Capitol Chronicle

The Sept. 13 constitutional amendment ballot features the good, the bad, and the silly.

"...Sept. 13 ballot. Under the fig leaf of protecting doctors from malpractice lawsuits, Proposition 12 would gut the open-courts..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Michael King

"Please, Sir, I Want Some More"

The legislative budget process is leaving buckets of blood on the floor.

"...reimbursements to providers by a third -- thereby driving doctors out of Medicaid altogether, and by that sleight-of-hand effectively..."

March 7, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...on to consumers and prices began rising faster as doctors forced the patients to pay more...."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column

About AIDS

"...David Wright, M.D., one of our most accomplished HIV-treating doctors, has been honored as the 2002 Family Physician of..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Sandy Bartlett

The Hightower Lowdown

John Ashcroft goes on an imperious jihad; King George throws away our Constitution; and corporate greedheads profit from censorship.

"...into the private lives of desperately ill people, bullying doctors, and asserting federal authority to overturn laws duly enacted..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"...those newly insured children will be able to find doctors -- the minimal action on improving Medicaid reimbursement rates..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...evidence that might threaten profit margins.8. Drug Companies Influence Doctors and Health Organizations to Push MedsAwards to: Stephen Pomper,..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...and professional individuals, under the care and supervision of doctors, endocrinologists, and psychiatrists/therapists, and follow the "Benjamin Standards of..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

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.

"...Instead of being released from institution after institution because doctors did not consider him dangerous, he might have been..."

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

Dancing About Architecture

Moving Violations

"...eventually stand alongside Stubb's. Besides shows like Davíd Garza, Doctors Mob, and the Brooders on July 24, Bob Mould..."

July 2, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Have Nots

One Family's Plight

"...at which point many get siphoned off by private doctors...."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...you ended up better off than Ben Watt. His doctors told him for months that his chest and stomach..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Patients Who Pay

New Hospitals Could Siphon Prime Resource

"...Dr. Joe Martin, a physician who trains other doctors at Brackenridge for the Central Texas Medical Foundation, says..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Book Reviews

"...collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity: domineering mothers, omniscient doctors, befuddled academics, urban clutter, psychiatric hospitals. But an Amazon..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Cuba's AIDS Embargo

Cuba's Policies May Be Correct, Not Cruel

"...Havana, and I'm in a car with three Cuban doctors and Jerry Buttrey, one of my neighbors from Austin...."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by John Davidson

Bitch Fest

Three-minute Rations of Democracy

"...head injury received while not wearing a helmet, plus doctors and nurses with figures and horror stories at the..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Prisoner With Cancer Received Delayed Treatment, Little Family Visitation, Then Died, Family Says

Tony Sendejo’s last days were painful, chaotic

"...made it back to UTMB on August 4, the doctors immediately put him on morphine, his sister said. He..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Security Guard Nearly Killed in Machete Attack Urges Stronger Social Safety Net

Police union blames prosecutors

"...his wrist, severing an artery and the ulnar nerve. Doctors told him he was only two minutes away from..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Insane Inmate Deemed Too Ill to Murder

It took 20 years of litigation to figure out

"...to be executed in October of 2022, in which doctors said that he is capable of answering why the..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

New Mental Health Court Aims to Increase Treatment While Reducing Jail Stays

Nick Chu will take over the court Oct. 1

"...instead of sending folks to jail, sending them to doctors. Ideally, that diversion can happen before a criminal case..."

Sept. 27, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Law Banning Trans Youth Health Care Slated to Take Effect Sept. 1

Unless a judge blocks it

"...require the state to revoke the medical licenses of doctors who provide care for gender dysphoria. Already, there are..."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Point Austin: A Great Time to Be a Republican

Bryan Slaton, Ken Paxton … and the rest of them

"...proposed capital punishment for abortion (patients as well as doctors); abolition of property taxes; tax benefits for heterosexual parents;..."

June 30, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Ascension Union Initiates Largest Nurses’ Strike in Texas History

Patient care continues to deteriorate amid staffing crisis

"...flagged or tested for COVID: “It's like, what are doctors and nurses even here for if we can't use..."

June 1, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Opinion: End the Witch Hunt, Let LGBTQIA+ Texans Thrive

The 88th Texas Legislature will be remembered for its baseless attacks on queer Texans

"...legislation targeting trans youth not backed by science or doctors. In fact, every leading medical association in the U.S...."

June 2, 2023 Column by Garrett R. Chase

Bill of the Week: Texas GOP Targets Transgender Youth

Bill would ban certain treatment for trans kids

"...it a jackboot-step further by revoking the licenses of doctors who prescribe those treatments, denying Medicaid and the Children's..."

March 28, 2023 News Post by Dex Wesley Parra

The Women Nearly Killed by Texas’ Abortion Ban

Fighting for our lives

"...she became pregnant. At 18 weeks, she started miscarrying. Doctors told her she couldn't abort because the fetus had..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Jill Biden Invites Austinite Nearly Killed by Abortion Ban to State of the Union

Still, Biden dedicated little time to abortion in his address

"...Zurawski became pregnant. At 18 weeks, she started miscarrying. Doctors couldn't help her abort because the fetus had a..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Last Flight Home

The decision to embrace death becomes a touching affirmation of life

"...in such an endeavor – the various interviews with doctors and therapists, the logistics of gathering family members, the..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

"Can I Get an Abortion in Austin?" and More Reproductive FAQs

A guide to your dwindling rights

"...Yes, but doctors aren't legally allowed to provide you one. Current Texas..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Texans Can't Divorce While Pregnant, Can Use IVF for Now

Divorce, fertility, and Dobbs: What's up?

"...destroyed, and other healthy embryos could be, too – doctors will implant only one embryo in a person's uterus...."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

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