Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin

Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression

"...As in all Texas cities, Austin’s early economy relied on the labor of enslaved..."

March 5, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Racial Disparities Persist and Worsen in APD Traffic Stops

Going nowhere fast

"...reducing arrests for offenses eligible for citation under the Freedom Cities policy adopted by Council...."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Report: Austin Leads State in Reproductive Freedom

But best-in-Texas ranking highlights what still needs to be done

"...of Reproductive Health ranked 50 of the largest U.S. cities based on a “reproductive freedom index” that factors in..."

Nov. 4, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas Dems Set Their Eyes on the 2020 Prize

Their goal: Flip the state House of Representatives

"...Craddick, Rick Perry, Greg Abbott, the tea party, the Freedom Caucus, and Dan Patrick, last seen licking President Apeshit's..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council, Community Urge APD to Halt Marijuana Arrests

Activists claim strategy unfairly impacts minorities, wastes resources

"...of 2019 than a year earlier, when Council adopted Freedom Cities policies that established more specific guidelines for discretionary..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...public services (from education to prisons), and voter suppression policies...."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...2018, we were very, very involved in the 'Free­dom Cities' policy debate, here in Austin."..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

A Year After Austin's Passage of the Freedom Cities Policies, Activists Urge APD to Do Better

Organizations applaud headway made, but say there's more work to be done

"...In June 2018, the Austin City Council passed the Freedom Cities Policies, an effort led by groups including Grassroots..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Trump's Mass Deportation Threat: Austin Responds

Mayor Adler: "We will take steps to mobilize community partners and resources"

"...fear into our communities." Tzintzún noted that Trump's anti-immigrant policies "led to a record turnout of Latinos in the..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Qmmunity: A Landmark Hearing, but LGBTQ Voices Still Needed at the Capitol

Plus Guerrilla Queer Bar's Spring Fling and more qweeah events

"...Republican's many bills seeking to limit the ability of cities – including Austin – to regulate private companies' employment..."

May 10, 2019 Column by Beth Sullivan

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...Follow­ing the 2017 passage of the legislation targeting "sanctuary cities" – a marquee issue for state and national Republican..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Religious Refusal Bill Prepped to Grant Texans License to Discriminate

"Sincerely held" nonsense at the Senate

"...a license to discriminate under the guise of protecting "freedom of speech" regarding "sincerely held" religious beliefs...."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

“Troubling Data” From APD on ICE

Austin police assisted or cooperated with immigration officials nearly 600 times between January and December 2018

"...last Friday (March 1) as required by the city's Freedom Cities policy adopted in June 2018...."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin's Last GOP Council Member Returns to Her Natural Habitat

Ellen Troxclair joins right-leaning Texas Public Policy Foundation

"...cap on increases in property tax revenue going to cities, counties, and school districts, a move that those local..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...GOP legislators aim to put the kibosh on progressive policies adopted by Austin and other cities since they last..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Austin Police Restructure Cite-and-Release Standards

Austin Police redefine nonviolent arrestable offenses

"...Wed­nesday about the department's implementation of a few updated policies in accordance with the Freedom Cities resolution that City..."

Nov. 2, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...The think tank has attacked a slew of Austin policies, including the city's short-term rental and ridesharing regulations, single-use..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

SXSW Taps ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin for 2019 Keynote

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track programming comes into focus

"...& Cryptocurrency track, devoted to the “ideas, investors, leaders, policies, and tokens that will be impacting global economics and..."

Oct. 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Bonny Chu

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...budget request. Instead, they were prompted by far-right anti-choice Freedom Caucus member Rep. Matt Krause, R-Ft. Worth. As an..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Public Notice: Houston, You Have a Problem

Let's not make the same one here

"...who's pointing out that Houston's laissez-faire zoning and planning policies have contributed to its problems. And it's not just..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks

From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?

"...gender identity in the name of conservatism and religious freedom. By the time the Texas Legislature gaveled in back..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...weeks later.) SB 4 intrudes on and overrides the policies in place at local law enforcement departments, a state-knows-best..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The State of Trans Health Care

Gender affirming care in Austin is improving. But by how much? And how far must it still go?

"...Transgender Health helps develop best practices and supportive, trans-affirming policies, and hosts several conferences...."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...been Council's most vocal critic of the new ICE policies. He's heard startling stories from his constituents, such as..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...it was the "C40" agreement concluded among 40 international cities (joined since by many more). "This is a challenge..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Playback: The Return of the Austin Smoking Ban

A decade after the initial smoking ban, local health group hopes to stomp out smoking patios

"...regulated substance in private businesses as an assault on freedom. Music venue owners represented a loud voice of opposition,..."

July 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...increasingly independent, and she too could finally experience more freedom...."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

What Ted Cruz Doesn't Know About Apartheid

And it's not just what the word means

"...all because Kerry made an off-the-record comment that Israel's policies towards Palestinians tack dangerously close to apartheid-era South Africa...."

May 2, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: ALEC by Another Name

Corporate advocacy group looks to deepen local influence

"...be the standard corporate wish list of tax cuts, freedom from regulation (especially environmental regs), opposing climate change initiatives,..."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Michael King

All This and Beer Too

Rumors of City Hall intrigue – and everybody goes home early

"...to draft ordinances as necessary) on housing discrimination, non-retaliation policies protecting contractor employees, a race/gender equity pay initiative (also..."

April 21, 2014 News Post by Michael King

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