Head of State

"...comic with real balls. So why does he come off so castrated in the ineptly made Head of State,..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Texas Secretary of State Defends Voter Purge Fiasco

Whitley ducks blame during contentious confirmation hearing

"...for the “voter fraud” fiasco he unleashed across the state, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley doubled down on..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Year in Sports, as Pitched to the Head of a Hollywood Studio

"...pretty hard to make it as screenwriters. Every one of them has taken a crack at writing about those..."

May 14, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

Death Watch: The Quality of State Killings

Why is the TDCJ so reluctant to test death drugs?

"...Friday's news that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Jeffery Wood's execution – remanding the..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Division Head Steps Down at Rooster Teeth Animation

Studio to address worker stress, conditions

"...Rooster Teeth, the online studio and one of Austin's biggest entertainment employers, has announced a major shake-up..."

June 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

"...encourages nuclear proliferation? Who calls for the secret invasion of a country without a declaration of war? Whose covert..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

In Search of The Lost King

How Philippa Langley dug up the truth about Richard III

"...When King Richard III of England was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field,..."

March 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...to make its way to Ikeja, the working-class district of Nigeria's metropolis Lagos and center of Anikulapo-Kuti's politically charged..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

A Parliament of Experts

Did 'expert testimony' convict an innocent woman of murder?

"...Jan. 30, 2003, was supposed to be a day off for Victoria Gutierrez. Instead, the then-19-year-old Mexican immigrant was..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...to say, "There is no end to the amount of good you can do if you don't seek the..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Looks to the Left

Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel

"...The Texas State Board of Education, a perennial hotbed of right-wing ideology..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

SXSW Announces More Speakers for 2024 Digging Deeper Into AI and the Future of Work

Dylan Mulvaney, Chuck D, and Uber CEO all added as speakers

"...South by Southwest 2024 is looking ahead to the future of AI, but it's also tackling..."

Oct. 24, 2023 SXSW Post

Sucking the Life From Penn State

The baddest beast on the block

"...with humans and the outside world. There are buckets of supernatural critters in the HBO series, like werewolves, and..."

July 23, 2012 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Special Election for State House Dist. 29

"...just before E-Day. The mailer, which featured a photo of a smiling Dawson with U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison,..."

Nov. 27, 2006 News Post by Amy Smith

Local, State Health Leaders Try to Keep Up with COVID-19

Six known cases in Travis County but actual number likely higher

"...With federal leadership still halting at best, state and local officials have doubled down in the last..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas

24-Texas Teachers Talk of “Trauma” at TribFest

Educators discuss the challenges of reopening schools, TEA head defends decision to administer STAAR tests

"...sees the return to in-person classes as an indictment of state leadership. "I don't think anybody who is responsible..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

The Long Story of East 11th and 12th Streets Takes a Turn

Austin’s historically black neighborhood continues to stand at the crossroads of growth

"...Charles Urdy, at 86, can still remember the names of long-gone nightclubs along East 11th Street. He studied chemistry..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Drug War Czar Stumping in the Silver State

"...a measure that would legalize and tax-and-regulate the use of marijuana by adults over 21 – is getting more..."

Nov. 2, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Rick Perry, Lord of the Dance?

Why would a former Texas governor go on reality TV? Why not?

"...Rogers. Nijinsky. Baryshnikov. Graham. Legends of Terpsichore. And now … Rick Perry. The former governor..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Microbrewers Head to Lege

Small breweries want to sell directly to consumers

"...makers. Texas' five microbreweries have bonded to form Friends of Texas Microbreweries to lobby for a similar provision for..."

Jan. 3, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Authors of Police Oversight Act Sue City for Failing to Fully Implement Ordinance

Suit names interim police chief and city manager as defendants

"...between city leadership and advocates for a strong system of police oversight will now move to the courts...."

Dec. 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Three Faces of Steve

Actor Steve McDaniel Shows His Different Sides

"...her skin. Each is distinct, with its own pattern of thought, emotional makeup, background; each talks in its own..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Julián Castro, Women of Color, and Texas 2020

The path toward turning the state blue

"...on a steamy Saturday morning, almost all by women of color. Some are there to quietly translate for their..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...deliver big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Man of the People

"...been more than 30 years since Francisco Roux-López was offered his first government job by the Mexican ambassador in..."

Sept. 25, 1998 News Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Austin Public Health Reports First Case of Rubella Found in Travis County Since 1999

Local vaccination opt-outs bring immunity to an "unstable status"

"...release sent out on Jan. 16, Austin Public Health officials announced they are investigating a confirmed rubella case, the..."

Jan. 16, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Ken Paxton Seeks to Remove Eight of Austin’s Planning Commissioners

Lawsuit will target volunteer appointees in violation of City Charter

"...The Texas Office of the Attorney General has officially entered Austin’s land..."

July 3, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...and from that comes transformations, art that changes ways of working, ideas, and the community. The Austin Arts Hall..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...J. Frank Dobie might walk over to the house of another old man named Roy Bedichek for a conversation..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls of bare brick, a window for observers in an adjoining..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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