Panel Slams Problematic APD Training Videos

Audit identifies in 112 videos clear patterns in how cops treat people of color

"...Adding to the pile of problems burdening Austin's currently..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: Over 200,000 Asian People in Central Texas Feel the Heartache of Georgia. Do You?

Central Texas leaders and community members should stand against anti-Asian hate through specific actions

"...not unintentionally advance hate and discrimination. Passing House Concurrent Resolution 66 is a good start. Language access in public-serving..."

April 2, 2021 Column by Darlene Lanham

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...the end of 2009, the city had spent about $66 million of the $110 million in the Quarter Cent..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Music Rally Demands City Funding: “Put Up or Shut Up”

Thursday’s Council vote portrayed both as last stand ... and a start

"...toward a Music Venue Preservation Fund via their SAVES Resolution (Item 52), which will continued to be hashed out..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crash Course

Cabs try to survive in the era of Uber

"...legal services to those who can't afford it, surveyed 66 drivers and found that drivers work 12 hours a..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin, arguing for a nonbinding resolution opposing Bush's "surge" of troops to Iraq. The resolution..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

10-1, Take Two

Five City Council incumbents up for re-election this November

"...and to increase PARD's budget for 2015-16. She's co-sponsored resolutions to increase solar energy participation and advanced the city's..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...by the Planning Commission. When informed of the commission's resolution, he seemed apologetic, yet stuck to his criticisms that..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Council: Everything That Fits

CMs get feisty heading into campaign season

"...so they added one more – a fairly innocuous resolution (sponsored by CMs Mike Martinez, Laura Morrison, and Kathie..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips plans your travel itinerary for the coming year.

"...Make a New Year's resolution to explore these places in Texas...."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...to the Austin Police Department, which will be adding 66 new officers under Garza's budget proposal. Most city departments,..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: Back to the Dais

Short month, long agendas

"...that time were to be Council Member Ann Kitchen's resolution to remove city parkland from consideration for a professional..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

City Council: As the Year Turns

Council kicks off 2018 with long agenda

"...• Enter the Cronk: Item 66 concerns the formal appointment of new City Manager Spencer..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Lege Lines: Stretching Toward a Sunset

Don't praise the Senate GOP for working quickly to pass what's needed

"...busy work. Thus the reading and passage of House Resolution 34, recognizing Nelson Mandela International Day...."

July 21, 2017 News Column by Mary Tuma

Council Stoked for Last Meeting of Year

Agenda lineup: affordable housing, Barton Springs Zone, PUD, and more

"...Several Council-generated resolutions are on tap for consideration, including:..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Daily Hustle: 12/13/10

2010's final City Council meeting

"...Item 66: On to items from council; this one, from Lee..."

Dec. 13, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Council Notebook

"...name is WANG. For real. Item 41: Approve a resolution creating a Bond Oversight Committee for the City of..."

Dec. 12, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...In other city business, Brewster McCracken has placed a resolution on this week's council agenda that creates a "no-refusal"..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...My stars and garters, we spend 66% of the municipal budget on Emergency Responder Expenses and..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Citizen Mary

A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin

"...behind the scenes, but they nonetheless cheered the bottom-line resolution: MUNY was saved, and remains an oasis of green..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW begins

"...Atieroiopeladas (2pm), East LA/Sabor Factory (3pm), Rabanes (4:30pm), Candy 66 (5:15pm), Monte Montgomery (10pm); Friday: Davíd Garza (11am), Human..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin, Texas.

"...December. (Still another closure, for the installation of a 66-inch water line for the convention center expansion, which has..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Art is a put-up-or-

"...You must go back decades to shows like Route 66 and Naked City to find TV with as complex..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Column

New Audits Highlight Problems at Police Academy

“It comes down to the culture”

"...of 52.5%. By comparison, 81.6% of white men and 66.76% of white women graduated from the academy. Weyandt's analysis..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...In one conversation we pretty much came to a resolution around that. There's a willingness to accommodate these very..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

High Stress at EMS

ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...Jan. 13, three weeks after making a New Year's resolution to "be done with this place," Austin-Travis County Emergency..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Texas School Funding

Still unconstitutional

"...In all, AISD taxpayers have sent $1.66 billion to the state since 2002 and, if the..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: All Aboard for November

The players have arrived, now for the programs

"...under the deadline. At deadline, 5pm Monday, there were 66 balloted candidates posted by the City Clerk; by 6pm..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Beside the Point: All the Arguments That Fit

City Council agenda packed with volatile materials

"...over the aquifer in return for environmental mitigation (Item 66). Controversial when it was enacted, it's largely gone unused,..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Place 1: Significant Minor Victories

"...in 2009, when he bested Perla Cavazos with a 66% showing. That campaign was to complete the final two..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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