Running Off at the Primary

Kirk vs. Morales, Lulu vs. Eddie: Get your pencils ready.

"...has begun for the May 4 elections: City Council, charter amendments, AISD school board, Austin Community College trustees ......"

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Lawmakers Ask for Federal Help to Stretch Texas School Bond Dollars

Hitting the ceiling

"...$48.3 billion diversified investment portfolio that supports public and charter schools. It was created in 1854 with $2 million..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Madi Donham

News Roundup: Loose Cannons and Contraception

Planned Parenthood debate rages on; gun violence takes more lives

"...enact the education reform policies of high-stakes testing and charters. King seems to be a continuation of exactly those..."

Oct. 5, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Zimmerman Sues City

District 6 Council member challenges campaign finance law

"...and the Dissolution Requirement of the City of Austin Charter and Code of Ordinances against Plaintiff or against any..."

July 28, 2015 News Post by Michael King

All State Props Pass

Nine new amendments added to state constitution

"...APPROVED Authorizes a home-rule municipality to provide in its charter the procedure to fill a vacancy on its governing..."

Nov. 5, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...Austin, although it wasn't until 1985 that the city charter was amended to require we have one. (It was..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

On the Lege

Parading in the Rain

"...- sans vouchers, but with a very permissive "home-rule" charter provision still intact. A floor amendment that would have..."

May 12, 1995 News Column by Robert Bryce

Naked City

"...of Eagle Academies of Waco to amend its current charters on three established campuses -- Beaumont, Waco, and McAllen/Pharr..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

All Aboard the Soccer Train!

Major League Soccer and urban rail take city by storm

"...uninformed soccer engineering group, we intend to put a charter amendment on the November ballot to make certain that..."

March 28, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

City Hall Looks at Retracing Its Steps on Homelessness

Back up, try again

"...on ballot language for a May referendum (alongside the charter amendment package to create a strong mayor government, among..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

News Roundup: Homeless Count, TNCs, and Council Races

ECHO's annual homeless count takes place January 23

"...confined to the six-month window defined in the City Charter. Partly with that situation in mind, entrepreneur and activist..."

Jan. 11, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...did roughly 40% of students at KIPP Austin area charter schools. One of them, Stephanie Trejo, a 10th grader..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

'Reckless Tactics' ... and the Blowback

Suppressed KeyPoint report charges APD negligence in Sanders shooting

"...Under the City Charter, the City Council is forbidden from getting directly involved..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...authority proposes forming an investment club. Invited in as charter members – at a test-case $25 million to $80..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...Learning), a nonprofit that employs students enrolled in its charter high school as carpenters on its projects. The setting..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Fonte's Inferno

ACC's New Pres Faces the Hot Issues in East Austin

"...Fonte's assistance, dating all the way back to its charter in 1972 as a project of the Austin Independent..."

June 6, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Travis County Early Voters Favored Obama

Unsurprisingly

"...• Most of the city charter propositions were in a 60/40 or 55/45 split, with..."

Nov. 6, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Naked City

This Week in Council

"...In addition to another round of talk about charter amendments (see items at left), the council has on..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature

Council Considers the True Cost of Saving a Buck

Affordability is in the details

"...for funding – while likely violating the city manager's charter-based responsibility to recommend a rational budget. It arrived with..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

If We Had Budget Enough, and Time ...

Council closes in on a final FY 2017 city budget

"...recommendation. And I'm required to do that by the charter, not the council." Ott defended the forecasting methodology of..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Court Rules Texas School Finance Unconstitutional

Dietz says current system fails students, must be rebuilt

"...and Student Fairness Coalition, several ISDs, and the Texas Charter School Association, against Commissioner of Education Michael Williams, Comptroller..."

Aug. 28, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Eastside Community Hears National Partner Proposals

Major ed groups pitch plans to work with, not take over, high school

"...emphasize that they are proposing a partnership, not a charter-style take-over (Johns Hopkins even stressed that teachers will not..."

April 22, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Under Advisement

It ain't what you do – it's what you shouldn't say in e-mails

"...he did raise: single-member districts, major transportation improvements, and charter changes – issues that go beyond a sound bite...."

March 11, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: New Lease on Quality of Life

Steering away from the turbulence of the past

"..."genius" grant recipient, and he recently appeared in controversial charter-schools doc Waiting for 'Superman.' Moreover, according to former Delta..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TribFest Recap: Red and Blue Teams Find Common Ground Before the 88th

Six points of agreement as the new Legislature coalesces

"...framing, saying private schools can be selective while public charter schools use lotteries if they have too many prospective..."

Sept. 25, 2022 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

The Daily Hustle: 2/25/11

Leffingwell shares the State of the City

"...While the Hustle had a good idea of the..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Total Package

The Decoder Ring's Christian Helms provides everything you could want in a design – or a designer

"...on the identity and all materials for a new charter airline started by Richard King of Texas' King Ranch..."

June 13, 2008 Arts Feature by Sergio Burns

Capitol Chronicle

An Update on Work in Progress at the Lege

"...bipartisan support. A temporary pullback on lightly regulated, fly-by-night charter schools has considerable momentum (despite opposition from Bush's successor)...."

April 27, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Election at a Glance

"...City Council seats, eight proposed changes to the city charter, six Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees seats,..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature

May 4 Election at a Glance

"...City Council seats, eight proposed changes to the city charter, six Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees seats,..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature

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