Labor Backs AISD Bonds

District, unions reach agreement on prevailing-wage issue

"...In a move of confidence that Austin ISD will honor an 11th-hour commitment to adopt an accurate prevailing wage..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

No Room at the Complex

Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos

"...acquiring your new digs: ceaselessly scouring Craigslist for rent south of $650 or deals in Hyde Park (good luck..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

No Green Acres

Crumbling Landmarks

"...Texas is known for its historical landmarks, yet many of the treasures..."

April 16, 1999 News Feature

Groping Women, Ducking Questions, Fighting Lightweights, Bashing Bonds

Election notes from the city, state, country, and beyond

"...creeping into the presidential race, and Texas Republicans don't know what to do with themselves. When tape emerged of..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

No Parking Garage, Says Downtown Crowd

The proposed Convention Center garage finds few friends, and even trips over a city official's own testimony.

"...Convention Center parking garage and a district chilling plant. Not only is the landowner waging strong resistance to the..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Kicking Around the Bonds

T he Sisyphus bond committee just rolled the stone up the hill – be ready to duck

"...my young colleague, Wells Dunbar – hereafter to be known around the newsroom as "Scoop" – the City Council..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Gay Place

Tarik Daniels celebrates the release of his first novel and GQB raises cash for SAFE

"...The queers behind Guerrilla Queer (hi y'all) wanna know – did you miss us? Don't say it, show..."

April 27, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity

Like community, but queerer

"...myself) – made it a place for anyone who sought shelter under the ever-growing LGBTQ umbrella. I've carried that..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Numbers Game

Read Council's Lips: No New Taxes

"...illustration by Doug POtter Austin's annual budget season opened last week with a bang ("We're rich!") followed..."

May 29, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Bondology

How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.

"...101: In Texas, when it comes to local government, no bonds will mean no infrastructure...."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back

"...Cold Water on TOD..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column

Ruby in Paradise

"...Victor Nunez. Starring: Ashley Judd, Todd Field, Bentley Mitchum, Alison Dean and Dorothy Lyman. Ruby in paradise. Ruby in..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...into his tip jar and frowned. A buck and some change were all that had come in from the..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner, Arliss Howard, Jason London, Chris Penn. To Wong Foo is a fairy..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...and only lover (and that was last summer, with no phone calls or tender words since), is stricken to..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

All Over Me

"...Directed by: Alex Sichel. Starring: Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz, Ann Dowd,..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Opposed to Roads

"...Louis Black recently pondered why toll road opposition is so strong ["Page Two," Jan. 21]. One sound reason is..."

Jan. 27, 2005 Postmarks

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...Scott Swearingen: The SOS [Save Our Springs Alliance] movement in the 1990s ......"

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...of Emergency Management, about how Austin prepares for hurricane season and the lessons of Hurricane Ike. I also spoke..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Shins' James Mercer: Fond of Y-O-U

The Shins' James Mercer winces upon a star.

"...Shins album, Wincing the Night Away, was less an absolute belief in its perfection than a prediction. A prediction..."

March 1, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Film

Film Reviews

"...Keith David, Pee Wee Love, Regina Taylor. From the novel by Richard Price (who also co-wrote the screenplay with..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Five Feet Apart

Meet cute on the teen ICU takes a turn for the corny

"...Directed by: Justin Baldoni. Starring: Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias, Parminder Nagra and Kimberly Hebert..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Chronicle Endorsements: City Propositions

Up or down, yes or no

"...kind in city history tops ballot propositions for a reason: Austin needs more affordable housing – approximately $4 billion..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Naked City

Rick Green and Ken Armbrister push a flurry of bills creating special water and development districts -- including the reviled, though much-revised, "Bradley bill" -- through their respective chambers at the Legislature.

"...into a veritable lather over the last month, filing not one, not two, but six bills to create special..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Slusher Rebuts MCM..."

March 15, 2002 Column

To the Lighthouse

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

"...was the city's proposed water plant, Water Treatment Plant No. 4, expected (at full build-out) to process 300 million..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...Let's put it this way: "Questions raised about city minority contracting program" is not exactly a man-bites-dog headline. We..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Down From the Mountain

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

"...Robert Redford's annual festival of independent film -- and so was the glitz factor. This meant that not only..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Special Summer?

Gov. Perry and Speaker Straus play down the need for a speedy special session (note the speedy bit)

"...The announcement that Speaker Joe Straus would be holding a press..."

June 3, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...and walkers – and the city sports fields booked solid by avid recreational athletes – are integral to Austin's..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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