Drop in the Bucket: Disputed Fed Ed Funding Comes to Texas

Disputed fed ed funding comes to Texas

"...a delayed $830 million in school funding under the federal Education Jobs bill. Yet lawmakers still have to solve..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

As Eviction Crisis Looms, Local Leaders Ramp Up Relief

Help is on the way?

"...threatens cities across the country. Earlier this month, the federal unemployment benefits through the CARES Act expired, along with..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Jose Benjamin Montaño

Top 9 Lege Stories

"...made a big deal about rejecting $555 million in federal stimulus cash for unemployment benefits and then – seemingly..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AISD Budget: Holding the Line

Funding the new school year

"...from the 2008-09 academic year. But even after the federal stimulus and extra state cash, the district is still..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Special Session Is the Only Thing That's Certain

The when and the what are still unknown

"...not exist enough as a statutory entity to receive federal stimulus money...."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Budget Nears Passage

"...from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Excluding those stimulus dollars, the budget represents a 2.2% per year increase..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Astroturf and Grass

More than one way to spark a demonstration

"...Gov. Rick Perry deliver his ringing denunciation of the federal stimulus money that's about to bail out the state's..."

April 17, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Special Session Especially Likely?

With the session at the 60-day mark, bills are running out of time

"...by partisan issues like voter ID [and by] the stimulus package," said Naishtat, "I'­m concerned that we may well..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

LegeLines

"...which would establish a bipartisan redistricting committee... House Appropriations Stimulus Subcommittee Chair Myra Crownover calls the evolving terms of..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...brewing over who is in charge of allocating the federal stimulus cash. See "Dutton Retreats on Swap Squabble" and..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature

Council Recap: Strategies for Keeping Austin Workers Safe

City Council tackles reopenings, relief funds, and more

"...well as to highlight what safety-net options, such as federal unemployment benefits or local pandemic relief, may be available..."

May 22, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Scrambles to Get $15 Million to Struggling Austinites

The RISE-ing tide

"...those with incomes at 200% or lower of the federal poverty level (that's $52,400 for a family of four),..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...recent failure to be optimally competitive for millions in federal funds; she said we've lost out on federal stimulus..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Four Horsemen of the Deficit

Examining the new House committees on state spending

"...Federal Legislation: Chair John Zerwas, R-Richmond, vice-chair Garnet Coleman, D-Houston..."

Jan. 13, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Fruits of Their Labor

How labor-related bills have fared this session

"...Nationally, the big question is the fate of the federal Employee Free Choice Act, relaxing some of the extraordinary..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...on Wed., July 21, in support of the proposed federal Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which would make..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature

First Nonprofits Receive RISE Funds

$5.6 million in grants to aid Austinites during COVID crisis

"...to help people in Austin who are ineligible for federal stimulus relief, who cannot wait for it to arrive,..."

April 21, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

It's the Stupid Economy

Fact-checking Perry's campaign against Texas' financial realities

"...up in Iowa to launch a full-blown attack on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, calling any proposal to print..."

Aug. 16, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Seeing Double

Curious political parallels on the Potomac and the Colorado

"...that the nation's first priority should be lowering the federal deficit. As we go to press Wednesday, it remains..."

July 29, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...of subsidies to encourage people below 175% of the federal poverty level to buy private health insurance. The big..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature

Headlines

"...plans this week to sue Exxon Mobil Corp. in federal court for violating the Clean Air Act. Over the..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature

We Got Your Smart Grid Right Here

Dept. of Energy awards $10.4 million to Pecan Street Project

"...the old Mueller airport: “Now we have landed these federal funds to help our community take off on its..."

Nov. 24, 2009 News Post by Michael King

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...

Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals

"...light rail," he says, adding he'd work to procure federal funding. However, he's opposed to an interim 2010 bond..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Big Tex Budget Blues

The money debate begins: 'Every Texan for himself' vs. 'All in this together'

"...Combs estimated that Texas will receive $91 billion in federal receipts and funds for dedicated spending, plus $76.7 billion..."

Feb. 6, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million

Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022

"...Council did not allocate exclusive funding from the first federal stimulus, the CARES package, for local music venues. New..."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Council Preview: A Plan for Better Preparedness

Council to consider a communitywide "resiliency plan"

"...for the city to rapidly distribute $18 million in federal stimulus money it will get through the CARES Act...."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Adjusts to Life Without Gigs

Creative pivots, City Council relief resolution, and meet Quinn Ryan Curtin!

"...Music Industry Gig Workers will benefit from the new federal stimulus bill, which opens eligibility for new grants and..."

April 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Hunkers Down and Waits as the Pandemic Grows

It’s closing time

"...at the local level, they noted that state and federal action will be required to get extended unemployment assistance,..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...• Austin's new federal courthouse opened Dec. 3. The $123 million structure next..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature

Loss of Old Homes Fuels East Austin Debate

Juniper Street says goodbye to another old soul

"...ago, which were acquired in the early Nineties with federal dollars. Several homes have been lost to fire or..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

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