Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...of endorsements, and he's raised nearly twice as much money as his opponents in the most expensive mayoral race..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform

"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet

"...largest funding boost for the state's public schools in more than a decade. House Bill 3, dubbed the "Texas..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Iron Orchard

Texas wildcatter literary classic is a sometimes too-faithful adaptation

"...flirt with the idea of a big-screen adaptation. Now, more than 50 years later, it’s Midland-born filmmaker Ty Roberts..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Rundberg Rising

How do you keep improving a neighborhood after $1 million in grant money runs out?

"...look like much: a little concrete pedestrian bridge, no more than two feet tall. They're laying out scenes of..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...an assignment that required I interview a person older than 65. As an out-of-state student in my first semester,..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Reefer Roundup 2/23/11

Your drug war news all in one place.

"...Austin rep, the 411 on California running out of money for drug treatment, the real cost of prohibition, and..."

Feb. 23, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...Cent Program" funding from Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority – money that Cap Metro now is too cash-poor to pay...."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Dunnam Tries to Put Brakes on TxDOT

Democratic leader says transportation agency spending federal stimulus money without oversight

"...not want to spend all of the Obama stimulus money, but the Texas Department of Transportation apparently does –..."

March 3, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Little Athletes, Big Dreams

Austin's youth sports boom is young athletes, big competition – and big money

"...town, in the Austin area today there are probably more than 8,000 kids playing youth soccer...."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Robbing Pedro to Pay … Highland Park?

The funds in the latest public ed bill appear much less than meets the eye

"...teaching needs of schools in El Paso County, where more than a third of Hispanic children live in poverty,..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?

A Preview of Clean Energy Potential in Central Texas

"...quite a while -- talked about, planned for, and, more recently, developed -- as viable energy sources. The eventual..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Courtney Barry

Capitol Chronicle

The Texas state budgeting process is called conservative, but might be better described as "penny wise, pound foolish."

"...fixes for current crises, and then can't find the money to do anything else. This way of doing business..."

Jan. 26, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Longhorn Lobby?

UT's Ethical Entanglements at the Capitol

"...illustration by Doug Potter In politics, money means access. Donations to campaigns, gifts -- such as..."

May 2, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The White Balloon

"...with subtitles. In its form, The White Balloon bears more than a little resemblance to The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roppolo's Pioneering Pizza on Wheels

Talking local food truck history with Marc Roppolo

"...Austin Health and Human Services Department estimated there were more than 1,400 food trucks in Travis County. Fourteen hundred!..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Food Post by Carly Yansak

Budget Stretch Run

City money season at full speed – and the dollars are chasing the needs

"...portion that excludes the "enterprise" or profit-making departments). For more detail, see "Happy Times ... in Moderation," April 26...."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Kickstarter's Dark Side

Don't forget your due diligence

"...when you thought Kickstarter was a fairy land where money magically appeared for worthy artistic endeavors and nary a..."

May 2, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Twisting in the Wind

Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done

"...but of brown. The argument that GreenChoice users pay more than they should is not new (and requires opening..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Talking Travis: Mark Strama

District 50 rep talks interim planning and his Sunny Day fund plan

"...for a committee, you can prepare an agenda better than when you get the assignment when the session has..."

May 14, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Madness: Treatment Works

Bill would divert low-level drug offenders from prison and save a bundle of money

"...prison is expensive. It costs the state of Texas more than $14,000 (at the low end) to house an..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Give Perry a Brain Scan

Governors who reject federal stimulus money need their heads examined

"...that much of what passes for official politics is more accurately described as political theatre. Next week, for example,..."

March 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King

South by Oh Snap!

Louis Black sounds off on how much he hates music.

"...thinking how we can screw Austinites out of even more money. The house is all white – white walls,..."

Feb. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Are We United?

"...life and you mine is through the economy of money. The consequence of my existence in the city affects..."

Sept. 16, 2004 Postmarks

Capitol Chronicle

The state gridlock persists on public school finance.

"...on public school finance -- a subject of rather more permanent significance to the entire state -- have passed..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...intelligence provider," Stratfor could exploit unclassified Internet information better than even the Central Intelligence Agency (which was undergoing its..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Forsaking the Spotlight

Sideman's Roundtable: More Cool Is the Gig, Less Is the Pay

"...and there's a lot of insecurity as far as money. You don't make a lot of money doing this...."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Get Out the Bootstraps

Cause Texas Ain't Takin' Care of You No More

"...they moved to a new apartment, and, with no money coming in, they could not afford to hook up..."

June 13, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Richie Rich

"...John Larroquette, Ed Herrmann, Michael Mcshane, Christine Ebersole and Jonathan Hyde. Okay, it's what you've all been waiting for..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Council Recap: Not Many Tools in the Toolbox

City Hall tries to stretch its funds for music, housing

"...relief funding they approved two weeks ago: leverage the money to help businesses survive through the pandemic, resulting recession,..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: The Way to Safety

The cops are useless against COVID. But they have all the money.

"...punishment, to contain the spread of COVID, because freedom. (Thank Jesus, he agreed on Wednesday to allow cities and..."

June 19, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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