Margin of Error

Some Texas high schools may be violating the "top 10%" law, which guarantees admission to UT and other Texas colleges and universities, by exaggerating the number of students in the top 10% of their graduating classes.

"...Bruce Walker said in a recent interview, referring to House Bill 588, a 1997 law that automatically admits students..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...suicide in 2018. Another 15 teenagers and young adults (16-20) took their own lives last year, as did 34..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...Ask Bill Haley...."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Perry's Vexing Vetoes

Perry kills 24 more bills

"...With the veto deadline passing June 16, the body count of dead bills stands at 26,..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

School financing, school accountability, beer, redistricting, and more

"...On March 20, the Texas Senate voted out Senate Bill 1, its draft budget for the 2014-15 biennium, and..."

March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

LegeLines

A roundup of this week's Capitol capers

"...on the session, state reps are working with the House Calendars Committee to prioritize their most important bills so..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hold Those Tolls!

Road conditions: funding hazy, future unclear

"...It was Dec. 16, 2004, and Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, was sitting..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...jet airplane, why can't He help Bo with his Bill Ratliff problem? It might soon require a Higher Authority..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...the availability of Carmen Maria Machado's In the Dream House, a memoir about queer domestic violence. Leander ISD, just..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

We Have an Issue: “The Light That’s Leaving”

On Bill Callahan’s likably melancholy new record, and another month of painful closures of Austin fixtures

"...The brilliant Austin musician Bill Callahan writes like a guy with a permanently wry..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Senate Budget Lesser of Two Evils

Reps from both chambers commence to thrash out final numbers

"...broke along party lines to approve its version of House Bill 1, and the cuts are brutal. Unsurprisingly, the..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drop in the Bucket: Disputed Fed Ed Funding Comes to Texas

Disputed fed ed funding comes to Texas

"...million in school funding under the federal Education Jobs bill. Yet lawmakers still have to solve how, when, and..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rant, Revisited

A new doc explores the life and times of underground comic Bill Hicks

"...despised in his homeland? Until his death in 1994, Bill Hicks was a cultural exile in the United States,..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Clearing the Chub?

Dunnam proposes way to move bills without moving voter ID

"...loves the stand-up comedy routine from the mikes, the House floor is still knee-deep in chub, and Democrats say..."

May 22, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

LegeLines

What kept your lawmakers busy this week

"...• Nice work if you can get it: The House and Senate took a four-day weekend for Easter...."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: White Horse and Sagebrush Regular Jordan Matthew Young Rises on The Voice

"You're just cool, man." – Nick Jonas

"...day," says Young, formerly of Utah trio Candy's River House. "I was staying at my dad's house with my..."

April 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Everything's Broken and Thousands are Dead, But There's Always Time For Abortion Bans in Texas

Seven "priority" anti-choice bills sail to Senate floor

"...attention to not one, not two, but seven anti-abortion bills approved Tuesday, March 16, following a marathon hearing at..."

March 17, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Budget Wins at the Capitol

The Texas Lege finally funds public education

"...Leave it to Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen to declare victory and end the celebration..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Secretary of State Gets Schooled on Voting Rights

Meanwhile, a hefty TV ad targets voter suppression bill

"...Update: Catch up with the current status of Senate Bill 9 at this link as it makes its way..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Save Our Schools!

Texans advance on Capitol in bid to preserve public schools

"...gut check moment: Do they push through the $10 billion in planned cuts to public schools, or do they..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Immigration Folly at the Lege

"...Sweeping immigration reforms passing through the Texas House could severely affect the way the city does business...."

April 27, 2007 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Minimum-Wage Delays

Republican pork tax breaks are holding up the much ballyhooed minimum-wage raises Democrats promised

"...Why haven't competing versions of U.S. House and Senate minimum-wage legislation made it yet to conference..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...special election to replace former Rep. Todd Baxter in House District 48. For more, see "Special Election for Texas..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Lege Roundup

"...of a Texas lawmaker the way passing a tax bill does, but House members did just that Monday. Republicans..."

March 18, 2005 News Column

Naked City

"...Ronnie Earle, on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday.Headlines• The House bills on public school finance and property taxes went..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

On the Lege

Banning birth control; reforming Texas justice

"...pill. But according to the text of his HB 16, emergency contraceptive is defined as "a prescription drug containing..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Column by Jordan Smith

Lege Finds Even More Funds for Anti-Choice Grifters

Alternatives to Abortion program gets $100M in House budget

"...low-income Texans and helped victims of human trafficking, Texas House members approved a record-breaking $100 million for the state’s..."

April 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

New Campaign Keeps Up Pro-Choice Fight

Coalition of groups unveil multiyear repro health policy effort

"...to halt the final provision of Texas anti-abortion law House Bill 2 in court. Dubbed “Trust. Respect. Access,” the..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...Capitol, mourning the one-year anniversary of the passage of House Bill 2. The modest vigil, organized by local activists,..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Budget: Manufacturing a Bogeyman

"...In 2009, Texas lawmakers planned a $188 billion budget for the 2010-11 biennium. Two years later, they..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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