Council Recap: Undoing Austin’s White Supremacist Legacy

A Juneteenth holiday, renamings, alcohol rules among changes

"...City Council this week took steps toward erasing the legacy of white supremacy that haunts every American city, Austin..."

July 31, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council to Finalize Aid Programs for COVID-Hit Businesses

Ready for relief

"...featuring its final votes on guidelines for granting financial relief to small businesses devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, through..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: $15M in SAVES Funding for Venues, Child Care, Iconic Biz

Efforts to raid Convention Center reserves turned back

"...to close, City Council has approved $15 million in relief earmarked specifically for a narrow group of businesses, including..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: The Beat Goes On, Ever So Slowly

Music scene frustrated at pace of COVID relief

"...venues facing closure, but many advocates fear that the relief won’t come soon enough...."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Preview: City Finds $15 Million to Help Struggling Businesses

Three programs designed to assist economic sectors forced to close early in the pandemic

"...1, $15 million in funding to help music venues, legacy businesses, and child care centers. The three $5 million..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Pays 73 Venues

Ongoing funding under Phase 2 to begin in March.

"...before Christmas. Prior to the fund, only $861,000 in relief made its way to some 30 clubs throughout 2020...."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again

Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.

"...for music venues, alongside another $5 million for eligible "legacy businesses," including venues and restaurants. The event marked the..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Mobley vs. the Occident Supreme

Virtual tour of new EP caps Mobley's movie-sized year

"...Austin Legacy Business Relief Grant accepts applications from businesses at least..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: City Funding for Music Venues Still MIA

Live Music Capital flagships await aid as costs pile up.

"...Five months into shuttering, no local relief dollars have arrived for flagships of what the city..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Council Recap: Not Many Tools in the Toolbox

City Hall tries to stretch its funds for music, housing

"...approved a new vision for the $15 million in relief funding they approved two weeks ago: leverage the money..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

50 Best CBD Oil Companies of 2020

Here are 50 best CBD oil companies you can buy from in 2020

"...assists with reducing stress and improving mood, while their Relief formula supports your body’s response to more serious problems...."

Jan. 23, 2020 Events Post

The Internet’s Most Sensational Hot Sauce Brand Stakes a Claim in ATX

Truff enough for the city

"...It's a relief, almost, that the Truff brand of truffle-infused condiments tastes..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Could a Hotel Tax Help Save Austin’s Creative Sector?

A familiar debate returns under extreme circumstances

"...the newly established Austin Economic Devel­opment Corporation, for "iconic" businesses to apply for financial relief in one of the..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Venues Are Out of Money

Following last week’s Barracuda closure, a domino effect will continue without emergency city funding

"...end of the year. Not just closures of the legacy businesses you grew up with, but more like, 'That's..."

June 19, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Record Reviews

"...of grimy cast-offs and abysmal clunkers that have no business even being B-sides, and while this Cleopatra compilation has..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Music Review

Faster Than Sound: Locals Join Over 1,000 Independent Clubs Fighting for Survival

Meet the National Independent Venue Association, goodbye Shady Grove, and more music news

"...a letter to legislators last month requesting a "grant-funded business recovery fund for shuttered businesses such as independent venues..."

May 15, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Cast a Giant Shadow

Evaluating the mayoral legacy of Kirk Watson

"...agrees that the go-go bravado and the antipathy toward business-as-usual were without downsides...."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...Sound like any place you know? Kirk Watson's desired legacy is San Diego's status quo...."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...finance and deals with the rest of the state's business. The team representing the 2.1 million residents of the..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Public Notice: More to Be Thankful For

An overdue (if tentative) win in Southwest Austin

"...budget) while protecting the local environment and delivering traffic relief. Their victory is a court-ordered supervised mediation with TxDOT,..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...His statement that business people are more honest than politicians is contradicted by..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...tinkering with life and death might be a risky business. (He reiterated that conviction last week in a GOP..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Several local organizations are organizing tsunami relief efforts. Willie Nelson's shindig is sold out; some other..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...sought transfers to other campuses, and many sighed with relief when Forgione's Blueprint plan smoothed the way out. Then,..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...that what he did with Kuwait was his own business? Lastly, the second plane that crashed into the WTC,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Trouble Men

The post-SRV trials and tribulations of Texas' most famous rhythm section

"...Shannon could be accused of cashing in on Vaughan's legacy. Not that they couldn't; both still reap the financial..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...medium's defining format in the post-Nirvana Nineties, into sharp relief; turns out "modern rock" playlists were as stale as..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Grant the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Independent Yet Empathic

Jazz Legend Ornette Coleman

"...and co-opted from what came before. James Brown's great legacy loses some of its luster when you hear the..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

Deconstructing ISIS

UT professors discuss the rise of the Islamic state

"...speaking, ISIS is deemed as an extension of the legacy of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in..."

March 1, 2016 News Post by Dina Samir Shehata

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