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"...Project Connect Suit Thrown Out: The class-action lawsuit to prevent..."

Jan. 3, 2025 News Feature

Public Notice: Chill Out, America!

Too many stupid shootings; TGI 4/20

"...the people in the country are either idiots, or plain evil. I blame right-wing media for a lot of..."

April 21, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"..."I'm just Celia," she told the Chronicle in an interview, "I'm just this way because people are hurting" –..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...Harrigan looks at such legends from angles that make plain their humanity, that show them not as giants marching..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...I had to sit on this review for a week, until the project was over. Because..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Council OK's Motel Purchase to Help Homeless

Also on the dais: parks, trains, trails, diapers

"...Henri Daumus, bluntly voiced his concerns: “I am in plain view of this facility,” he told Council. “If I..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

City to Investigate Alleged Racism, Homophobia in APD's Top Ranks

APA President says he's "horrified" by the allegations

"...A complaint filed against former Austin Assistant Police Chief Justin Newsom..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City to Open Investigation into Alleged Racism Atop APD

Accused assistant chief retired abruptly earlier this week

"...A complaint filed against former Austin Police Assistant Chief Justin Newsom..."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Adam Torres’ Big Sky Americana

His panoramic view of the world transcends into his haunting falsetto

"...solemn, slow strums underpinning his vulnerable falsetto. "Over the plain with no one in sight/ Wrap me around/ Juniper..."

July 14, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Follow all our SXSW news, reviews, interviews, and previews at austinchronicle.com/sxsw. Now here's today's full..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...organizations, headed up a 2009 steering committee for the project and eventually became its executive director...."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

The Mayor's Story

Three contenders try to write a personal tale that will convince the voters

"...earliest of the entire field.) For similar reasons, Adler explained his big initial self-loan to the campaign as necessary..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Curtain Up on Mayor’s Race

Centex Dem forum opens with ‘major’ candidates

"...sympathetic laughter when she said, “I regret that … interview” (referring to her impromptu interview on her travel expenses..."

June 22, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The AggreGAYtor: January 9

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• A “former patron” is suing Philadelphia gay bar..."

Jan. 9, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Framing the Guilty?

Houston police thought they had their man – so the evidence was no problem

"...guilty or innocent. According to the New York-based Innocence Project, government misconduct is a leading cause of wrongful convictions...."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Peaceful Streets Project Founder Arrested for Interfering with Police

The saga of Antonio Buehler and Austin PD continues

"...Antonio Buehler, founder of the Peaceful Streets Project that has organized a small army of residents into..."

Aug. 27, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Film Flam

A Super Bowl surprise, SXSW Comedy news, & Kevin Smith

"...MCW Program Coordinator Marla Akin explained how the copywriting team came together:..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

City Hall Hustle: Skid Marks on the Dais

The (slightly) new council takes up high-speed chicanes

"...Lodging.") With the large crowd predictably polarized over the project, few paid heed to Mayor Lee Leffingwell's somewhat hapless..."

July 1, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Politics Gift Guide

Curios for current-events connoisseurs

"...Thompson-Cannino is not entirely unique. According to the Innocence Project, there have been 261 post-conviction DNA exonerations nationwide; Texas..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...who would love to see a few nice infill projects supporting those beloved places and improving their main thoroughfare..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The View From 21 Rio

Workers mourn and OSHA cites contractors in fatal accident

"...Their safety complaints had been officially validated earlier that week, when the..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...

Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals

"...pulpit to push an agenda. And depending on your view of the five candidates currently vying for the center..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

How to Be an Online Supastah!

Austinites work the Web

"...4) Be absolutely, positively devoted to your project. Believe in the "If I post it, they will..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Lunacy and Sorrow

David Berman pokes the Silver Jews out of his shell

"...much to distinguish Silver Jews from a Pavement side project: The songwriter never toured and became an increasingly elusive..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...requires a permit from the Watershed Protection and Devel­op­ment Review Department, with certain exceptions (such as removal of a..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Lotto Madness Continues in Court

Judge recommends denying motion for summary judgment in Texas Lottery Commission whistle-blower suit

"...Austin concluded, because Grief's arguments for dismissal were just plain "odd." Charles is suing Grief and the commission, claiming..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Daniel Bozhkov: Recent Works

The pieces in 'Daniel Bozhkov: Recent Works' grab our eye with comic incongruities, but behind the visual joke is a story of how everything in our world is connected

"...for combining seemingly incongruous elements, and in the seven projects of his now on view at Arthouse, that may..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...immigrant advocates, including PODER and the Texas Civil Rights Project, say they believe the raids are occurring and ask..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The Champion tract, 2222, the Gables Project, and AMD "deal," all "proof" because the city didn't..."

April 7, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...know which of those statements represents your point of view...."

April 8, 2005 Column

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