A Lively Crowd Seeks the Open House District 51 Seat

The Southeast Seven

"...said. "But I'm feeling good about it – 'OK, how much money do I have to raise today? How..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Election Ticker: Race for Austin's Next Mayor Heats Up

Israel kicks off quest to make history in mayoral race, plus more news

"...affordability, public health and safety, and transportation and mobility. "We are becoming an elitist city where only the wealthy..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Medics Seek Relief in Labor Talks, Chief Search

Trying to soothe EMS' chronic pain

"...point. The COVID-19 pandemic and Winter Storm Uri transformed how medics view the job, making many question their future..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

All in the Family

Bonded for life

"...The borders between "work" and "home" have always been blurred at the..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

Council Makes Last-Minute Changes to $4.5 Billion Budget Plan

A budget is born

"...As the Chronicle went to press Wednes­day, Aug. 11, City Council was deep..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Fumbling, Bumbling Letdown of the 87th Legislature

Sine dead

"...Joe Biden would actually take office, I wrote about how many lawmakers expected a quiet, stripped-down, and COVID-restricted session,..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

JuiceLand Strikes, DipDipDip Ice Cream Spikes, Samuel Adams Likes Moms, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...citizen, it's your Food News Buffet for the third week of May …..."

May 19, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Council Recap: A Wary, Cloudy Start for a New Police Cadet Class

“Reimagined” academy still a work in progress

"...paramilitary approach, in which new officers are honed to respond to all encounters as potential threats, rather than opportunities..."

May 7, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Lawsuit Filed to Force AISD to End Chronic Special Ed Delays

No more time to wait

"...as required by law. The group is calling for sweeping changes: "Austin ISD is failing its students with disabilities..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Council, City Utilities Continue to Soften Blow of Storms

Reason to relieve

"...water and others struggling to repair damage from last week's historic winter storms, Council emphasized at its special called..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...pervasive inequality, from economic distress to broad health and welfare. Musicians of color continue being threatened by COVID-19's iniquitous..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Meet the Emerging Opposition to Project Connect

Not on board

"...business owners and transportation nerds," according to the group's website, has filed the paperwork as a political action committee..."

June 19, 2020 News Feature by Nataleah Small

Paxton Renews Threats Against Vote-by-Mail

Attorney General threatens “criminal sanctions” for “illegal” VBM

"...“Inaccurate statements by public officials and private groups, as well as misreporting by the media, incorrectly informed voters that..."

June 15, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Healthy Streets Program's Partial Closures Give Nondrivers Room

Share the streets

"...south to Barton Springs Road before cutting east along Jewell Street and then south along South Third to Oltorf...."

May 29, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Luv Doc: A Big Camping Trip

There is a huge difference between encouragement and pressure.

"...my friends. They are fun people and that’s why we hang out together, but in the last few weeks..."

April 10, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Central Texas Food Bank Needs Community Support More Than Ever Before

"...Central Texas Food Bank has a long history of responding to emergencies and disasters, each of which is different...."

March 20, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

TxDOT to Begin Clearing Encampments Under Highways

Service providers tell Abbott: You're not helping

"...suggests that the people whom Abbott and TxDOT are sweeping out from what may be their safest place to..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Education Austin Calls Out AISD Police

Austin Justice Coalition, the NAACP, the Transgender Education Network of Texas, and more insist on “roundtable discussion” to address policing in schools

"...to call on Austin ISD leaders to think about how the district's police officers interact with students, teachers, and..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Members Look to Tax Previously Exempted Waterfront Homes

Correcting the "Mistake on the Lake" could fund city initiatives

"...fund its efforts to end homelessness – after discovering wealthy homeowners of waterfront property on Lake Austin have avoided..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Another Year of the Gun

As the carnage continues, the Legislature shrugs again

"...life was not unique. Two days earlier, three people were killed and two injured in a shooting in Cleveland,..."

June 7, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Lege Lines: Do It for the Kids

House Dems lay out school finance plan

"...annoyance of House Republicans at the Democrats' gambit signals how far we are from the end of this session's..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Of Frogs and Children

Do what you can to defend imprisoned refugees

"...Biologists respond that the frog story is a myth: If amphibians..."

July 13, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Medical Board Loses a Case ... and Attacks the Judge

Judge Hunter Burkhalter forced to resign by State Office of Administrative Hearings

"...during physical examinations. Last May, Burkhalter presided over a weeklong hearing that featured TMB litigators prosecuting the case opposite..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

To Kill a Mockingbird

Fate of contract with Texas Wildlife Services hangs in balance at Tuesday meeting

"...to authorities get directed to 311. Austin's Animal Services responds within the city. Outside, calls go to Texas Wildlife..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

With All Deliberate Speed

Short-handed Council on homelessness, management, and carbon

"...Only nine council members were on hand, as Mayor Steve Adler had decamped to..."

Aug. 14, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Austin Energy Partnership Helps Reach Renewable Energy Goals

"A virtual power plant in any building."

"...energy sources require sophisticated batteries and advanced software to respond in time. [inset-1-right]..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

District 7: Pool Defeats Gauldin

Leslie Pool cruised to an easy victory against Natalie Gauldin

"...at 7:45pm already in high spirits. Early vote totals showed Pool defeating her challenger, density activist Natalie Gauldin, by..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin Film Festival Review: An Acquired Taste

Locavore youth documentary debut aims to please

"...The desperately fine line between socially conscious eco-documentary and gun-owner propaganda gets walked with..."

Oct. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Sean L. Malin

Getting at Affordability

Budget talks continue

"...front of the "budget recommendation 'cart.'" As of this week's work session (Wed­nesday, May 25), three previous sessions had..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Jim's Still Frank

Underground comic Jim Norton has changed the way he looks but not the way he speaks his mind

"...stand-up often feels like it was co-written by early Howard Stern and the unmarried version of Bill Burr. But..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

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