Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Summer fun is heating up around the state

"...Rio Grande and Organ Mountains, Las Cruces is the state’s second-largest city with a population of more than 112,000...."

June 30, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

News and events from Corpus Christi to Fort Davis

"...Audrey Crider hosted a rodeo to benefit the Hunt School PTA next to their country store and Humble gas..."

May 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Fall events and news from all over Texas

"...rock art in the U.S. Hikes from Seminole Canyon State Park visit some of the most accessible pictographs on..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Find fall foliage and festivities all over Texas

"...The monthly forecast calls for harvest festival fun statewide...."

Sept. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Shakespeare, sandcastles, and celebrations all over Texas

"...a historic merry-go-round to the reopening of a popular state park...."

June 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

It's a great time to get out and explore

"...White Oak School 175th Open House May 7, Fredericksburg, www.historicschools.org..."

May 5, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...much of Central Texas. Back at his home in Giddings, two generations of Nicks' family huddled in the living..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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

"...re-redistrict Texas in 2003, after the GOP flipped the state House and gained complete control of state government. That..."

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

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...signed by about 3 million people from all 50 states and 100 countries. Oprah Winfrey referenced those numbers when..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Fall into fun!

"...September means it’s time for Buddy Holly’s birthday, the State Fair of Texas, and a host of activities in..."

Aug. 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Art festivals and dance halls liven up the landscape in September

"...would redirect $1.3 billion of existing revenue annually to state-led wildlife conservation efforts. The money would come from existing..."

Sept. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Get hip to these timely travel tips

"...the traffic across the Panhandle has been diverted to Interstate 40, but 91% of the 178 miles of the..."

July 3, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas House District 47: Workman’s Blues

Can anybody beat Paul Workman?

"...optimistic Goodwin told me last week. The local real estate agent, education business entrepreneur, and former systems analyst with..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Chronicle Endorsements

Recommendations for the run-off

"...Vela is better suited to tackle issues at the state Legislature, where he previously worked as a policy adviser..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Chronicle Endorsements

Recommendations for the county, state, and country

"...their ballots, and cast a vote in every race. Statewide Races..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

HD 47: Everybody Into the Candidate Pool

Five Dems vie to face off against Paul Workman

"...chair of the Behav­ior­al Health Advisory Committee at the state health department; she also advises Austin Justice Coalition on..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Rodney Reed Hearing Gets Underway

What was Jimmy Fennell doing before his fiancé's murder?

"...missing. (Fennell coached a team with his friend, fellow Giddings Police Officer David Hall.) The previously unmentioned detail stands..."

Oct. 11, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Where’s Your Evidence?

Exculpatory testimony, DNA at issue in two landmark cases

"...friend of Jimmy Fennell Jr., Stites' fiancé, then a Giddings police officer, and the person Reed and his supporters..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Punk Rock Patron of Austin Music Richard Lynn

Super Secret founder and Sonic Transmissions Festival underwriter expands operations

"...his own claims an hour east of Austin in Giddings during the Seventies, making significant contributions to the family..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Lege Lines: Texas Temper Tantrum

Freedom Caucus wigs out, "chubs," stalls, kills every bill in sight

"...Dear at-risk black mothers, low-income public school students, and victims of online sexual predators: A small..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The 85th’s State Something

Taking stock at the Lege's midway point

"...Concurrent Resolution 110 would make the taco the official state food of Texas. And why not? Texas already has..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Off the Rails Already

Lege opens with sparring chambers, questions about Dukes' future

"...of a court ruling – an overhaul of the state's failing school finance system. He presented all three as..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: The Wrong Man?

Rodney Reed execution stayed

"...The state of Texas had planned to execute Rodney Reed next..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

2012 Texas Monthly BBQ Festival: Last-Minute Guide & Judging Primer

Can Dallas's new darling joint end Central Texas' brisket dominance?

"...1) muster as many of our state's best BBQ joints as possible;..."

Sept. 22, 2012 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

Updated Wildfire Relief Information

Updated Wednesday, September 7, 1:14pm

"...The State Firemen's and Fire Marshalls' Association has set up the..."

Sept. 7, 2011 News Post by Anne Harris

Worst Session Ever

A look at the mess they've made

"...• $125 million increase in school funding that still leaves the state $4 billion short..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature

That Fighting Spirit

Burned: Life In and Out of Texas Youth Prisons

"...at the hands of staff and inmates at the Giddings State School made headlines, and his case turned out..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Caging Children

A new study from the LBJ School suggests that it's a bad idea

"...A groundbreaking study from the University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs could kick-start a national discussion about..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Big Legebowski

The session will be remembered largely as an opportunity lost to partisan displays

"...voter ID) to shore up their advantage before the state's inevitable demographic turn toward the Democrats. Inevitably, in a..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

No Relief for Rodney Reed

The piecemeal appeals process isn't doing the death row inmate any favors

"...Fennell – was found parked in the Bastrop High School parking lot. DNA evidence found on Stites' body eventually..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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