Trailer Snack Smackdown

More regs for food cart vendors?

"...bastion of the local foodie scene that includes such stands as Kebabalicious, Lulu B's, and Austin Daily Press –..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Fun With Fluoride, Continued

Enviro Board wants answers

"...city take yet another look at its fluoridation policies. And aside from grudgingly reaffirming the board's interest in the..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the disagreeing voter." -- Federal judges Patrick Higginbotham and Lee Rosenthal, in their opinion upholding the GOP's new..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dame Todos!

Act II: The Mayor's New Career

"...mechanics. You cultivate lofty contacts at the local, state, and national levels. Then the capitalistic spirit prevails, and you..."

July 19, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Hearing or Anti-Abortion Attack?

AG leads criminal and civil investigation of Planned Parenthood

"...While a Texas Health and Human Services Committee hearing was called Wednesday morning..."

July 29, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Top 10 Texas LGBT Stories

One step back and two steps forward

"...that didn't happen without a tussle. When the Defense Department ruled that same-sex spouses would be offered the same..."

Jan. 6, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

The Sunset Shuffle

Legislature moves the massive Health and Human Services review back two years

"...Legislature, lawmakers are already filling their calendars for 2011 and beyond, as the big Health and Human Services Sunset..."

May 31, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Hardcore Housing Limbo

FEMA's emergency rent assistance program for last year's hurricane evacuees comes to an end

"...New Orleans natives Christine Braud, her 6-year-old daughter Angel, and her mother Carolyn make up one of about 600..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

The HPV Flashback

After rivals attack Perry, a review of the 2007 Gardasil fight

"...for his 2007 order to vaccinate school girls against human papillomavirus. But, as is the way with much of..."

Sept. 13, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Four Horsemen of the Deficit

Examining the new House committees on state spending

"...There's nothing like necessity to add focus and so, with the state's structural deficit being amplified by..."

Jan. 13, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...2006. On Aug. 19, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 7-0 to deny clemency for Wood, which..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature

The New M.O. at City Hall

City Manager Marc Ott opens up on his new job, his new city, and his philosophy of governance

"...his enormous new job: managing 12,000 city employees, 25 departments, and a budget of approximately $2.8 billion. Then in..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

From Hard Time to New Beginning

New nonprofit Pro Con puts ex-offenders to work

"...Standing on the southeast corner of Ben White and I-35..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Double Jeopardy

A long-ago marijuana conviction gets a library staffer fired and raises questions about city employment policies and the war on drugs

"...fired from his job at the St. John's Library and Community Center -- because he rolled a joint in..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Working Assets

"...a couple of weeks of begging for the mayor and city council members' executive assistants -- the aides --..."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Council: Austin, Can You Spare $7 million?

CodeNEXT, budget, and the long shadow of the state

"...discussions carry one or two undertones: the 2018 budget and/or CodeNEXT. Last Thursday’s session (June 22) held to the..."

June 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Bill of the Week: Combating Postpartum Depression

Between 2011 and 2012, nearly 200 Texas mothers died within a year of giving birth

"...in other U.S. states," reported one study. The state health department's Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force also showed..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

AG Paxton Files Another Anti-Trans Lawsuit

Texas targets health care coverage in latest anti-transgender suit

"...a U.S. district judge granted Attorney General Ken Paxton and 12 other states their wish to temporarily block the..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Then There's This: Bond Election Crib Sheet

Here's a thumbnail of the seven bond propositions, from transportation to film

"...election season, to be sure, what with all the candidates on the ballot, the big push for a medical..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

City Hall Hustle: The Animal Kingdom

One more round of changes proposed for the shelter plans

"...Galvanized by a literal life-and-death issue – not to mention simmering internecine feuds –..."

March 12, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Animal Passions

If the dogs recognized their spokesmen, they'd run the other way

"...Lake Animal Center will stay where it is – and it will move to the Eastside...."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Column by Michael King

About AIDS

The David Powell HIV Clinic is set to open its new, larger doors next month.

"...medical care for HIV positive individuals in Travis County and nine surrounding counties...."

July 21, 2000 Column by Jay Molofsky

Austin's 10-Year No-Kill Deal With Austin Pets Alive! May Be Dead

Like cats and dogs

"...Dr. Ellen Jefferson, president and CEO of Austin Pets Alive!, has spent the last..."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Lege Lines

School finance debate heats up, HHSC consolidation on hold?, and more

"...found unconstitutional (see "Texas School Funding," Sept. 5, 2014). And a recent study by the National Education Agency found..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Safety Net or Dead End?

The politics of Austin animal welfare

"...volunteer program. One complained about its poor retention rates and its onerous application and training process. Another spoke of..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

How Many Cats Did Austin Save Last Year?

By the numbers, shelter and animal advocate efforts show significant progress

"...What should the City Council – and Austin­ites generally – believe about the animal shelter and..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Pro-Lifer to Oversee Nation's Family-Planning Program

"...appointee to oversee the nation’s family-planning program at the Department of Health and Human Services – from where nearly..."

Nov. 20, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Count Me In

there's power in numbers with the census 2000 data.

"...Travis County lost as a result of that undercount; and the number of major federal programs that use census..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...SOS. The citizen-initiated ordinance is back on the books, and unless the U.S. Supreme Court says otherwise, there it..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature

The Mayor's Waterloo

Stopped in His Tracks

"...but unflagging counter-offensive led by Daryl Slusher last Thursday, and major privatization initiatives proceeding through the bureaucracy will be..."

July 26, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

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