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Off the Desk:

"...city departments, the Barton Creek Preserve (BCP, formerly Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan) is transferring out of the Parks and..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...The next day, Gov. Greg Abbott added additional businesses and activities allowed to reopen this week under Texas' Phase..."

May 29, 2020 News Feature

Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?

Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?

"...is pushing hard for his Thumbs-Up solution to the standoff with Uber and Lyft. And I must say, the..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Breaking Down the Bonds

Affordable housing headlines, but there's plenty in the package

"...City Council hullabaloo over the November referendum propositions (J and K, respectively land use code and "efficiency audit") and..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Column by Michael King

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Off the Desk:

"...Music Network. The budget made its long-awaited debut Wednesday, and on the same day, City Manager Jesus Garza sent..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Feature

Public Notice: Taking a Mulligan?

Hancock Golf Course/Park plans seem to be off the boil

"...Conservancy held its twice-delayed open house meeting with Austin parks officials to discuss the future of the Central Austin..."

March 5, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Daily Hustle: 1/10/11

Of politics and parking meters

"...Tomorrow, Randi Shade is jumpstarting her Place 3 re-election run with..."

Jan. 10, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Saving Lady Bird Lake

City's Parks and Rec Board votes to uphold protections against high-rise development too close to lake's shores

"...In a closely watched vote, the city's Parks and Recreation Board voted 5-4 to uphold protections against..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

In Memoriam

Bil Pfuderer, an actor, director, and designer in Austin theatre for 20 years and producer of the Zilker Summer Musical from 1980-1995, died in Canton, Ohio, on June 4

"...the summer musical has passed. Bil Pfuderer, who produced and directed the annual free production in Zilker Park throughout..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Austin Youth Hostel gets a reprieve from the city, which agreed not to evict the hostel in exchange for $1,625 in rent a month.

"...Noah, a Ugandan living in Vancouver, stopped by during his two-week holiday..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Way of the 'Food Forest'

Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture

"...farmers' market – planned for 1100 East Fifth Street and facilitated by a potential $333,829 city loan to development..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

Floating Tubes Hit NIMBY Rapids

City looks for ways to regulate Colorado River

"...elitist. He says no one cared when kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards were using the water, and that the complaints..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Travis County: Yes, we have elections ...

What you'll find on those ballots just outside of town

"...Beyond the excitement and rancor of Aus­tin's City Council races and the to-and-fro..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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"...know, when I was raised, I didn't have insurance, and my family did just fine." – Rep. Robert Talton,..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

The Budget Battles, Round 3

Will Wynn proposes permanently shuttering libraries, parks, and other facilities to devote scarce resources to the ones that are left.

"...After weeks and months of promising hard choices, forced tradeoffs, and other..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Forest for the Trees

The Austin Arts Commission has never been a model of bureaucratic efficiency, but this year it seems to have become a big cliché in action, a body so focused on procedure and minutiae and the concerns of the moment that it can't see the forest for the trees. It's compounding the problems in Austin's profoundly flawed public arts funding system and demonstrating just how poorly that process serves not only the city's artists but all its citizens.

"...quibbling over something totally unrelated to the matter at hand, particularly something as trivial as the accuracy of the..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It's a Good Economy, Stupid

Austin Plays Weak Catch-Up in Boom Times

"...time on the road, it is on the road and coming. I tell thee it never retreats, and never..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Off the Desk

"...TateAustin, the bustling downtown ad and PR firm which is home to the new Chamber..."

Jan. 12, 1996 News Feature

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...federal funds. The award-winning 1,200-acre plant recycles Austin's sewage and yard trimmings, producing Dillo Dirt compost; it's also home..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...on President Bush's Supreme Court nominee Harriet MiersHeadlines• Many thousands of people were killed in a powerful earthquake that..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

Harvesting History

An appreciation of the pecan

"...impoverished graduate students. It's a hit with some European and Asian colleagues who've never seen pecans before...."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

After 44 Years, Contentious Gravesite Decoration Rules May Change

Will new cemetery rules stick?

"...1978. It's tried several times, but it's an emotional and contentious issue where people don't see eye to eye...."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Unasked Questions

"...There's This,” News, Aug. 31]. The decision of the Parks Board to pass the plan on to the City..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Postmarks

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"...protest. They also announced a citywide boycott of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. For more, see "Developing Stories."..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...if Michael King, the News editor, actually investigates the candidates before giving them the nod, or are Tarot cards..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Public Notice: A Park Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

The bad idea for Long Park, and public events around town

"...make no mistake – springtime is in the air. And in springtime, a young city's fancy turns to –..."

March 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

PUD Proposal Wins Few Friends

Developers of proposed condo seek a zoning change to allow a height of 96 feet at Riverside and Lamar project

"...more opponents to a proposed condo development at Riverside and South Lamar. So far the project has failed to..."

April 12, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

City Hall Hustle: He's Making a List ...

The Hustle checks in on the mayor's campaign agenda

"...Council" – the agenda portion generally covering policy prescriptions and usually a handful of initiatives – stretches 17 items..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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"...Late Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and House Speaker Tom Craddick say they've resolved a monetary..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

Planning South Shore Central: The ROMA Report

2000 study of redeveloping the South Shore was a good first effort

"...a citizen task force, the Town Lake Waterfront Advisory Board, to study the South Shore Central area surrounding the..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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