Sitting Down With Your Senator

Sarah Eckhardt goes deep on democracy, womanhood, and our era

"...putting money – local property tax dollars – toward indigent health care in the knowledge that it will cost..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 18-24

"...shack in the North Carolina woods. I was too indigent to buy a car or bicycle, so I walked..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 30 - September 5

"...didn’t earn enough money to pay taxes. I was indigent. Fortunately, social programs provided me with food and some..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Travis County Tests Program to Provide Legal Defense at Bail Hearings

Stakeholders agree growing Counsel at First Appearance critical

"...For one, they are less likely to be booked..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Travis County Aims to Allow Defenders at Bail Hearings

The defunct program has faced a two-year uphill battle

"...officials suspended a program that offered legal representation to indigent defendants at their first bail hearing after arrest, the..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Travis County Judicial System Prepares for Enforcement (or Not) of SB 4

Judges are urged not to deport people

"...Travis County Commissioners Court, which examined the state of indigent defense...."

March 29, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Unionized Nurses Say Ascension Is Cutting Corners in Labor and Delivery

They say hospital chain exploiting market dominance

"...Indigent patients who can’t afford health insurance or to pay..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

APD Reveals More of Its Plans for City-Run Bail Hearings

Behind-the-scenes plans coming into view

"...Service, the local nonprofit that provides defense attorneys to indigent clients, told us. "Based on what we know, this..."

Oct. 6, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Has Been Quietly Planning for the City to Run Its Own Bail Hearings for Arrestees

Why? They say for efficiency’s sake

"...Service, the local nonprofit that provides defense attorneys to indigent clients. “Stakeholders and local elected officials are moving in..."

Sept. 28, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Judge in One of the County’s Busiest Courts to Be Appointed This Month

Nick Chu will move to the county’s new probate court

"...to increase access to justice for people who are indigent and to protect Austinites from eviction – especially during..."

Sept. 6, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

You Have a Right to Counsel. So Why Doesn’t Travis County Allow Attorneys at Bail Hearings?

Get out of jail free $10K

"...correct that Geoff Burkhart is no longer with Texas Indigent Defense Commission; he is now executive director of Texas..."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Travis County Tries to Fix Its Public Defense Problems

But advocates warn about the middleman

"...to design their own patchwork of public defense for indigent clients with little help from the state, which has..."

June 23, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 2-8

"...destiny is an example. As an adult, I was indigent for 18 years – the most starving artist of..."

June 2, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Dale Carter Sings The Song of the Cicada

AFF documentary explores the life of a Texas mortician

"...is with Harris County, to handle cremations for the indigent poor: at his estimate, he handles 30 to 40..."

Nov. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One Woman’s Battle for Justice After a Cop’s Reckless Driving Killed Her Partner

One moment destroyed Pam Watts' life and created an activist

"...Marcos and Lockhart, winning a string of victories for indigent defense, police accountability, and criminal justice reform. Mano Amiga..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Hays County’s Overwhelmed Jail System in Dire Shape, Advocates Say

Some inmates are waiting years to see their day in court

"...used funds from a state agency called the Texas Indigent Defense Commission to get the process underway. "We came..."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Legal Counsel at Magistration Fizzles Out

County pulls the plug on pilot program thwarted by staffing crises

"...have paid CAPDS attorneys to represent half of the indigent people appearing before judges after being booked into the..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Sheriff Hits Pause on Magistration Pilot After Nine Days, Saying She Needs Help

$500K program would provide counsel to indigent arrestees

"...$500,000 program is meant to provide court-appointed attorneys to indigent suspects appearing before a judge for the first time..."

May 17, 2022 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Nearly a Dozen Contested Races on the Election Docket

Judging the judges

"...rare challenge to an incumbent, Chantal Eldridge, who represented indigent clients as a criminal defense attorney for many years..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

EMS Staffing Shortage Nears Crisis Point

Ongoing staffing shortage worsens with Omicron surge

"...administrative staff – like community health paramedics who serve indigent clients throughout the city – to run ambulance calls;..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Southeast of Austin, an Unarmed Immigrant's Killing Galvanizes a Quest for Justice

Why did Adil Dghoughi die?

"...helped establish a revolving fund that provides bail for indigent arrestees, so they don't languish in the Hays County..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Council and Advocates Balk at New Municipal Court Security Force

Would a proposed a stand-alone City Marshal Office be unmarshaled?

"...Most of the defendants appearing before the court are indigent; many of TFDP's clients have cases there, and Johnson..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

An Opioid Epidemic Within a Pandemic

Advocates demand greater county, city support amidst spike in overdose deaths

"...publicly funded clinic in Austin that offers methadone for indigent residents, but the demand exceeds capacity, meaning the waiting..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

At A Time

"...the inhumane policy on the border. He runs an indigent health care clinic in East Austin. He knows all..."

July 2, 2020 Postmarks

A Question of Compassion for Travis County's Family Violence Court

A woman alleged rape. The man she accused went free. Should his attorney run our court?

"...As a "daughter of immigrants and an attorney for indigent clients," Chen Kercher told the Chronicle via email, she..."

June 19, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

New Findings Shed Light on Oakwood Chapel Burials

Remains at city's oldest cemetery were exhumed, studied, and now await reinterment

"...unmarked graves in areas reserved in earlier times for indigent burials and as the segregated "colored grounds." The chapel..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Balancing the Scales of Justice on Texas’ Most Important Courts

Dems run en masse for statewide judicial seats

"...would be expanding the use of diversion programs; improving indigent defense and supporting a public defender's office; and reviewing..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Your Choices on the Travis County Judicial Ballot

Breaking down the local races for district courts

"...would be expanding the use of diversion programs; improving indigent defense and supporting a public defender's office; and reviewing..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Brant Bingamon

County Names Its First Chief Public Defender

Commissioners Court appoints University of Virginia Law School lecturer Adeola Ogunkeyede to lead office

"...concluded with a $20 million grant from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (matched by the county), which will underwrite..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...overall numbers, and send it along to the Texas Indigent Defense Com­mis­sion ... for approval. Presuming the project gets..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

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