Day Trips: Battleship Texas, Galveston

Historic ship wows Gulf Coast visitors

"...The Battleship Texas looks small sitting in dry dock among the towers..."

March 10, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Motor Voter: Texas Won’t Play Nice

Why does the state want to restrict voting access?

"...In a follow-up to his ruling that found Texas in violation of the National Voter Registration Act's motor..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Waltz Across Texas

Is the Broken Spoke being edged off South Lamar?

"...have a way of vanishing in the face of progress. Where Do You Come From, Cotton-Eyed Joe?..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

UPDATE: Senate Filibuster in Progress

Close to vote on SB5; clock ticking

"...from Deuell: "Do you believe the traditions of the Texas Senate are more important than the health of Texas..."

June 25, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Travis Co. Delegation: Progress Report

Local legislators fill us in on their work this session

"...gaps between the House and Senate versions of the Texas Department of Transportation Sunset bills and examining the House..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Coal Rush Update

Planned coal power plants loom large, get political

"...– which will double statewide with the new plants. Texas is already the nation's foremost emitter of toxic mercury..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin Restaurant Weeks, Texas French Bread’s Secret Garden, Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s Partial Departure, MASS Gallery’s New Food Trailer, the Diner Bar’s Austin Family Kitchen, and More, More, More…

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Fri., Sept. 1, wherein you can help the Central Texas Food Bank fight hunger by dining out at some..."

Aug. 30, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Opinion: The Outdoor Recreation Economy in Texas Depends on EPA Safeguards

An Austin bike shop owner on why the climate crisis isn't just bad for the environment – it's bad for business, too

"...the last few years, however, the entire country – Texas included – has experienced the devastating effects of climate..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by Brad Wimberly

Texas Book Festival 2020: Mychal Denzel Smith

A conversation with the author of Stakes Is High

"...breadth. So in speaking with Smith prior to his Texas Book Festival event on Friday, Nov. 6, the conversation..."

Nov. 4, 2020 Arts Post by Evan Rodriguez

University of Texas Pledges a Harder Line on Sexual Misconduct

UT Pres Fenves: "If a faculty or staff member commits these acts, the consequences will be clear"

"...campus protests and an external review, the University of Texas at Austin will now fire faculty and staff members..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Rare Wins for Workers' Rights at the Texas Lege

Cities win against local preemption bills

"...From the outset of the 86th Texas Legis­lature, Republican lawmakers, backed by Abbott and Patrick, trained..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Public Policy Foundation Files Suit Against City’s Sick Leave Ordinance

Surprise, surprise

"...The conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation think tank is hoping to undo..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Texas Hammer: Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights

It's a war on women's health

"...comes to defunding Planned Parenthood and attacking abortion rights, Texas pretty much wrote the playbook. In the name of..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

How Much Will Texas Spend?

The Legislature's conference committee spending proposals

"...days and nights, but we have made some great progress," said House Appropriations Chair John Otto, R-Dayton, as he..."

May 21, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Save Texas Schools Declares Independence

Have Texas lawmakers made 'adequate yearly progress'?

"...That was the message of the March 24 Save Texas Schools rally at the Capitol, as public education advocates..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Gets Coal Shoulder for the Health of It

New EPA standards crack down on sulfur dioxide emissions

"...to operate older coal plants and petroleum refineries in Texas and nationally. The rules require new monitors to be..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A Dose of Integrity for Texas Criminal Justice

The Court of Criminal Appeals has created an Integrity Unit – but can the CCA really be part of the solution when it's so much a part of the problem?

"...parade of wrongfully convicted continues to march out of Texas' prisons: Thirty inmates have been exonerated by DNA since..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Joined in Progress

Three local channels get Austin back with the program – but is anybody watching?

"...Collegiate Presswire, ME TV is an antithesis to the Texas way of thinking, which says bigger is always better...."

June 23, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

History vs. "Progress"

I-35 expansion opponents from Eastside neighborhoods plan to apply for national historic area designation and promise to fight TxDOT along the way to salvage historic structures in their neighborhood.

"...just about anything in their path -- and the Texas Dept. of Transportation earned a reputation for doing just..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

New “One-Stop Shop” for Trauma Recovery Is the First in Texas

It opens Nov. 1

"...for those affected by violence. It's the first in Texas but follows a national model that many other cities..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Little Hope for Expanding Texas Medicaid in the Coming Year

Open enrollment begins

"...It's a big task. Texas is one of just 12 states that has not..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Morph Into Texas' Hounds of Hades With This Year's Halloween Mask

Halloween mask instructions

"...were especially frightened by the far-reaching turmoil unleashed by Texas' three heads of state: Gov. Greg Abbott, A.G. Ken..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Features Feature

The Texas Hammer: Grab Bag

More Austin bashing from our state lawmakers

"...the country that found a healthy breeding ground in Texas politics. Bills intended to protect innocent Christian-owned businesses from..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Texas Moonshine

Previously pigeonholed psych trio Ringo Deathstarr transcends its root crushes

"...A lysergic mecca in the Sixties and Seventies, the Texas state capital warped its native blues and country through..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Texas House: GOP Hangs On to a Whisker-Thin Majority

Dems come oh so close to rocking the House

"...While most of the results-watchers at the Texas Democratic Party's election night bash at the Driskill Hotel..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Drip of Progress for Northridge Acres

The state questions why the plan to provide water to Northridge Acres costs so much.

"...Acres subdivision directly into a fat loan from the Texas Water Development Board. Now it looks like he might..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature

Joe Straus, Voice of Moderation in Texas Legislature, Won't Seek Re-Election

House speaker doesn't rule out future run for governor

"...His departure means the Texas Legislature has lost a much needed and increasingly rare..."

Oct. 25, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Film Society Presents a Night of Texas Animation

Animation showcase draws artists together

"...of 3-D animation, including part of the studio's new work-in-progress, Koalaroo, plus there will be a preview of Craig..."

July 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

"...decadelong Austinite worthy of the top tier of emerging Texas songwriters, its poignant tunes crafted through their songwriter's blistered..."

May 17, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Texas Gun Sense on Senate Deal

Weak bill likely to be weakened in process

"...Like plenty of observers, the Texas Gun Sense anti-gun violence organization is skeptical of the..."

April 11, 2013 News Post by Michael King

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