Long-Awaited Reforms at Austin Police Academy Just Aren’t Happening. Why?

How the fish rots

"...of a "broad representation of community members" and meet quarterly with academy and department leadership; its primary focus would..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Approves California Homeless Service Provider Urban Alchemy to Take Over Austin's Downtown Shelter

But nobody seems very happy about it

"...things” she heard from those connections – beyond the concerning and thoroughly reported stories published by at least three..."

July 29, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Far Out Is Having a Moment

Scrappy South Austin venue is building a major presence in the city’s live music ecosystem

"...sort of town hall at the bar to discuss concerns and make plans to prevent parking or other potential..."

May 13, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

APD's Early Warning System for Reckless and Aggressive Officers Is Broken. Is It Worth Fixing?

Falling into the GAP

"...the past five years, the system, which is run quarterly, has on average activated 429 times each year; most..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Vista Brewing and Hops & Grain

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 2)

"...social experiment with headspaces ranging from, “yeah, this is concerning, I guess, can I get another IPA?” at the..."

March 31, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Council, Community Urge APD to Halt Marijuana Arrests

Activists claim strategy unfairly impacts minorities, wastes resources

"...to arrest or cite-and-release for nonviolent misdemeanor offenses. A quarterly report authored by Police Chief Brian Manley and delivered..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Painful Splits Along the Way to Stopping Sexual Assault in and Around Austin

Different approaches to accountability lead to rifts throughout the county

"...victim needs are being met." The executive committee meets quarterly, Moore says, and the ISAT "worker bees" from the..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Bald-Faced Lie

"...In addition, for the first two years, we hosted quarterly district town hall meetings in different parts of the..."

Oct. 22, 2018 Postmarks

The Premature Death of the WHAC

How Gov. Greg Abbott killed vital oversight for women’s health

"...of Maryland's Population Research Center adds to the ongoing concern: Texas saw a 36% increase in maternal deaths among..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...Texas county has parted ways with TWS due to concerns about the agency's operations. The Agenda..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Bondology

How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.

"...The biggest concern is scheduling for an election. How soon is too..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

MoPac and the Expensive Mess That Never Ends

Engineering company renovating the beleaguered stretch of highway gets bought out

"...in Sep­tem­ber 2015 – reported in its March 31 quarterly report that its disruption of Austin's westside commute was..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Braden Maccke

The Great Austin Beer Scavenger Hunt

SXSW is brewing

"...behave like a higher type of class than the concern trolls who wonder where traffic will go and who..."

March 10, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

Slam Sisters

The Women of the World Poetry Slam brings Austin a spoken-word contest that's about more than scores

"...as has Neo-­Soul poet La­-Love Robinson, who's hosted the quarterly spoken-word event Spitfest for a decade. These poets not..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Three Cheers for Reading

Our favorite books of 2013

"...to enlighten us all – and at Drawn & Quarterly, which brought us Anders Nilsen's trenchant (and fucking hilarious)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Crawl With the Authors of Your Favorite Books

The Texas Book Festival's Lit Crawl gets weird & boozy with 'em

"...question. Unlike that game show, all of these questions concern literature and pop culture. Compete against Zealot author Reza..."

Oct. 22, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hey, Adults! Comics! Comics that are Funny, Weird, and Profound!

Reviewed: New School, Superzelda, My Dirty Dumb Eyes

"...smart-assed ladies who smoke, drink, and cut up without concern for how they're perceived...."

Sept. 2, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

UT Acquires McSweeney's Archive

Ransom Center will host first editions, correspondence, and more

"...cornucopia of literary treasures: It's a publishing house, a quarterly literary journal, a humor site, a food journal, a..."

July 31, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Headlines

"...Council meets today (Thursday, Jan. 26), with a morning quarterly briefing from Austin Energy (expect proposed rate schedules to..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature

How Cool Is Austin

2010 snapshot of the ACPP 'five plans'

"...lack of fueling stations also limits impact. Larger questions concern whether biodiesel, ethanol, etc., truly meet "alternative" or carbon-neutral..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature

Exit Wounds

An insider's view that reveals a matter-of-fact acceptance of Middle East violence

"...Exit Woundsby Rutu Modan Drawn & Quarterly, 172 pp., $19.95 (paper)..."

May 8, 2009 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...Concern over a landfill on the Webberville tract is not..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Lege Notes: Taser talk and more

Stories from under the pink granite dome

"...amendment, by the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. Apparently, concern by victims advocacy groups that the capital punishment provision..."

March 2, 2007 News Column

Capitol Briefs

"...amendment, by the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. Apparently, concern by victims advocacy groups that the capital punishment provision..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Toothless Ethics

The Texas Ethics Commission has its own ethical problems, a fired staffer says.

"...Schmidt, Schmidt was fired in April after expressing his concern to the agency's Executive Director Tom Harrison and General..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...knows she's smart and resourceful, that she has genuine concern for folks who need public services such as health..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

A Joycean Riff of Race

Juneteenth

"...a 1965 Book Week poll and a 1978 Wilson Quarterly poll, Invisible Man, first published in 1952, was --..."

June 18, 1999 Books Feature by Mark Busby

The Other Side of Prison

Inmate Population Swells

"...has started meeting with TIFA and inmate advocacy groups quarterly, which Scott says was never done in previous TDCJ..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Butts

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...explain the gift basket program, its funding, and the quarterly reports...."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Postmarks

"...To Concerned Parents like Ron,..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column

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