The Man in the White Hat

Larry Joe Doherty rides into the battle for CD 10

"...for the GOP. It was supposed to establish a Republican congressional majority: a permanent Republican majority...."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...for presidency Monday, saying he will run as a Republican although the party has gone "in the wrong direction...."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...and gas deposits under and close to Padre Island National Seashore. Late last month the Bush administration announced a..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...Nader joins the handful of politicians -- nearly all Republican -- supporting legalization (and thereby regulation) of illegal drugs...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

District 48 Candidates

"...of 1999; City of Austin Indigent Health Care Coordinating Committee, former member; Capitol Area United Way, Community Investment Program..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature

Hoping for an Electoral College Miracle

Capitol demos planned for Monday EC voting session

"...The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a grassroots organization working to strengthen progressive power in..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Hightower Report

Hey, Clinton: Be a Democrat; and Labor Law Lawbreaker

"...hostile to the rights of labor that Bush's own National Labor Relations Board is refusing to obey our nation's..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

"...and humanity." – Presidential candidate Barack Obama at the National Council of La Raza's annual conference in Miami Beach,..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Bush's Homeland Hokum; and Ralph and Mary's Park

"...valiant defender. For example, he scooted over to the National Counterterrorism Center last month for a PR tour and..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Rare Bird

From her office vantage point, beside the rosy glow of the majestic Capitol dome, 78-year-old feminist, political powerhouse, and gay rights lobbyist Bettie Naylor keeps a watchful eye over the doings at the legislature

"...they can't do that, because if they do, the Republican Party will run a candidate against them, and they..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Who Fired Tony Fabelo?

Last year's veto of the Criminal Justice Policy Council reflects a private agenda at the governor's office

"...served the state well, making the Cuban-born Ph.D. a national authority on corrections...."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...If Republicans Really Want to Be Representative ......"

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

Who Can Vouch for the Charters?

The state's freewheeling experiment with charter schools gets a poor grade.

"...Austin, an Eastside charter school opened by a for-profit national company, abruptly closed in 1999 without so much as..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

The Social Agenda

"...generally found ways to bury these social bludgeons in committee. With the Conservative Caucus in charge, there's no telling..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature

Lege Lines: Session Winners and Losers

As sine die nears, bills drop left and right

"...R-Bedford, almost got into a fistfight with State Affairs Committee Chair Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, after the Calendars Committee, on..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Not Your Average Freshman

El Paso Rep. Mary Gonzalez is no Tea Partier

"...it. In my district there's two conversations happening: a national conversation and a district conversation. The district really wasn't..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Gass-Pooré

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...races we're voting on, though, so we've clarified our national position with an expounded endorsement of the president, below...."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

On the Lege

Looking back at the Lege through local eyes

"...battle to topple Speaker Tom Craddick. The Round Rock Republican made a name for himself when he publicly slammed..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

On the Lege: A $156 Million Disaster

The Accenture scheme blows up in the state's face

"...which the Legislature passed at a time when the Republican majority was desperate to resolve a $10 billion budget..."

March 23, 2007 News Column

Naked City

"...of the Week "That big plan for a permanent Republican majority? It crawled out into the Iraqi desert, rolled..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Week "I expect there will be, among Travis County Republicans, some understandable disappointment but also a sympathy for the..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...The Democratic and Republican primary run-offs concluded Tuesday night, with a tiny turnout:..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

Weed Watch

California votes in favor of bill that would legalize industrial hemp farming; and bill that would legalize medi-pot for seriously ill patients moves forward in New Mexico

"...gets a nod from the state Senate and from Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (who has reportedly not taken a..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Smoot Steps Down

Texas Freedom Network director moves on after six years of leadership

"...to the new climate was change within the Texas Republican Party itself. Stated simply, it moved right. Waaaay right...."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...it on the same night as a TCDP executive committee meeting and the first ever visit by Howard Dean..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Column

Here Come the Judges -- Again: Round Two for Owen, Pickering

Texas progressives mobilize against federal judicial nominees Priscilla Owen and Charles Pickering

"...January. All had failed to pass the Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee prior to the November election, although most had been..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Playing Defense

Progressives prepare to circle the wagons at the Lege

"...it," said Austin Rep. Glen Maxey on the morning Republican Tom Craddick announced he had sufficient pledges to replace..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Column by Michael King

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002

The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election

"...believe those interests will be better served if the Republicans do not control the U.S. Senate nor the Governor's..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002

The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election

"...believe those interests will be better served if the Republicans do not control the U.S. Senate nor the Governor's..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002

The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election

"...believe those interests will be better served if the Republicans do not control the U.S. Senate nor the Governor's..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature

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