Where Are They Now?

"...first product to come out of the Citizens Planning Committee recommendations,even before the neighborhood-planning program, and no, we still..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...failed to include HCWPP in its Regional Planning Oversight Committee, a group charged with planning for the pipeline project...."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Council Passes COVID-19 Relief Package Amid Pushback on Building Ban

City Hall is here to help

"...from developers and builders, the city's also issued updated guidelines for projects that can proceed. These include public works..."

April 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Letters at 3AM: Obama's May 23 Speech

Obama deftly weaves vagueness, misdirection, and a few outright lies

"...Ron Wyden [D-Ore.] ... a member of the Intelligence Committee, said that the executive branch had come up with..."

May 31, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

City Hall Hustle: Got an App for That?

From the lobby to the parks, council has an item for you

"...by Chris Riley, Mike Mar­tin­ez, and Kathie Tovo, finalizes guidelines for electric low-speed vehicles-for-hire, long idling in a regulatory..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Scaling the Pyramid

City moves to reprioritize social service programs in the new year

"...played out in council's Public Health and Human Services Committee, has reached a conclusion, but the next steps –..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Morgan Chase, operates with no official social or environmental guidelines. Local demonstrators focused on Wells Fargo's purported $3.8 million..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...for an end to mandatory minimum sentencing -- sentencing guidelines legislated by Congress, which curtail a judge's ability to..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Greening of George W. Bush

An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.

"...Worth, and Beaumont-Port Arthur are out of compliance with guidelines established by federal law, so industries there are governed..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

War of Words

Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.

"...public discussions. HCWPP members were excluded from an oversight committee designed to plan for the LCRA pipeline and a..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

The state agency that hands out tax credits for low-income housing projects changes some provisions of its controversial tax-credit allocation process.

"...Affairs board members who voted Friday to disband the committee that has overseen the agency's tax-credit housing program and..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...1994 when the city first formed the Citizens Planning Committee, whose report is the Magna Carta of Austin's neighborhood..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown Bound

City to Lease Downtown Lots to Residential Developers

"...R/UDAT augurs by the local boosters on its implementation committee, which begat today's Downtown Austin Alliance. Instead, page after..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Lege

Chips on the Table

"...House Public Health Committee members who last week approved legislation that would establish..."

April 9, 1999 News Column

Texas Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Cause of Sex Trafficking Scandal

Twisted priorities at DFPS-contracted Bastrop facility

"...story. On March 17, during a Texas Senate special committee hearing on child protective services, McCraw, DFPS Com­mis­sioner Jaime..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

A New Plan for Austin ISD?

School board elections tee up calls for change – and rebuilding broken trust

"...whom served on the Facilities and Bond Planning Advisory Committee – Caballero as one of its tri-chairs – responsible..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT

Gone to Texas ... for now

"...chair of each working group sits on an executive committee that includes Interim President Jay Hartzell, among others. The..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

Reefer Madness

Convicted drug felons slated for early release this week under new crack-cocaine guidelines

"...Thanks to long-awaited changes to federal crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines, adopted last year by the U.S. Sentencing Commission –..."

March 7, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Mapping the Future

Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.

"...all in five years, guided by a neighborhood-based steering committee."..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council, Community Urge APD to Halt Marijuana Arrests

Activists claim strategy unfairly impacts minorities, wastes resources

"...citizens, community leaders, and members of City Council's Judicial Committee exactly what they didn't want to hear: "Marijuana is..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Road to 10-1

The City Council districting destination is settled. Is anybody driving the bus?

"...mixed results. Many are worried that the very restrictive guidelines for the recruitment of the ICRC – strict rules..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Will 'Safe-P' and TDCJ Be Held Accountable?

Legislative committee will hear testimony on a controversial substance abuse treatment program

"...by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a legislative committee is planning hearings to review the program. According to..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...a down payment once ground is broken. The steering committee of subscribers that's currently organizing the co-op will later..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Postmarks

Last week's Summer Smut Issue gets a whuppin' from some prudent readers.

"...because Austin Public Library follow the American Library Association's guidelines that any material must be made available to any..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Column

Opinion: A Plea for Red Flag Laws

Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners lost her niece in a homicide last year. She believes stronger gun laws could have saved her niece’s life.

"...On March 10, the Texas Senate is holding its Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety meeting. This..."

March 6, 2020 Column by Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners

Pleasure With the Payne

38th annual local theatre awards ceremony tonight

"...and conflict of interest have been leveled at the committee that selects the nominees, and the winners dismissed as..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gimme (Animal) Shelter

Swirling city politics, site selection, and – oh yes – animal welfare

"...of the City Council's Public Health and Human Services Subcommittee – Lee Leffingwell, Mike Martinez, and Betty Dunkerley –..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Lege Notes: Taser talk and more

Stories from under the pink granite dome

"...the state Health and Human Services Commission to establish guidelines for the Merck-manufactured vaccine. The suit claims Perry's order..."

March 2, 2007 News Column

Capitol Briefs

"...the state Health and Human Services Commission to establish guidelines for the Merck-manufactured vaccine. The suit claims Perry's order..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Toll Roads May Take a (Minor) Detour

Krusee contemplates changing strategy, but not retreat

"...Mike Krusee (R-Round Rock), chair of the House Transportation Committee, says it is time to make some changes to..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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