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Austin at Large: More Than We Could Imagine
At an unexpectedly delicate moment, Austinites can flip the script on public safety
"...many people disagree with it – not just our GOP overlords and whining police unionists, but plenty of ordinary..."

April 23, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election
Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot
"...a lot of money) beyond its origins as a GOP messaging scheme...."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Senate Takes Time to Make Austin Pay for De-policing
Making up trouble
"...Huffman, R-Houston, one of many attempts this session by GOP legislators to make hay from Austin's supposedly controversial and..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

As Outrage Grows, the Anti-Voter Train Rolls On
The steady march of "election integrity" legislation continues at the Texas Lege
"...as polls continue to show that sizable numbers of GOP voters believe the baseless claims of widespread fraud in..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin at Large: We Have Better Things to Do
Stay mad, Dan Patrick! Public safety will be reimagined, with or without you
"...up being only about 15% off target. All the GOP folks need to do is say "Austin!" while making..."

April 16, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...funding into other public safety measures. The newly formed GOP-aligned group has (falsely) suggested that Austin's homicide rate increase..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature

Meaner Streets?
Proposition B: The high-dollar pushback on Austin's homeless policies
"...30-day-out report) has gone to Victory Solutions, an Ohio-based GOP consulting firm, for "advertising expenses" and "voter identification efforts."..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Encampment Fires Add Fuel to Camping Ban Debate
Mackowiak: "No one has ever run as sophisticated a campaign as the one we are running"
"...a citizen initiative placed on the ballot by the GOP- and police union-backed Save Austin Now coalition, the Texas..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Election Ticker: Democracy, Dollars
Austinites for Progressive Reform, opposition PACs report campaign finances
"...the outlay, $240,000, has gone to Victory Solutions, a GOP telemarketing firm whose principal, Shannon Burns, while bringing the..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: On the Ground, in the Sky
Council tackles Austin’s intractable housing crisis in several dimensions
"...poor, whether trying to counter callous disregard from uncaring GOP tough guys or genuine fear from people who are..."

April 9, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Ticker: From Voter Suppression to Salamanders
GOP bills spell trouble for voting rights, Barton Springs
"...Gov. Greg Abbott's pledge to ostensibly improve what GOP lawmakers are calling "election integrity" this legislative session got..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35
The road not taken
"...became toxic with exactly the kind of Texans the GOP now depends upon to survive, and until the highest-profile..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege
Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Council Recap: Meet the New Chief, Not the Same as the Old Chief
Chacon commits to change as academy moves toward reopening
"...also clarified that most of the additional $150 million GOP lawmakers claimed was “cut” from APD has been spun..."

March 26, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

LGBTQIA Advocacy Groups Navigate COVID Restrictions While Keeping Texans Engaged This Lege Session
Equality Texas, TENT go online to boost queer, trans voices at Capitol
"...trans and nonbinary youth as child abuse, while Lubbock GOP state Senator Charles Perry’s Senate Bill 29 and House..."

March 19, 2021 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

Austin at Large: Blue Blood, From a Turnip
In voting-averse Texas, how can the “election integrity” juice be worth the squeeze?
"...to vote. It's a great unifying cause for a GOP that's otherwise deeply conflicted about its future; both Trumpists..."

March 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Ticker: Someone Has to Pay the Post-Storm Electric Bill
The price is right?
"...The 87th Lege features the return of GOP lawmakers' obsession with policing transgender Texan youth. This time,..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Qmmunity: Queer Rights and Queer Lives at the Texas Lege
News from Austin’s Pink Dome, plus this weekend’s top queer events
"...especially for trans youth who are being targeted by GOP lawmakers with at least 10 anti-trans bills ranging from..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

As Abbott Blows Off COVID, Austin Just Wants to Stay Alive
The unmasking commences and the governor goes after his own constituents yet again
"...severe COVID spikes but were overruled by more pliable GOP appellate courts. Livingston, Adler, and Brown all expect this..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Judge Declines Paxton's Push To Rip Austin's Masks Off ASAP
AG's latest COVID lawsuit set for trial in two weeks
"...in the pandemic, but were overruled by more pliable GOP appellate courts...."

March 12, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: In Control, but Not In Charge
Amid the ruins of the Texas power grid, following two different paths to failure
"...you were of a mind to cause the Texas GOP grief during this legislative session and in next year's..."

March 12, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

House Makes Its First Post-Freeze Moves to Fix the Grid
Who's got the power?
"...with Las Vegas Sands, the casino empire of late GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson. In addition to Kuempel and Alvarado's..."

March 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: At the Bottom of the Well
Greg Abbott's still making horrible things happen, but at least now he's in charge!
"...describe in those same terms earlier eras of Texas GOP governance, from Ann Richards' loss to George W. Bush..."

March 5, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Renounce the GOP

Feb. 27, 2021 Postmarks

Austin at Large: Help Is Not on the Way
By design, decadence, and default, Austin and Texas have entered a DIY era
"...who have sustained the state's increasingly decadent and incompetent GOP ruling regime for the last two decades, every political..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...A Surprise to None: The GOP-led group Save Austin Now is now suing the city..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature

Lege Takes Direct Aim at Austin Abortion Aid
"...go unchallenged. The bills – which bring together the GOP majority in the Lege's obsessions with punishing both Austin..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...More GOP "Leadership": As the Chronicle's Austin Sanders first reported, Matt..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature

Legislators Take Direct Aim at Austin’s Support for Abortion
Bills target city's funding of logistical assistance
"...go unchallenged. The bills – which bring together the GOP majority in the Lege’s obsessions with punishing both Austin..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas
Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before
"...ventured rogue to re-redistrict Texas in 2003, after the GOP flipped the state House and gained complete control of..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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