Walking on the Water

Running hot or cold on the boardwalk

"...another man's treasure – or more accurately, one's scenic boardwalk is another's "elevated concrete human highway." So to the..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...House members announced legislation to overturn his executive order mandating the vaccination of young girls against the human papillomavirus..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

Council Wrap-up

Staff not amused by some CMs' ideas on how to cut the budget

"...session was only indirectly related to the matter at hand, budget development. The evening before, City Manager Marc Ott..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 5/3/10

Blue bins and 'hood friends

"...step to recycling the city's Blue Bin stream locally. And among public hearings, an appeal of the Zoning and..."

May 3, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 4/12/10

Board and commission round-up

"...fallout (if any) from council's “crisis pregnancy center” decision, and just what the hell our mayor is doing in..."

April 12, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point: A Vegetative State

The City Council tries to move the budget beyond meat and potatoes

"...$525.3 million budget's emphasis is on rebuilding, boosting services and staff back to their pre-downturn levels. It's a very..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Council Watch

City inks 50-year water deal with LCRA

"...terms of the city's 1987 contract with the LCRA, and LCRA will get money with which to pay off..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Put the Soccer Stadium in the River

Precourt Sports Ventures' troubles finding a home continue

"...Precourt Sports Ventures, who last night saw the city's Parks and Recreation Board unanimously pass a resolution to recommend..."

March 2, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Aquatic Master Plan May Be Mastered

Long-awaited pool plan goes before Parks and Rec Board

"...After two years of painstaking work and public input, the final Aquatic Master Plan unveiled this..."

Dec. 5, 2017 News Post by Nina Hernandez

The Daily Hustle: 9/15/10

Spelman waxes on WTP4, rate increases

"...on in our live-blog was Austin Water's rate increases and Bill Spelman's failed motion to roll the increase back..."

Sept. 15, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Dreaming of Buffalo

Prairie preservationists want to turn Austin's eyes – and energies – eastward

"...sickly result of spending a couple of centuries plowing and grazing and messing things up...."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Chronicle Endorsements: City Council

Who should sit on the next dais

"...Austin voters are fortunate to have two strong, experienced candidates for mayor in incumbent Adler and former Council Mem­ber..."

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

The Name Game Visits Auditorium Shores

City delays renaming in honor of Vic Mathias

"...have bypassed the customary 90-day renaming process for city parks. Council took similar hasty actions (but not without some..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

No Rush to Rename Auditorium Shores

Council delays name change to "Vic Mathias Shores"

"...have bypassed the customary 90-day renaming process for city parks. Council took similar hasty actions (but not without some..."

May 27, 2014 News Post by Amy Smith

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...to mind all the worst stereotypes of the arts and its practitioners as elitists out of touch with regular..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Daily Hustle: 10/20/10

City's web redesign keeps processing

"...And now for something completely different …..."

Oct. 20, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

If It Ain't Broke...

"...The city council and city staff have finally found something they can agree..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature

The UMLAUF’s Getting Way Bigger

Nonprofit to integrate artist’s home with sculpture garden

"...Before he died, sculptor Charles Umlauf and his wife Angie arranged to have the house they’d..."

Aug. 23, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: What’s Public, What’s Private

Power and parks: My conflicting views of privatizing public services and spaces

"...so I'm going to try to synthesize them here and see if any of you share in my cognitive..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements: Austin City Council

Five districts up for grabs

"...the Southeast Austin representative has proven herself thoughtful, considerate, and professional, with a natural eye toward social justice and..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

Meet the Candidates for City Council

Five incumbents fight for their seats at the dais

"...least one challenger for their seat at the dais, and there could be more by the time the filing..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Hitting the Budget Barbells

The annual city budget workouts begin, and you're all invited

"...The city budget returns, and with it, all the perennial questions accompanying the annual..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...bitter ice storm left more than 150,000 Austin homes and businesses (including the Chronicle) without power; Austin Energy anticipated..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Feature

Council: Visit Austin, But How?

Defining oversight for city tourism

"...way to having a Tourism Commission. The new 11-member board, which City Council approved after a contentious discussion (sound..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Road to 10-1: Now We Begin

Teardown Town

"...Anchored on the south by the rapidly changing Crestview, Allandale, and Wooten neighborhoods, District 7 is in transition, and..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...Council contest, in 2009, which filled the mayoral chair and three council seats, garnered a whopping 13% of registered..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...into one of the thick supporting poles of a billboard, a young man halfway through the shattered windshield, the..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: Doing In Deed Restrictions?

Plus: More Hancock! And fewer teachers?

"...clauses still on their property deeds. Though held unconstitutional and unenforceable decades ago, these racially restrictive covenants remain on..."

March 12, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

News Roundup: Congress, Council, & Concealed Weapons

Guns in; refugees out

"...in the state house leaves vacancies for Tea Party candidates to fill, a former Council candidate says that city..."

Sept. 8, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

The Daily Hustle: 4/27/10

Sample some TDH -- no permit required

"...TDH has his hands full, but still managed to hit you with a..."

April 27, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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