To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...workforce strategies, since they allow advancement for workers without college degrees.)..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

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"...conditions. Too bad nothing materialized in the recently adjourned Lege session!..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...to better support the state's mental health efforts. The Lege's support, said Richards, has been evident for the last..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

State Board of Education Brings a New Anti-Sex Circus to Town

Anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, and creationism advocates to help revise Texas public schools’ sex education

"...teaching creationism in science classrooms and also backed the Lege's failed 2017 "bathroom bill," an attempt to discriminate against..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Council Dials Back Laws Targeting Homeless

In response, Abbott again threatens to save Austin from its elected leaders

"...his own, writing, "You had 6 months [during the Lege] to address the very real suffering of millions of..."

June 28, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rep. Jonathan Stickland’s Not Running Again and You Can Thank the Lord

Curtains down for the notoriously belligerent legislator, aka Sticky

"...a technicality, and was the only vote against the Lege’s school finance reform bill...."

June 24, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Abbott to Send 1,000 National Guard Troops to Texas Border

Slams Congress as "reprobates" for failing border security

"...And that’s in addition to the $800 million the Lege appropriated to border security...."

June 21, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Joaquin Castro and Lloyd Doggett Demand Voter Purge Documents

If state leaders have "nothing to hide, why wouldn't they turn those documents over?"

"...Calling state officials "Trumpettes" trying to avoid accountability and..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

How the Revenue Cap "Reform" Will Affect Austin and Travis County

Senate Bill 2, explained

"...the Legislative session just past. Whether you see the Lege's handiwork in Senate Bill 2 as a triumph (e.g.,..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

With Session Over, AISD to Wrap Up Budget

Employee compensation still at issue in upcoming spending plan

"...million in both fiscal 2020 and 2021, when the Lege returns...."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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