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

"...Terminal Lease and Concession Agreement. … The rehabilitation and reconstruction of the South Terminal allowed for additional flights and..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council Takes on a Safer Sixth Street, Project Connect, and More

Council tackles a 63-item agenda

"...cover limits for street cross-sections; better discerning maintenance from reconstruction projects within the city's rights of way; and how..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: I-35 Back on the Front Burner

TxDOT prepares the next draft of their rebuild plan

"...iteration of the Capital Express Central plan, the massive reconstruction project for an 8-mile stretch of I-35 through Central..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips: San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, San Felipe

Reconstruction of the colonial capital of Texas is a step back in time

Dec. 10, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Nathan Harris Pens an Intimate Civil War Tale in The Sweetness of Water

In his debut novel, the Michener Center alumnus brings "a new story to the table"

"...and here comes the end of the war and Reconstruction – the whole story in one huge package. And..."

June 18, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Will TxDOT’s Plans for Loop 360 Leave Cyclists and Pedestrians in the Dust?

Bikin’ down the highway

"...western side of the urban area, including its planned reconstruction of U.S. 183 and continued work on MoPac (Loop..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election

Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot

"...open process for Austin to consider such a fundamental reconstruction of its own governance...."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Travis County D.A. Updates Public on Many Probes Into Police Conduct

D.A. updates public on many probes into police conduct

"...Kirsch and Anthony Evans, who each required multiple facial reconstruction surgeries...."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...the entire state government for the first time since Reconstruction, back when "Radical Republican" meant something different; the last..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips: Fort Mason, Mason, Texas

Fort with a view

"...American Indian raids had been replaced by lawlessness during Reconstruction. The fort was finally abandoned on March 23, 1869...."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

From Light Rail to a Downtown Tunnel: The Parts of Project Connect

Diving into the plan

"...Boulevard, and ACC Highland (and the Chronicle), where I-35 reconstruction, ongoing redevelopment, and the parallel operation of the Red..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: The Importance of Feeling Heard

How do we motivate people to vote? By showing them their elected leaders are listening.

"...as it has withstood foreign wars and civil war, Reconstruction, civil rights, equal rights, blind ambition, and now insularity...."

Aug. 28, 2020 Column by Sandra Nicolas

Trans Chorus Sings Proud in Out Loud

Los Angeles group finds its voice at AGLIFF

"...from members like Rex, who goes through their chest reconstruction surgery and recovery process during the hectic leadup to..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Screens Feature by James Scott

Day Trips: Fort McKavett State Historic Site, Menard

Frontier fort was home to Buffalo Soldiers

"...buildings were in ruins. The Black troops did the reconstruction work between patrols or guarding wagon trains headed to..."

July 31, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Blue Starlite Round Rock Drive-In Destroyed in Fire

Owners launch GoFundMe campaign to help with repairs

"...has a launched a GoFundMe campaign to help with reconstruction costs: the target is $20,000, and for every $700..."

June 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...city's first Black council member to be elected since Reconstruction...."

June 26, 2020 News Feature

Austin At Large: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

As we endure this age of clownery, we can have nice things in our future – even I-35

"...celebrate the Texas Trans­portation Commission fully, finally funding the reconstruction of I-35 through Central Austin. It's pretty mind-blowing that..."

May 8, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Clarksville's Willis Littlefield Readies His Annual Christmas Lights

The longtime resident is ready to light up his home and hand out holiday sweets for the 22nd Christmas

"...thriving community during the post-Civil War era of Radical Reconstruction. In the decades leading up to Jim Crow, Clarksville..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Attica Locke on Solving Crime on Highway 59

Heaven, My Home author talks her East Texas roots and the blues

"...vision and a sense of ballsiness, you could, after Reconstruction, stay in Texas and make a life. It took..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Secrets and Lies: The Truth of Official Secrets

Martin Bright on the Iraq War, and being played by Matt Smith

"...would spread coalition forces too thin, and derail any reconstruction there. Were you hearing similar concerns?..."

Sept. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wendy Davis Enters Congressional Race

Big names, money in local Congress races

"...bill that included $4 billion intended for Hurricane Harvey reconstruction. (It eventually passed.)..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

No Decision From Wendy Davis on CD 21 Campaign

“About three weeks” to weigh entering race to unseat Chip Roy

"...$4 billion in already long-delayed funding for Hurricane Harvey reconstruction. The bill finally passed early this week. Davis said..."

June 7, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Day Trips: Palmilla Golf Club, Port A

Hit the links at the beach

"...it with a new driving range. They concentrated their reconstruction efforts on what had been the back nine. The..."

May 31, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Film Review: The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

The Man in Black as a rainbow of emotions in this tender documentary

"...meld so seamlessly with astonishing archive footage and poetic reconstruction that the man comes alive, in all his rough-hewn,..."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW VR Cinema: Re-Animated

The last Kaua'i 'ō'ō bird inspires an immersive work of mindwarping art

"...of this divine experiential trinity. It’s “a distorted digital reconstruction of the Kaua’i ʻōʻō’s original habitat, on the Hawaiian..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

City, UT Agree to Change Red River’s Flow

One of central Austin's main thoroughfares to be realigned and reconstructed

"...agreed to negotiate terms for a 20-block realignment and reconstruction of Red River Street, from 12th to 32nd streets,..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...million in right-of-way funds for the nearly $500 million reconstruction of the "Y" junction of U.S. 290 and SH..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature

The Devil and William Friedkin

The director's journey from The Exorcist to a real exorcism

"...of Unknowing to the rise of Hitler, to the reconstruction of Shakespeare's plays for the first folios by John..."

Jan. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Danielle White’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...The 15:17 to Paris: Clint Eastwood's reconstruction of three bros on vacation who manage to thwart..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Danielle White

Austin Film Festival Review: Undercliffe

British mystery probes the identity of a man and a town

"...their own kicks in while he's down. The slow reconstruction – a place or a word or an item..."

Oct. 28, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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