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Beyond City Limits

"...2465 to create a "pilot program" to allow low-income students in 11 major urban districts (including Austin ISD) to..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Losing Our Lunch

"...A school is made of individuals. Students, teachers, parents, and staff all play a role. A..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

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Off the Desk:

"...week's fatal shooting spree by an Oregon high school student, Austin Independent School District officials told the Austin American-Statesman..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature

Public School Rally Moves Indoors Due to Cold Snap

Save Texas Schools rally brings advocates from across the state to Austin

"...Then, at 12:30, our speakers will finish and we'll march one block to the Capitol and wrap up the..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 19-25

"...thing ever sold in human history? It was a 530-million-acre chunk of land in North America. In 1803, the..."

July 19, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Faster Than Sound: Recapping the Year SXSW Got Canceled

Venue closures, fundraising, and industry layoffs headlined Austin music's difficult 2020

"...The Moody Theater's last big gathering occurred March 11 at the Chronicle's Austin Music Awards, where Mayor..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Unbounded Agency for the Underrepresented

Anita Obasi’s parties make space for queer artistry, Jay Wile’s croon tricks fans of Frank Ocean, and more recommendations for KVRX Fest

"...and Saturday's first annual KVRX Festival breaks out the student-run tastemakers at Cheer Up Charlies and Symphony Square for..."

May 10, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

2018 Primary Elections: Giddy With Energy

Tracking back on a wild election night

"...Austin Police for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old foreign exchange student (though there are plenty of holes in both stories;..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Council: Members Spar on Affordable Housing, Meaning of Compassion

"...part of the unallocated 2013 affordable housing bond ($30 million of the total $65 million) for permanent affordable housing..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...the "Texas Miracle" was the alleged spike in state student accomplishment due to the imposition of public school "accountability"..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

The Revolution Will Be Printed in 3-D

Great hope or so much hype?

"...the industries of America's future, touting the government's $30 million investment into a 3-D printmaking hub in Ohio. "It's..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...• Perry Borrows From the Feds Remember that $555 million in federal stimulus money for unemployment insurance that Gov...."

July 17, 2009 News Feature

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...that, even with generous tax projections, the city's $20.6 million in the hole; see "Beside the Point."..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

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"...the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. in a march through town and a celebration at Huston-Tillotson University...."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature

Articulations

Austin helps the Lysistrata Project become a global phenomenon, and Governor Rick Perry and Austin Mayor Gus Garcia speak out in favor of the Long Center.

"...On Monday, March 3, close to 200 Austinites joined the thousands around..."

March 7, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...Proposition 8 will authorize the issuance of approximately $850 million in bonds for 13 state agencies, including the Texas..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

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Former TFSC Counsel Responds

"...is incorrect. The previous director left the agency in March of 1996, some six months before Ms. May was..."

April 9, 1999 Column

Keep On Shoppin'

Wheatsville Calls on Old Friends to Stay Afloat

"...Food Co-op was planning its 20th anniversary celebration last March, the neighborhood grocery store was, in truth, hobbling along...."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It

With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

"...“That was supposed to have closed March 31, 2020.”..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...sentimental – it doesn't have time. With almost 95 million pounds of donations last year, it has to process..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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"...• Austin students did better on the National Assessment of Educational Progress..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Authority's multi-billion dollar toll road plan includes over $700 million for widening existing highway lanes and building new highways..."

July 9, 2004 Column

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"...The City Council is about to grant Stratus $16.4 million of taxpayer money to subsidize development. $16.4 million! The..."

July 19, 2002 Column

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What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.

"...about the prisoner, Amy Smith ["Deep Blues From Gatesville," March 16]. It barely mentioned that her drugs included prescribed..."

March 23, 2001 Column

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Off the Desk:

"...If you're a student of Freeport-McMoRan's dealings in Indonesia, then UT Prof. Robert..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature

Off the Desk

"...Heitz, a former architect who actively supported the $20 million baseball stadium voters turned down last year, has no..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Mind Games

New science that gets in your head

"...his mind-reading dirty work. The Netflix Prize offered $1 million to a team that could improve the accuracy of..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

West Side Showdown

The new political year begins with a four-way speed race for House District 48

"...finance, which Perry is expected to convene after the March primary. "This race is about one thing and one..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

After a Fashion

Catch Stephen out schmoozing for a good cause or two. It's that time of year, folks. The social and fashion seasons are upon us.

"...at the Four Seasons for the entire month of March – year after year, it seems that I wind..."

March 26, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Double Jeopardy

A long-ago marijuana conviction gets a library staffer fired and raises questions about city employment policies and the war on drugs

"...In March, just two months after he was hired, Ryan Blum-Kryzstal..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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