Equity Under the Lens
City office release first equity assessment
"...no secret that Austin suffers from racial and economic inequity. Systemic imbalance traces back to the city's racially divided..."
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June 22, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
A Question of Equity
Is It Time for Austin Actors To Go Union? And Vice Versa?
"...phone call from the New York office of Actors' Equity Association (AEA) with a legal order demanding that he..."
June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
UT Panel Addresses Gender Equity in Architecture
Panel looks to open doors for women, people of color, & nonbinary folk
"...the relatively even statistics reported in academic programs, gender inequity in current professional architecture spaces – tipped against women..."
Feb. 4, 2020 Qmmunity Post by James Scott
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Ban Starts to Chip Away at UT–Austin
New law bans diversity-conscious hiring practices, training, workshops
"...Sen. Brandon Creighton's Senate Bill 17, which bans diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, passed along party lines with..."
Jan. 5, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher
AISD's "School Changes" Process Places Equity Front and Center
“Historically, this is a very racist city, and unfortunately, this school district is a part of that system"
"...long-deferred "hard choices" the plan proposes to achieve greater equity in both access and outcomes across the district. Many..."
Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Concerns About Equity and Worker Safety Push Project Connect Negotiations Into Overtime
Council to pass the joint (powers agreement)
"...called in to the meeting at the Austin Convention Center (and encountered many technical difficulties, causing further delay) to..."
Nov. 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Center of Gravity
City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails
"...the pendulum away from the left back toward the center. Perhaps a better analogy is that the policy engine..."
May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
To Expand the Convention Center or Not?
Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer
"...expand and redesign the Neal W. Kocurek Austin Convention Center, along with additional investment in and redesign of the..."
July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King
Faster Than Sound: Erwin Center Replacement, the Moody Center, Opens on UT Campus
The 15,000-capacity concert/basketball arena, plus more debuting venue news
"...45 years after the opening of the Frank Erwin Center, its replacement is ready across MLK...."
April 22, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date
So many more stories to tell
"...Eleanor Thompson, a past member of the Austin History Center board and the W.H. Passon Historical Society, who can..."
July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse
Equity? Or Strategy?
"Family & Traditional Values Centers" at state universities?
"...call for state agencies of higher education to support centers for Family and Traditional Values in an amount equitable..."
April 5, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis
Capitol Chronicle
The legislative fight over vouchers and school finance has a long history and deep roots.
"...More than 30 years ago, the district was the center of the original lawsuit that challenged the state's entirely..."
Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Michael King
The Education Session
The Lege takes another run at patching school finance
"...is a perfect storm, a session when education holds center stage. And that's good news for lawmakers like House..."
May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
School Finance on Trial
Hearing only expected to last a short two and a half hours
"...Texas Association of Business-backed Texans for Real Efficiency and Equity in Education, will get 10 minutes to make their..."
Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
What's So Special?
Gov. Perry calls a special session, and pits property taxes against schoolchildren
"...law – although the courts have tolerated rather more inequity in water levels (unofficially estimated at as much as..."
April 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King
UT Research Reinforces Anti-Racism at Austin Water
Making equity flow
"...research from a UT-Austin School of Architecture study, "Making Equity Flow: Proposals for Advancing Racial Equity Through Water Department..."
Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher
As Austin's I-35 Mess Gains National Attention, the City Refocuses on the Palm District
Applying an "equity lens" to reimagine the blocks alongside Austin's gnarliest highway
"...Hall was what to do about the Austin Convention Center...."
June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
School Lawsuits Multiply
Three groups of Texas school districts are suing the state over the public school finance system
"...4) Equity: As poorer school districts receive less money per student..."
Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
City Employees Blast Civil Rights Office Reorganization
Labor and justice advocates worry equity is being deprioritized
"...Jesús Garza's proposal to consolidate three offices – the Equity Office, the Office of Civil Rights, and the Small..."
Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Austin Moves Up Target Date for Net-Zero Emissions Goal
City emphasizes equity as it ramps up climate action
"...City Council is set to adopt a Climate Equity Plan today, Sept. 30, that would move up the..."
Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Get in Line
In the new Texas arithmetic, nothing for nothing leaves nothing
"...is no special session," says Wayne Pierce of the Equity Center, which advocates for the state's low-wealth school districts..."
July 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King
AISD Board OKs District’s Largest Bond Package Ever
Chasing equity
"...package in district history – $2.44 billion worth of equity-focused critical infrastructure improvements that will clock in at a..."
Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Austin at Large: Mobility Is a Civil Right
The new Austin electorate, for whom equity is non-negotiable, considers transit
"...was "Not very much"; the equation of mobility with equity and justice was a strange concept to both SH..."
Sept. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Austin Police Consider Community Reforms
After a year spent making headlines APD prioritizes policing equity
"...findings of the brief published last month by the Center for Policing Equity titled "The Science of Policing Equity:..."
Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Point Austin: Squeezing the Schools
Failing all its courses, the Lege sends a love note to Highland Park
"...deal is about regressivity anyway."Let's Hear It for the One-Percenters..."
July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King
From Schools to ... Nuts
The 79th Lege hasn't been here before – it only
seems like it
"...the 40s – a level, Scott McCown of the Center for Public Policy Priorities acerbically pointed out, almost twice..."
Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature
Naked City
The state of Texas, joined by poor school districts, are fighting a lawsuit in Travis County court that would get rid of the cap on property taxes mandated by the state's "Robin Hood" tax redistribution law.
"...would state lawmakers be willing to pay to preserve equity in the Texas public school system if the courts..."
July 6, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
The Challenge of Judge Dietz
School finance decision puts responsibility where it's always been - on all of us
"...much more fundamentally, the legal commitment to school funding equity – was taken for granted, and largely unchallenged, throughout..."
Sept. 24, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Robin Hood Goes to Court
The Lege punts, and the judge catches the school-finance football
"...is either near collapse from insufficient resources and rampant inequity, or it's entering a new era of academic excellence..."
Aug. 13, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Good Enough for Your Kid
The Lege considers the cost of an "adequate" public school education
"...other Texas students. According to Wayne Pierce of the Equity Center, even after recapture the 12% of districts designated..."
