Opinion: Let’s Encourage Austin Restaurants to Switch to Reusables, Away From Single-Use Items

Austin Reuse Coalition and Plastic Reduction Project want your help rating Austin restaurants’ commitment to reducing plastic use

"...your favorite food establishment or order takeout, but the reality is, food and beverage packaging often make up some..."

March 1, 2024 Column by Brandi Clark Burton

Austin Transit Partnership Needs Your Input as Project Connect Enters Its Trade-Offs Era

Turn this train around

"...options as under-promising to over-deliver. He would call it "realistically promising."..."

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Opinion: The End of Copper Wire Landline Service Is Not Progress

The reliability and security that came with copper wire phone lines cannot be replaced by internet-based phone services

"...senior citizens and that more companies will offer landline alternatives that are just as reliable and secure as the..."

March 3, 2023 Column by William Camden

Greg Casar Enters the National Spotlight, and Brings His Grassroots Coalition With Him

New year, new rep

"...at the local level and in a way that really challenged an ingrained status quo." And most importantly, Harris..."

Dec. 30, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Voters Decide Final Three Austin City Council Members

Zo Qadri, Ryan Alter, José Velásquez secure wins

"...Alter did not (he does support the study of alternatives, in contrast to Watson)...."

Dec. 14, 2022 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: We’re Deciding How to Decide

Project Connect team, transit stakeholders to see where Austin’s willing to cut back

"...The need to start thinking small became real just a couple of months after the Project Connect..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9?

Eight candidates vie for Austin's most powerful YIMBYs and NIMBYs

"..."I'm really concerned about units set at the 80% [median family..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin FC Fans Prepare to Pack the Trains on MetroRail

The Red Line turns Verde

"...soccer fan, but thankfully her allegiance to global powerhouse Real Madrid doesn't conflict with her support of a new..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...and sanitize the affected workplace. (Air traffic controllers can't really work from home.)..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: We Knew This Was Trouble

Institutional Democrats fail their parenting tests at the dawn of the Dobbs era

"...the "parents" as they would with someone holding a real newborn. At my school, the "parents" got to choose..."

July 1, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Panel Recap: What Will We Eat in 2030?

Meat alternatives are getting better, which is critical to the planet

"...choices when it comes to clean meat and plant-based alternatives. Notably, all three panelists are CEOs in the alt-meat..."

March 18, 2022 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Politics Gift Guide 2021: Ain't That Good News

Some gift ideas for the politically and civically minded

"...course, give the gift of admission fees to the real places themselves by purchasing a Texas State Parks gift..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements for the Propositions on the November Ballot

November 2021 Statewide General Election and City of Austin Special Election

"...give rival campaigns a chance to go negative without real consequence, much the same way that complaints to the..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Public Notice: Our COVID Problem, in Two Charts

Why we’re not leaving Stage 5 any time real soon

"...consider any of it – in particular the "Community Alternatives" presented by Reconnect Austin, Rethink 35, and Downtown Austin..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Close-up on the Capital Express Central Project

New visions for Downtown, and alternatives to the costly rebuild

"...TxDOT's I-35 rebuild within Austin. TxDOT is considering two alternatives – which differ in how the project's frontage roads,..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Feature

Every Comment Counts to Get TxDOT to Try Harder on Plans for I-35

A look at the many roads not taken

"...receives to everyone's satisfaction? Prob­ably not! But there are real risks for blowing the public off too hard; the..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Gets Briefed on Controversial I-35 Expansion Plans

Let the road rage commence

"...the Austin Transportation Department briefed Council on the latest alternatives being considered for what the state highway agency calls..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...years prior: How much will APD's budget grow, in real terms, and is that too much or not enough?..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Pro-Cop Group Submits Signatures for High-Priced Staffing Plan

Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot

"...20 peak of 1,959, which was never reached in real life. Council eliminated unfilled officer positions and then called..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...they improvise (some specialize in it), the artists created alternatives: dances performed in a house with the audience watching..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Opinion: Prop B Passed. Now What?

We must prioritize long-term solutions for homelessness over easier-to-implement changes such as temporary shelters

"...be years long, and there are few, if any, alternatives to bridge this waiting time. Thus, while it is..."

May 28, 2021 Column by Elizabeth Heitkemper

Lege Finds Even More Funds for Anti-Choice Grifters

Alternatives to Abortion program gets $100M in House budget

"...members approved a record-breaking $100 million for the state’s Alternatives to Abortion Program (A2A), which includes a network of..."

April 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Yet Another Reason to Oppose Police Violence: It's Costing Us Millions of Dollars

Money for victims, perpetrators, and alternatives all comes from the same place

"...that violence, and now to the departments funded as alternatives to those police responses that lead to violence –..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35

The road not taken

"...broadly summarized into 28 themes, none of which are really flattering to TxDOT. Some question whether we should be..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Unpopular No. 2 Likely to Lead APD

Chief of Staff not popular within APD or with local justice advocates

"...of the current administration will demonstrate Austin's commitment to real change as the City conducts a national search for..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Travis D.A. Announces New Policies to Support Rape, Abuse Survivors

D.A.’s Office commits to culture change to aid access to justice

"...not a one time thing. For it to be real and meaningful it’s something we have to be committed..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"...in Austin we have six to choose from, a real variety pack. It could, sadly, be someone who voted..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Ten Defining Moments of Austin's Intense Year of Police-Community Conflict

We Fought the Law

"...at "reimagining public safety," with ambitious aims and no real timeline. This led to more urgent activism organized by..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Historic Baker School Site Among Items on Final 2020 Council Agenda

School, pond, no house

"...homes in the area from flooding. (City housing and real estate staff had considered purchasing Baker School back in..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Share Some Truth, Justice, and Sustainability With These Civic-Minded Gifts

Keep the holidays real

"...humane quality of life." For ethical treatment of animals, alternatives to our climate-destroying agriculture systems, and just plain delicious..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

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