedy was nearly derailed when screenwriter Tim Herlihy got in a heated argument..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Junkie Rush

The Cowboy Junkies and Tom Rush: Six degrees of separation

"...Wheel” and “Starlight” became a soundtrack for an adolescence derailed, then accelerated, and the songs branded deep in my..."

June 2, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Needle-Exchange Pilot Stung by Prick

Bexar D.A. thumbs her nose at new law to reduce drug addiction and disease

"...program participants in jail. Indeed, it was Reed who derailed the start of the pilot program – initially slated..."

May 23, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 10 municipal elections

"...us believe that a more proactive council could have derailed the Wal-Mart project. But as a group we are..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 10 municipal elections

"...us believe that a more proactive council could have derailed the Wal-Mart project. But as a group we are..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Former Rep, Railroad Commissioner Lena Guerrero Dies

Represented Austin in her twenties and thirties; only 50 years old at time of death.

"...be a rising political star, but her career was derailed when she admitted that she had lied about having..."

April 24, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Austin Museum of Art: The third way, explained

AMOA's new proposal for a new Downtown home is dramatically smaller than the last, but that's by design

"...design. It's worth recalling that the 2000 version wasn't derailed solely by the difficulty in raising the $65 million..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Election Notes

Notes from the campaign trail

"...year's primary to 1976, when underdog Ronald Reagan almost derailed the nomination of President Gerald Ford after a pivotal..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

Dukes Under Siege

District 46 race pits veteran incumbent vs. newcomer Thompson

"...argued that this ignores the battles where regulation is derailed on procedural motions and the intricate deals struck in..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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