Lege Lines: Bathroom Bill Steals Spotlight

"Texas Privacy Act" isn't about privacy – it's about transphobia

"...the sex listed on their birth certificate and undo local nondiscrimination protections. Of course, the bill isn't about privacy,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Local Eateries to Feed Your Hangover

Feast your eyes, then your stomach

"...Juiceland (120 E. Fourth) on Fourth and Brazos. The local chain is known for their healthy and delicious blended..."

June 17, 2016 Columns Post by Spencer Beghtol

Lege Lines: Kill Bill(s)

Abbott vetoes more than 40 bills

"...HB 3060 by Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas: Increased enforcement of local animal control and water conservation ordinances..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: The Score

How the 83rd did on water infrastructure, the budget, education, the environment, and transportation

"...which supplies large areas of the Panhandle, saw near-record declines as farmers drained the reserves to irrigate crops. Meanwhile,..."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Local Civil Rights Hero Overton Dies

Activist helped desegregate Austin's schools

"...the times he and his siblings stood in picket lines with their father and generally showed up where they..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...death, wrapped in phone cord and thrown in the local lake. So the presence in my neighborhood of the..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Celebrate 4/20 With These Inclusive Local Cannabis Products

All the stoner ladies

"...and healing properties." Restart CBD works with hemp-farming communities, local educators, other industry leaders, and manufacturers to improve cannabis..."

April 15, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Lege Lines: Yes, Dan Patrick Is Really That Petty

Committee assignments spawn high-school drama in the Senate

"...because "I have consistently stood up for rural Texas, local control, and public education rather than trumpeting the lieutenant..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Local Writers Hone Their Craft at the Street Lit Authors Club

Creating a space where those experiencing homelessness can tell their stories

"...Marcellus, who also writes for The Challenger – a local newspaper written by those who are experiencing homelessness or..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Feature by Beth Sullivan

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome

Taking stock of the week that was

"...to say that he blocked extreme measures unpopular with local governments and big business; Patrick will take credit for..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Stretching Toward a Sunset

Don't praise the Senate GOP for working quickly to pass what's needed

"...bill," a handful of anti-abortion measures, and bills restricting local control. By Abbott's orders, the additional 19 proposals can..."

July 21, 2017 News Column by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Texas Temper Tantrum

Freedom Caucus wigs out, "chubs," stalls, kills every bill in sight

"...disruption – late last week derailed more than 120 local and consent calendar bills, typically uncontroversial legislation meant to..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Bills on the Move

The heat is on in the state's House and Senate

"...The bill would pre-empt the current patchwork of 101 local ordinances around Texas, many of which are actually tougher..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Lege Lines: Don’t Blame the Death Worm

The Texas House wants to kill off "film incentives"

"...impact defunding TMIIIP would have on future state and local tax revenues...."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Islamophobia Is out of Hand

In Texas and the nation, anti-refugee and anti-Muslim fervor grows

"...a protective shield against anti-Muslim extremists while speakers, including local legislators, Mayor Steve Adler, and City Council Member Greg..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Off the Rails Already

Lege opens with sparring chambers, questions about Dukes' future

"...out Dukes had informed neither state Dem­ocrats nor the local party – nor the rest of the delegation –..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

Medicaid, guns, and more

"...pesky matter of emergency room care, paid for by local property taxes and by higher health insurance rates for..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Local Wildlife Habitat Under Siege

Meanwhile, Martin Middle School's garden, bulldozed, has plans for a return

"...plants for the garden, especially those that will attract local wildlife. She also plans to integrate into the garden..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drawing Lines on Prop. 1

The city debates campaign finance reform.

"...signed by the Citizens Committee for Proper Expenditure of Local Taxes, listing Ann E. Proctor as treasurer. At press..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Eating Between the Lines

Literary Diversions for Foodies, With Recipes

"...the killing. Along the way, Faith encounters an aging local dowager stockpiling dried food in anticipation of Y2K and..."

June 15, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Eating Between the Lines

Books for Cooks

"...food through its small-town restaurants, family dynasties, and distinctive local specialties. Through over 200 descriptive vignettes/reviews, Southern Belly takes..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Austin at Large: Battle Lines Being (Re)drawn

The imperfect ways we try to describe what’s at stake when neighborhoods change

"...struggle with how to describe this signal frontier of local politics, and I wish we could still just say..."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy

As voting's become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights

"...hasn't run; the county clerk, herself among the longest-­serving local elected officials in Texas, would have appeared on the..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Local Exhibitions Point to Ways People of Color Were Freed but Still Aren't Free

The Carver Museum asks: Freedom when?

"...straight strips of tape setting up geometric zones and lines, across which are stuck hundreds of short wires on..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lege Lines: Do It for the Kids

House Dems lay out school finance plan

"...public education investment, there would be reduced pressure by local governments to raise property taxes. House Speaker Dennis Bon­nen,..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Lege Lines: A Win for Brewers, a Scam for Paxtons, and More

This bill's for you

"...out of committee – as an unacceptable choke on local control; whose vote is needed to bring SB 2..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: Texas GOP Tees up More Voter ID Nonsense

Secretary of State issues election advisory, ignites right-wing voter fraud frenzy

"...The coalition also asked local officials in all 254 counties to take no action..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Sine Done

The dregs from last month's special session

"...to pass right-wing legislation like the bathroom bill and local government budget restrictions), it seems he is more prepared..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Does Texas Really Need a Special Session

Save for the sunset bill, does Texas really need a special session?

"...the call. Most are hard-line Republican dogma, like crippling local government budgets and further throttling Planned Parenthood's funding streams...."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Patrick’s Hostage Play

How the Lt. Gov. held the 85th Lege for ransom

"...back his hobbyhorses: bathroom bills, school vouchers, and damaging local property tax caps...."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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