Opinion: Where Did the Money Go?

Rep. Vikki Goodwin questions why more than $5 billion in federal funds intended to help students has been diverted into the state coffers

"...More than $5 billion in federal funds intended to help our students recover from the..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Column by Vikki Goodwin

From Sixth Street to Beirut

Yassine brothers detained as fed case emerges

"...the money laundering case against the Yassine family the Federal government threw everything from the Texas Syndicate to Hezbollah..."

March 27, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Fighting the Drug War One Urine Sample at a Time

Texas school districts will get a total of just more than $618,000 from the U.S. Dept. of Education to establish andom student drug testing programs

"...an admirable goal, there is little evidence that tossing federal funds toward the establishment of random student drug testing..."

Sept. 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

GSA Rejects Delay of Intel Implosion

The Intel building implosion is still on.

"...shell and sell it off to developers, but the federal General Services Administration just shot down that idea. In..."

Feb. 7, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: In Defense of Women's Rights

The GOP does battle for a government of men, not laws

"...in those difficult decisions, and the party of "limited government" is supremely hypocritical on this subject. Given a chance..."

June 21, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Texas Can Ban Urgent Abortions in Emergency Rooms, Appeals Court Rules

Federal ER mandate doesn't apply to abortions, court rules

"...Despite federal guidance requiring that doctors provide life-saving care in emergency..."

Jan. 3, 2024 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Finally, COVID Relief Funds Coming to Austin Schools

$155 million to AISD, $11.2 billion statewide clear TEA logjam

"...hundreds of millions in COVID-19 relief funds from the federal government...."

April 30, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Fewer Women Served Under Texas Women's Health Program

Program designed to exclude PP, helps far fewer women

"...were served by the previous program, funded by the federal government and including Planned Parenthood...."

July 31, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Opinion: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s Comments Scapegoat, Endanger, and Distract

The senator has put his Asian American constituents in harm’s way, while giving cover to the government’s anemic response to the COVID-19 pandemic

"...practices goes far beyond a criticism of the Chinese government, suggesting that Chinese people are themselves to blame for..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Nick Bloom

Hurricane Housing Censorship News

Housing Authority of New Orleans asks attorney helping Katrina-evacuee tenants to stop talking to media about contentous government plan to demolish public housing deemed too damaged by Katrina to fix

"...Housing and Urban Development, to demolish public-housing complexes the government has deemed too damaged by Hurricane Katrina to fix...."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Post by Cheryl Smith

The AggreGAYtor: December 4

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Gaymers get together, the federal government gets better, and baseball flashes the leather, as..."

Dec. 4, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Coleman: Perry Slow on State Schools

Legislative Study Group chair asks why governor has left fixing state residential facilities to legislature

"...a disaster area. So after another two years, damning federal reports and the LSG recommendations, reform seems inevitable...."

Feb. 5, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Supremes Take a Hit

The federalist smoke from medical marijuana reaches the Supreme Court. Can they clear the air on states' rights, pot, and the Constitution?

"...Does the federal government have the power to regulate – or, more..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...And while the verdict itself -- which found the federal government innocent of wrongdoing in the Branch Davidians' $675..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Get Out the Bootstraps

Cause Texas Ain't Takin' Care of You No More

"...August 22, 1996, when President Bill Clinton signed the Federal Welfare Reform Act, the plan was to "end welfare..."

June 13, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

The Race Is to the Swift

In Texas, livestock are better vaccinated than children.

"...Immediately upon their arrival, an obscure agency of state government in Austin placed them in quarantine and began medical..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Paul-itically Incorrect

Ron Paul's Wacky Views Highlight a Bitter Race

"...further such ultra-right domains as ethnocentrism, dissolution of the federal government, state secession, and armed resistance. And, also true..."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Page Two: Budgetary Fantasies

Those who think budget-cutting is easy will soon learn otherwise

"...it was a demand for lower taxes and smaller government ... and so on...."

Nov. 26, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Gun Crazy!

Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales

"...all gun owners to register those firearms with the federal government. Finally – and this is the most melodramatic..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...these problems and enlist them in taking back their government. You know, Senator Clinton mentioned Barbara Jordan, somebody who..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...or lied, later filed those same false documents as government evidence...."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...crashing, have him facing up to 30 years in federal prison for charges related to possession and assembly of..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Page Two: Sluggish by Design

The only "original intent" of the Constitution was to foil extremism and maintain a balance of power

"...recent elections. Reading and re-reading the Constitution, reviewing The Federalist Papers, and studying the period has led to certain..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...SBA to task for awarding billions and billions in federal contracts to major American corporations. Didn't happen. He either..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column

Cowboys & Critters

Take Back Texas' Marshall Kuykendall Says It's Simply a Choice Between...

"...eagles and grizzlies than warblers and salamanders, believes the federal government is "invading" the lands of property owners in..."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Sitting Down With Your Senator

Sarah Eckhardt goes deep on democracy, womanhood, and our era

"...death. Even then, she opted for a humble local government position. In 2006, she became a Travis County commissioner...."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...Coast Guard, and the Coast Guard was the lead federal agency, and they asked EPA as well as a..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Reefer Madness: 'Let's Embarrass Ron Paul'

Libertarian/Republican presidential candidate discusses hemp farming and other 'crazy' ideas

"...informed by the desire for a leaner and less-intrusive federal government, an emphasis on individual liberty, and faith in..."

May 25, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...that light rail is wrong for Austin. We lost federal funding, we lost an opportunity to keep Austin from..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Ozone of His Own

Texas environmentalists wonder when George W. Bush will face up to the consequences of killing the Tejas emissions-reduction program.

"...Texas cities that were out of compliance with the federal Clean Air Act, which was signed into law in..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

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