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Sept. 22, 1995 News Column
The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started
Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes
"...time. Angel Carroll is a former foster kid who works as the director of advocacy for the Austin nonprofit..."
Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget
Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?
"...Because of the rapid uptick in housing prices, a budget built on a 3.5% increase in..."
July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Council: Child Care “Scandal” Highlights City’s Own Failures
CMs also mull fate of APL’s Recycled Reads
"...if she should be judged so harshly when she works for a Council that expects near-constant access to its..."
Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
331st District Judge: A Matter of Opinion
What's a judge's job?
"...of the only specialty courts that actually provides [supportive] housing resources. And most of my clients need housing." (Eldridge..."
Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Council: No Rest for the Weary
Zoning debates dominate the meeting that nearly never was
"...the fee shift from water connection rates to affordable housing maintenance funds, with an annual citywide rate impact of..."
Nov. 11, 2016 News Feature by Michael King
Making the Youth Count
Panel of formerly homeless young people gives context to statewide study
"...experiencing homelessness," said TNOYS Executive Director Christine Gendron. "TNOYS works in partnership with young people to make sure they..."
Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Makeda Easter
Waller Creek Comes to Life
Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown
"...joined by city staff from the Watershed and Public Works departments, particularly when working on areas where the tunnel..."
Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross
Where the Sidewalks End
Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future
"...especially those with an attractor like a store or housing. He used Riley's native Tarrytown, with its relatively small..."
July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Fighting Sexual Assault
Amid growing national momentum, UT-Austin takes steps to protect incoming students
"...about to occur, Bost says that it often actually works more indirectly. "It can be 'You know, that wasn't..."
May 16, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther
The Intouchables
The unlikely friendship that forms between a wealthy, white quadriplegic and a streetwise, black ne'er-do-well who becomes his live-in companion is the subject of this French film.
"...disenfranchised, mostly North African-born youths and immigrants, whose shabby housing projects ring the fabled, increasingly unreal Paris portrayed in..."
June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Scaling the Pyramid
City moves to reprioritize social service programs in the new year
"...for social service organizations, and they help supply food, housing, substance abuse treatment, education, job training, and more to..."
Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf
The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks
"...her people, she's willing to do herself, and she works tirelessly," observed Shade. Building Public Trust..."
July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
Tyler Perry's latest feel-good drama about African-American family relationships scores its best casting with Angela Bassett in the lead, but otherwise falls prey to Perry's slipshod filmmaking technique.
"...produces a prodigious number of films, theatre, and television works aimed almost exclusively at African-American audiences, has become a..."
March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Beside the Point
A look at the CM finalists, and the search
"...worked for since 1984. Until 1990, she worked in housing, budget, and capital-improvement projects. It prepared her for three..."
Jan. 18, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Beside the Point
Just like your college-ball hopefuls, several city manager picks won't go the distance
"..."sustainable revitalization" of Savannah's blighted neighborhoods, creating thousands of affordable-housing units. Jelynne Burley The CIP Pro• Deputy city manager,..."
Jan. 11, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Duck Season
Despite being a movie about youthful inertia among some Mexico City adolescents stuck at home by themselves, Duck Season is squirmy, restless and avidly visual.
"...do? Let's say you live in a Mexico City housing project, and the electricity is intermittent, so Xbox (though..."
March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...that really only accomplished the latter. The city Public Works Department announced March 13 that crews would begin removing..."
March 24, 2006 News Feature
Vera Drake
With this period piece set in 1950 London, British filmmaker Mike Leigh delivers his best picture in some time, and with it he seemingly aims to provoke conversation about the ethics of abortion.
"...less fortunate than she. She lives in a small housing project apartment with her husband and two adult children..."
Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
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"...given some region-wide, or at least city-wide, goals for housing, jobs, parks, etc. to plan to accommodate ["Austin @..."
Sept. 20, 2002 Column
Loving and Fighting
A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary
"...of the neighborhood around Blackshear (though the nearby Rosewood housing projects, from which many Blackshear students hailed then and..."
June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Georgetown Recalls -- and Recollects
The latest salvos in the Georgetown Smackdown
"...Capital Fund grants to build out for an affordable housing project where all the [infrastructure] work will be done..."
Nov. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month
"...photographers, musicians, and performers were producing new and provocative works of art around the globe from Mexico City and..."
Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature
Cracks in the System
Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?
"...a separate entity from SMBR). "The way the process works is, once a contract is awarded that relates to..."
Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters
The ACM Machine
Assistant City Managers Outlive Rumors of Their Demise
"...hot water. Before the duty changeover, when the Neighborhood Housing and Community Development (NHCD) department fell under her purview,..."
Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy
(Gasp!) Watson Was Right
The Former Chief, the Audit, the Research All Say: We Need Community
Policing
"...like that." Humphrey, employed by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, broke down and cried as she..."
March 21, 1997 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade
(Gasp!) Watson Was Right
The Former Chief, the Audit, the Research All Say: We Need Community
Policing
"...like that." Humphrey, employed by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, broke down and cried as she..."
March 21, 1997 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade
In Through the Out Door
And Vice Versa: Politicians Hit the Revolving
Door
"...to the highest bidder. Seidlits, now a registered lobbyist, works for the Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT),..."
Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Off the Desk
"...schedule, Councilmember Gus Garcia resigned from the City Council Housing Subcommittee on Tuesday. In a letter to Subcommittee Chair..."
Jan. 12, 1996 News Feature
Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin
Rose (City)-Colored Glasses
"...the Portland Planning Commission after 18 months of hearings, workshops, and testimony on the "proposed" plan, which had been..."
