State Cuts Hitting the Bone

The tolls of a take-no-prisoners budget year

"...House Bill 1 started as the draft state budget for..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Capitol Craziness

April Fools' can't compete with this year's legislative follies

"...would nominate Rep. Debbie Riddle's (R-Tomball) anti-immigrant employment bill (House Bill 1202) – it would ban the employment of..."

April 1, 2011 News Column by Michael King

We’re Our Own Grandpaws

Thursday Council agenda packed with postponed business

"...grandfathering) and the proposed historic zoning of the Baylor House (“Then There’s This,” April 11). Oh, and beer …..."

April 15, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Dismantling Family Planning Pt. 2

House budget amendment would subvert access to reproductive services

"...With the House version of the state budget set for debate on..."

April 16, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Screw Prevention and Treatment, War Is Where It's At

House-Senate approve treatment funds, only to face Bush veto threat.

"...Boston University School of Public Health, reports that a House-Senate conference committee has voted to approve an increase in..."

Nov. 15, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Spider Baby

Three demented adult siblings are looked after by a devoted caretaker in Jack Hill's no-budget masterpiece.

"...not officially released until four years later, Jack Hill's no-budget masterpiece of the weird is a genuinely creepy, kooky,..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...with the Austin Police Department washed over the city's budget deliberations, the big question was: How low can APD..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

DVDanger: Halloween Picks, Part I

Low-budget horrors for the scary season

"...that's true for horror films too: the lower the budget, the bigger the ingenuity...."

Oct. 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Moths to a Flame

If it's Friday, we have a budget

"..."readings" and adoption vote of the FY 2016 city budget. The biggest decisions – how many new Austin Police..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Feature

Point Austin: News Not Fit To Print

Trying to find a silver lining ... anywhere

"...pay for any of this new ID stuff. (Slight budget crunch, you know.)..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Column by Michael King

The Cinema of Possibilities

Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute

"...Grindhouse, as you probably know, is a celebration of a..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

H.C.R. No. 75

"...House Concurrent Resolution..."

April 11, 2003 News Column

Belt-Tightening Season for State Agencies

State leaders announce budget cuts

"...30, Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Joe Straus sent a message to all state..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Activist Posts Up At Gov Mansion to Protest Cancer Screening Cuts

Minority, low-income women will be hit hardest by cuts

"...up just about every day to protest the state budget plan to exclude Planned Parenthood from a life-saving breast..."

June 5, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines

Lege makes an anti-city push, nixes a bill limiting police filming, the Senate passes its budget, and more...

"...wave of local control. But on April 14 the House started debating House Bill 40, making oil and gas..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Scratch That: Lege Ends Lottery, Then Changes Mind

House avoids $2 billion school funding hole by saving scratch cards

"...Texas Lottery Commission. Yet, somehow, this morning the Texas House of Representatives voted against its continued existence, taking the..."

April 23, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Wanted Man

State Rep. Patrick Rose walks a fine line in a swing district

"...He spent the following summer working for the U.S. House Democratic Caucus in Washington, then helped Loy Sneary's unsuccessful..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Schools' Check in the Mail

"...House Bill 5, the on-again, off-again effort by Rep. Kent..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

"Please, Sir, I Want Some More"

The legislative budget process is leaving buckets of blood on the floor.

"...from HHS Commissioner Albert Hawkins' presentations before the legislative budget committees -- was staggering: a 50% cut to the..."

March 7, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Dollars Down to Earth

1995-96 City Budget Shoots for Balance

"...Nice fantasies, but then comes budget time, when the politicians and city staff finally have..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Joining Forces Against HIV

Wright House reopens; continues the fight against HIV alongside other local orgs

"...On Friday, the Wright House Wellness Center will close its doors for five days...."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Big Numbers Arrive

City budget staff briefs Council for FY2014-15

"...City budget season resumed in earnest last Thursday, as City Manager..."

Aug. 4, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The 'Obamacare' Scare

GOP employs national playbook in Travis County House races

"...anti-Obama rhetoric has reached on down to the state House races...."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Neither a Lender, Nor a Borrower Be...

1995-96 City Budget: Bond Debt and the Capital Budget

"...like new parks and libraries get approved, the Capital Budget is where they get funded, and the cash comes..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Darling

A woman appears to go ’round the bend in this well-done horror film

"...Carter), who has taken a job looking after the house of Madame (Young) while she’s away. Things start going..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

School Finance Reform Dead

House Bill 1759 disappears, taking $800 million with it

"...but failure has none, the saying goes. But as House Bill 1759 slowly curled up and died on the..."

May 14, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Of Caps and Handcuffs

At budget time, there's no substitute for wrestling the numbers

"...In the wake of City Council's budget vote Tuesday, Council Member Bill Spelman told In Fact..."

Sept. 13, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Health Care: Flirting With Armageddon

Choosing between a 'firing squad' and 'death by starvation'

"...the Legislature, Gov. Rick Perry took predictable swipes at budget doomsayers, dismissing them as shortsighted pessimists. "Now, the mainstream..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Wood Waste to Burn

With big, bad biomass behind them, council faces the bigger and badder city budget

"...Austin Energy biomass plant and the fiscal year 2008-09 budget...."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Cavite

This rocketing thriller that pits an unseen Filipino terrorist against an unwitting Filipino-American dupe is one of the purest examples of no-budget, seat-of-the-pants, gloriously DIY filmmaking since The Blair Witch Project.

"...rocketing thriller is one of the purest examples of no-budget, seat-of-the-pants, gloriously DIY filmmaking since The Blair Witch Project..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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