Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Jan. 21-28

"...firm directly at 800/525-9082 or [email protected]. 5-8pm. Austin Energy Workforce Planning and Development Office, 811 Barton Springs Rd. #100,..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Consult the Green Force..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...foresee a city campaign season that will serve to reinforce this commitment and advance it well into the future...."

March 3, 2000 Column

Council Watch

Important Council actions in 1999 and what's on the agenda for 2000.

"...without distractions like the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless factoring in, the day labor scene could get its..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...The Texas Department of Public Safety's Austin Violent Crimes Task Force stopped patrolling Austin last weekend. They're headed to..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Feature

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"...natural ally to the right. "I don't hate the homeless. I just don't think letting people live out in..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Major League

Pushed by mayor, City Council takes the leap

"...in what seems like a deliberate rejection of the task force, these will now be forestalled for two years..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Remembers Ceci Gratias

"...touched numerous organizations from Out Youth to Queerbomb, Lifeworks’ homeless youth program to the Hate Crimes Task Force. As..."

Nov. 13, 2017 Photo Gallery

Council: When the Mayor’s Away ...

Water, energy, and homelessness on the mind

"...that might serve as emergency shelters for Austinites experiencing homelessness, and to return to Council with that list by..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: More and Cheaper Housing

Demographer's report offers new perspectives

"...apply to commercial space as well as residential: The forces driving clubs and performance spaces out of Downtown and..."

April 14, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Ora Houston's Nightmare

Night of the living acronyms

"...expected to be largely informed by results of the enforcement task force that's been monitoring "problem" STRs through the..."

July 31, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Tire-Slashing Tale in for Retreads

The Hyde Park Tire Slasher story heads for sequels

"...five charges the state has brought against the 56-year-old homeless man, this one stemming from a March 2009 incident..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our recommendations for the May 8 elections

"...PTA posts and tri-chair on the 2008 bond advisory task force); she says she wants to extend the education..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Recovery Projects

Help for defendants who are homeless, alcoholic, or mentally ill

"...Recovery, County Judge Nancy Hohengarten presiding, is designed for homeless, chronic drunks. The program, which established funding in 2005..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How They're Doing It

On the road to no-kill

"...save lives must tackle the daunting problem of animal homelessness (likely to spike as the economy plunges) on two..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Happenings

"...GENA MINNIX ON HOMELESSNESS Join Minnix, author of The Barefoot Legend, a fictional..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...closer with a group that aims to get the homeless and jobless back into work and housing, as well..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

Beside the Point

Jennifer and Brewster are so over panhandlers

"...At any rate, the premeeting backlash from civil libertarians, homeless advocates, and folks who just think we've got better..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Hold Those Tolls!

Road conditions: funding hazy, future unclear

"...meeting every two weeks with a CAMPO's Mobility Finance Task Force, which includes elected officials, outside transportation experts, even..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

City Council Notebook

"...park at Oak Springs Drive. Item 44: Public Safety Task Force creation. BIG ITEM 82: Northcross Resolution! North Austin's..."

Dec. 12, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...and Denton, among other cities – and will be tasked with producing an "ideal candidate" profile, identifying qualified applicants,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature

Action for Immigrants

"...Founded by the Austin Interfaith Task Force for Central America in 1986 as a shelter..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature

Page Two

Anyone who tells you the impact of a smoking ban will be negligible doesn't appreciate that it's the very number of Austin music clubs, including the swarm of the more marginal ones, that enables the scene's vitality

"...a live music niche under the shadow of the homeless shelters in an area once written off by the..."

April 1, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

"...publicly disclose records related to his highly suspicious energy task force...."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...hit its mark by delaying construction of the downtown homeless shelter. And, after many months of preparation, the Neighborhood..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Done Deal

Amending the CSC Deal

"...as well as anyone, being one of the driving forces behind the public/neighborhood "education" effort, as well as the..."

April 9, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Finders,Keepers

Losers, Weepers...

"...a handful of blacks and Hispanics to form a task force called East Austin 2000. The group was created..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Column

Front Steps Slips and Falls

As the nonprofit that runs the ARCH falls apart, the city's rush to replace it frustrates providers

"...Downtown emergency shelter, the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, since it first opened its doors in 2004 –..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Lauri Apple called Jennifer Gale "Austin's most politically active homeless transvestite."..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Shooting Star

"...him she was a journalist writing a book about homeless drug dealers. The cop searched Johnson, turned up a..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

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