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May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Dems Dust-Up Over Donors
Democratic plans to target PAC recipients among the GOP could lead to some infighting in their own primaries.
"...they plan to target Republicans in the 2008 elections over cash they took in 2006 from right-wing political action..."
Nov. 13, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The Prevailing Wage Guessing Game
Trustees worry that doing the right thing might cause bond dollars to come up short
"...wage scale currently in use by all the other government entities in town. As a compromise, the district agreed..."
April 15, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
The Numbers Game
Read Council's Lips: No New Taxes
"...Kirk Watson's repetition of the pledge that made our governor's daddy so famous ("no new taxes"). Though property values..."
May 29, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff
The Verde Report: (Over)reacting to Austin FC’s Lackluster Season Opener
... and what to look for in Seattle on Saturday
"...made an impact in the dying moments of the game by scoring Austin FC’s only goal...."
March 1, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman
Austin FC Leaves No Doubt In Massive Win Over League-Leaders LAFC
The Oaks deliver 4-1 drubbing
"...side netting from a tight angle to kill the game off early. An LAFC consolation goal by Cristian Arango..."
Aug. 27, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman
Austin FC Earns Much-Needed Win Over LA Galaxy As Austinite Gaines Scores
RECAP: 2-0 victory snaps five-match losing streak
"...Add to that the club’s first shutout in 15 games, the quality of the competition – LA is in..."
Sept. 27, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman
Feds Escalate Legal Intervention Over SB 8
Biden's DOJ sues, files emergency motion to block Texas abortion ban
"...the constitutional rights of women in Texas and the sovereign interest of the United States." The DOJ's move comes..."
Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Sparxs Studio Is Turning Cinema Into a Single Mom's Game
Founder and CEO Samenta Bruington doesn't take no for an answer
"...exposed to classic Black cinema as well," she said over Zoom, sitting under a framed poster of Spike Lee's..."
April 30, 2021 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu
Soccer Watch: Game On!
"...Draft – to go with the two they signed over the summer. Since then, the press releases have been..."
Dec. 25, 2020 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro
A Numbers Game in County Court at Law No. 4
Jeffers campaign promotes inaccurate caseload stats to Chronicle
"...number of jury trials has indeed declined by just over 21%...."
Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Michael King
Austin at Large: City Hall’s Game of Threes
Spencer Cronk quizzes the Council to win a new land use code!
"...adopting a new Zoning Map." It's Déjà Vu All Over Again!..."
March 22, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Can New Republic Studios Be a Game Changer for Austin?
Massive makeover could make Austin the new Atlanta for film
"...Moreover, not only does he hope to attract the big..."
Nov. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Comedian Bonnie McFarlane Is All Over SXSW
A memoir, a podcast, a doc – McFarlane has lots going for her
"...Talk Show the Game Show! Sat., March 11, 8pm, Esther's..."
March 10, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Public Notice: A Numbers Game
Low turnout means the results of the run-offs can be hard to predict
"...Our election coverage in this issue, beginning on p.32, describes each of..."
Dec. 5, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro
The Name Game Visits Auditorium Shores
City delays renaming in honor of Vic Mathias
"...Leffingwell fumed over Cole's comments, calling the suggestion that Mathias may have..."
May 30, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith
New Motto, Same Old Game
"...still be disappointed in the primacy of insider politics over stated policy. It reminds me of a statement many..."
Sept. 9, 2013 Postmarks
All Over Creation: Mozart Was an Austinite
The spirit of innovation that drove the composer lives on in our city
"...week later. As Maestro Richard Buckley burst into the overture at a gallop, I tried to attune my ears..."
Feb. 15, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires
The Confidence Game
In Bart Layton's slippery documentary 'The Imposter,' it's a battle between dupe or be duped
"...with the family, extended interviews with Bourdin, and – controversially – through a number of Unsolved Mysteries-style re-enactments. With..."
Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon
All Over Creation: Acknowledged Gains
When we honor the living, we all get something out of it
"...managers, and designers (plus some riffraff from the newspaper game), all as chipper as you please. And how could..."
Feb. 17, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires
All Over Creation: Re: Views
What makes a review a review?
"...Plot Twists like in Sixth Sense or The Crying Game; because spoilers are sometimes just having Too Much Goddamned..."
Jan. 20, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires
All Over Creation: Who's on First?
Are we looking at the wrong statistics for measuring a win in the arts?
"...players based on statistics not traditionally factored into winning games. Turns out, claims the movie, getting on base plays..."
Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Raising Hell Over Razing Holly
Two companies cry foul over the city's bid process
"...best team is being excluded from a BCS bowl game, or that the wrong firm is being excluded from..."
Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Amy Smith
Still in the Game
AFF to honor The Wire creator David Simon
"...news that will make Wire-heads explode like, um, rockets over Fort McHenry, the Austin Film Festival just announced that..."
June 30, 2010 Screens Post by Cindy Widner
A New Budget Shell Game
Request for five percent agency spending cut doesn't add up
"...the exempted and ring-fenced projects, and the total saving over the biennium is closer to $1.6 billion – less..."
Jan. 16, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Parlor Game
The family that plays together makes pizza together
"..."Oh, and that there's no cover," she adds...."
Feb. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder
The Cable Channel Shell-Game Shuffle
The FCC is investigating Time Warner; African-American weekday news anchors are few and far between
"...Warner Cable and other cable systems around the country over the practice of moving channels from analog to digital..."
Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass
Texas and the Numbers Game
How the Democratic presidential nomination could still come back to Texas
"...wants to be the one that puts the candidate over the top, that could mean it gets settled next..."
May 30, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Rockets Season Over, Yao Out for the Year
"...The Rockets are riding high on a 12-game winning streak heading into their Toyota Center matchup against..."
Feb. 26, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan
Post-Game Quotes
Supporters of both candidates provide some spin.
"...decided to cut to the chase and asked, "Perhaps Governor Anchia?" (That's a reference to a recent Texas Monthly..."
