Will Vote-by-Mail Happen by July?

Legal battle clouds election planning timeline

"...Appeals. That’s where matters stand now – with the legal battle pending and the election planning clock ticking in..."

April 23, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Tatum Report Depicts Bleak Conditions for Accountability at APD

Is meaningful reform to address bias, bigotry “aspirational at best”?

"...line with Bassil Ally, an attorney in the city’s legal department who works on APD labor issues, the AC..."

April 22, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Infiltrators

Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage

"...Illegal. Undocumented. Deportable. Inadmissible alien. “They’re all just other words..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Justice Advocates React to Felony Bond Order

Advocates say order “needs improvement to maximize impact”

"...pretrial procedures to limit unnecessary contact within the criminal legal system,” and also “clearly applies retroactively” to people already..."

March 26, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Abortion Providers Sue Abbott, Paxton Over Pandemic Ban

Procedures are time-sensitive and essential, suit argues

"...fact impose far greater strains on an already-taxed healthcare system, as prenatal care and delivery involve much greater exhaustion..."

March 26, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Independent contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...recommended move. Her information should then be in the system already in the event of Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA),..."

March 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Indie contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...recommended move. Her information should then be in the system already in the event of Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA),..."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Homeless Service Organizations That Need Your Help Now

Donate money and materials

"...People Experiencing Homelessness Brace for More Changes in Support Systems..."

March 19, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Health Care Needs Your Help to Slow COVID-19’s Spread

Keep your distance

"...are over 60, have a compromised or suppressed immune system, or who have existing conditions like diabetes or heart..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Amid Coronavirus, Labor Advocates Call on State to End Attack on Paid Sick Leave

Abbott fails to account for millions who can’t just “work from home”

"...disaster – made no mention of relenting in the legal battle against paid sick leave. He did, however, urge..."

March 13, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Vortex and New Manifest Theatre's good friday

Kristiana Rae Colón's shocking drama puts audiences at the intersection of gun violence and sexual assault, and makes us think about both

"...how horrifying injustices couldn't inspire violent disillusionment with the legal system. What is the logical end point of a..."

March 13, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Long Lines and Close Races Defined Super Tuesday in Travis County

The votes are in!

"...change," asking for volunteers and donations, and reiterating, "Our system doesn't have to be broken." That has been his..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

March Primary Election Coverage Live Blog

Travis County awaits Super Tuesday election results

"...March 4, 2020 Garza has the least amount of legal experience of the four candidates in the CA race,..."

March 3, 2020 News Post by News Staff

Fear of Global Visitors

"...put innumerable global visitors into our restaurants, hotels, transit system, retail establishments and elsewhere so the show can go..."

March 1, 2020 Postmarks

Science-Based “314 Action” PAC Attacks Congressional Candidate for Her Legal Work

PAC pitches hardball against Shannon Hutcheson in TX-10 Race

"...not authorized by any candidate”), but concludes that Hutcheson’s legal career, and her occasional support of Republican judges (fairly..."

Feb. 26, 2020 News Post by Michael King

A Banana Peel, a Diaper, and a Plastic Bag Walk Into Austin's Composting Program

How can a whole city compost, is it working, and can we reach zero waste by 2040?

"...just outside the Buda city limits, prevailed in that legal action, although the city has enacted an ordinance that..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Chronicle Endorsements for the March 3 Primary Election

From local judges and representatives to the presidential candidate, here are our recommendations

"...in the judiciary, with a return to desperately needed legal and political balance. In the Democratic primary, we are..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature

County Names Its First Chief Public Defender

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

"...criminal litigation supervisor), and more recently in Virginia as legal director of the Legal Aid Justice Center's Civil Rights..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...diagnosis last year of Parkinson's disease, a central nervous system disorder that impacts motor skills. In a Good Morning..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Federal Judge Dismisses Local Sexual Assault Survivors’ Lawsuit

Yeakel cites progress by Lege in rejecting claims against APD, D.A.

"...amended that August with five additional plaintiffs, argued that systemic failures within the local criminal justice system have led..."

Feb. 11, 2020 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Austin’s Sexual Assault Controversies Roil the District Attorney’s Race

Margaret Moore's controversial handling of rape cases brings opponents to the race

"...survivors, bringing together advocates, law enforcement, forensic nurses, and legal entities. Across the country, SARRT groups are considered a..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Travis County Primary Candidates Jockey to Champion Criminal Justice Change

A closer look at the heated District Attorney, County Attorney, and County Court at Law races

"...common specific reforms are two: eliminating the cash bail system that discriminates against poor defendants, and moving resources away..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...hundreds of broken instruments from the Philadelphia public school system, fixed them and then returned them into the hands..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Unanimously Votes to End Low-Level Pot Enforcement

Manley responds: "APD will still enforce marijuana laws"

"...a means of achieving equity in the criminal justice system. As the Chronicle reported in September, cannabis-related arrests disproportionately..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

An End to Pot Prosecutions?

Council considers resolution to effectively decriminalize low-level possession

"...possession of marijuana cases after a new state law legalizing industrial hemp required all evidence from marijuana (POM) cases..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Unpacks Longest Lineup List

Soccer Mommy, Caroline Rose, Alyona Alyona, and 351 more

"...Legal Vertigo (Montreal, Canada)..."

Jan. 14, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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

Never a slow news day

"...(20)20s – about our schools, our police and justice systems, our land use and the environment, the needs of..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Richard Jewell

Eastwood's latest assault on the establishment mangles its own history

"...Magnum to dispense vigilante justice in defiance of a legal system that protected the criminal’s rights over the rights..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

ICE Draws Fire for “Sham” Detention Contracts

Local groups say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shouldn't get away with sidestepping federal protocol

"...the country – to an already massive for-profit detention system for the next decade," says Bethany Carson with Grassroots..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Council Dives Deep Into Racism at APD, Land Use

Busy week isn't over yet, with development code hearing Saturday

"...goal of understanding “the full extent of bigotry and systemic racism and discrimination” at APD, and “considering reforms to..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

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