2005 Kids Summer Camps

An annotated list of several places where kids could be going this summer to enjoy physically and mentally invigorating activities

"...Summer is a-comin' in, and the kids are a-goin' out. Here, corralled and updated..."

April 29, 2005 Features Feature

Council Whistles a Happy Budget Tune

Pain, pain, go away, come again some other day

"..."Stairway to Heaven." Last year, "Don't Worry Be Happy." And this week, the City Council signed off on Futrell's..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...In addition to Doggett – and in part because of his get-out-the-vote efforts – Democrats..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Inside Books Turned Outside

"...the all-volunteer nonprofit a 30-day notice to pack up and vacate its roomy, $100-per-month space. IBP members now face..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...that the Capital Area Tennis Association is courting the Parks and Recreation Dept. to get a tournament-sized tennis facility..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Where's Julia Butterfly?

"...group of students out of a grove of oaks and cypresses he wanted bulldozed to make room for the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Paint By Numbers

Racial Divides in Austin's Public Arts Funding

"...pretty, but it seems that when you mix art and tax money, it's never pretty. When you add race..."

June 28, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...has concerns about the growing presence of autonomous cars and the city's inability to regulate them due to a..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature

One in a Crowd

Barton Springs history needs your crowdfunding help

"...Karen Kocher (creator of Austin Past and Present) and collaborator Monica Flores are developing the latest..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Column by Savannah J Salazar

Top 10 City Council Stories

Redistricting, affordable housing, and more

"...coming: After a couple of decades, seven city votes, and a Rube Goldberg mapping process – a grownup city..."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Council Passes Budget – Minus Mayor's Vote

A $3.1 billion financial package took two days of wrangling

"...days of discussions marked by moments of spontaneity, confusion, and unusual plays...."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Headlines

"...of paid parking hours Downtown. See "City Hall Hustle" and "Finding the Way to Downtown Parking."..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature

The Daily Hustle: 4/21/10 (Updated)

We're (really not) in the money …

"...Today, City Council took up their annual Economic Outlook and Five Year Forecast on the budget today, the kickoff..."

April 21, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Austin Municipal Bonds: The 'CliffsNotes' version

It's real simple:'yes' seven times

"...cram the ballot propositions, hoping to God you kinda-sorta understand what the hell they say and that you're voting..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

Chlorine

First place

"...reached for a tot, skimming his knuckles in ketchup, and thought it was a small sort of miracle that..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Gail Miller

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond

"...are keeping their options open. See "Capitol Chronicle," right, and p.19...."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Lloyd Doggett’s 40 acres stand in the path of a proposed extension to the Bull Creek Greenbelt, but he’d rather develop the property into houses than sell the land to the city.

"...the fray, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett's plan to develop land he owns along Old Spicewood Springs Road has landed..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Politics Top 10

Top Ten Political Stories

"...industry. Like junkies protecting their stash, councilmembers, city staff, and electric utility commissioners racked their brains in 1996 for..."

Jan. 10, 1997 News Feature

Public Notice: Top 10 Stories of 2021

Some top topics on the community news front

"...– but selected for their importance to local residents, and/or an element of public input into the political process...."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Georgia on My Mind

It was the best of days, it was the worst of days

"...know this column generally focuses on local politics – and god knows we have plenty of that going on..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Council: Here's Your Budget!

Council holds line on tax rate, juggles many line items

"...On Tuesday afternoon, after much pushing and pulling, as well as a good deal of hemming..."

Sept. 13, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

'Design Waller Creek: A Competition'

Winning design for Waller Creek Conservancy's contest creates civic spaces amid greenery

"...with the Lattice, the Grove, the Narrows, the Refuge, and the Confluence proved most dynamic to those making the..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...initiative reveals the program is plagued by accounting, structural, and other problems. The auditor developed a set of recommendations..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Articulations

"...the Director of Cultural Affairs post vacated by Jack Anderson in October. We learned that the delay was the..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Meet Your Council Candidates: The city and the League of Women Voters Austin..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature

Proposed Sports Complex Threatens Dark Skies in River Hills

Westside project faces new wave of resistance

"...secure a site to build facilities for local games and tournaments. On June 2 through their agent, KBGE Engineering,..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Death Waits for No Plan

Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public

"...daughter of John R. Black, to memorialize her father and his friend George M. Dolson...."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...release normally public documents concerning two former officers' time and work records because it says those documents are now..."

July 23, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Michael King's essays on journalism and governance often entertain, no more so than in his..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

Totally PC

When it comes to city planning, nothing's constant but change.

"...it became a story about changing the whole planning and development system. Should we stop the city of Austin..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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