Close My Eyes

"...played with typical savoir faire by Rickman (Die Hard, Robin Hood). In the course of their affair, Owen becomes..."

Dec. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Company Business

"...Freeman being catapulted over the high castle walls in Robin Hood? And Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson leap from..."

Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Watch: Potential-Gift Edition

"...Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Point Austin: Squeezing the Schools

Failing all its courses, the Lege sends a love note to Highland Park

"...districts would be effectively cut loose from current recapture ("Robin Hood") limits, and allowed either to spend at will..."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

What's So Special?

Gov. Perry calls a special session, and pits property taxes against schoolchildren

"...districts, via the recapture system (disdained or praised as "Robin Hood")...."

April 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

How Can We Miss Them If They Won't Go Away?

Although the Die is not quite Sine, the buzz is already of a Legislative special session.

"...for killing the mentally retarded, and there's the increasing likelihood that Texas has executed more than a few condemned..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

The state of Texas, joined by poor school districts, are fighting a lawsuit in Travis County court that would get rid of the cap on property taxes mandated by the state's "Robin Hood" tax redistribution law.

"...from rich districts to poorer ones (known as the "Robin Hood" plan) -- was never meant to be a..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Extra Credit

Grading the Governor

"...risen, but that may owe as much to the "Robin Hood" school finance mechanism, created by the Lege in..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Summer Stock Austin's Rob1n

This new musical brings Sherwood Forest's noble outlaw to our time with a message of togetherness

"...bull's-eye on your heart. Along with making the bow-wielding Hood into a 21st century Latina, creators Damon Brown and..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

City Budget Squeezed Between Basic Costs and State Neglect

The city has $1.03 billion in taxpayer money. Here's where it's going.

"...Council Member Ellen Troxclair jousted over public school finance, "Robin Hood," and the proposed city property tax rate...."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Ratliff Helps Both Sides in School Trial

The "Father of Robin Hood" takes the "West Orange-Cove" stand

"...testimony of the man known as the "Father of Robin Hood."..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Bait and Switch

We may get another special session, but school funding remains a poor bet

"...district lawsuit is a direct challenge to recapture or "Robin Hood" – which Perry insists is obsolete and should..."

June 18, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Snake Eyes

As Perry's session goes down to defeat, the rest of Texas celebrates a victory

"...shove a bill through the Legislature, with a pending "Robin Hood" case in the courts and with next year's..."

May 21, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

The legislative fight over vouchers and school finance has a long history and deep roots.

"...forcing the Legislature to design the system now called "Robin Hood" -- in theory, an equalization of revenue to..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Michael King

AISD Copes With Post-COVID Life

With falling enrollment, budget woes, and “behavioral events” maybe the kids aren’t alright

"...Austin families have become accustomed to hearing, the state's "Robin Hood" school finance recapture system, instituted in 1993, makes..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...the surprise of just about everyone, including, in all likelihood, many state attorneys, the justices last year issued a..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Hammer: Public School Budget

Steal from the rich and give to the – well, not the kids

"...Robin Hood. That's the nice name for how Texas takes..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Takes a Tax Bite to Voters

School board hammers out a budget

"...voters to sign off on the tax raise. The Robin Hood Shuffle..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

School Finance: Where We Are and How We Got Here

The Supreme Court's ruling leaves a lot of blanks for the Lege to fill in

"...And, thus, Robin Hood was born – as a way to avoid..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Challenge of Judge Dietz

School finance decision puts responsibility where it's always been - on all of us

"...has made great progress," sounds increasingly wan, and politically feeble.Robin Hood Lives The weeks of trial were as important..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Austin joins the list of school districts taking Robin Hood to court

"...eliminating or reducing the reliance on recapture ("Robin Hood") to adequately fund poorer districts...."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

It Just Doesn't Add Up

As the session winds down, school finance reform recedes once again

"...had sought to avoid, a variation on the existing "Robin Hood" method of property-wealthy districts sharing their tax revenue..."

May 20, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

The Depot Comes to the District Hat in Hand

Austin ISD considers a tax giveaway to mendicant Home Depot, and the question is, who pays?

"...the redistributive state school finance system, known colloquially as Robin Hood...."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff, author of the current Texas "Robin Hood" system, testifying in the West Orange-Cove trial. See..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Perry Makes the Call

The long-awaited special session on school finance begins this week

"...he said would eliminate the current funding recapture system ("Robin Hood"), add $2.5 billion in new school funding, lower..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Schools' Check in the Mail

"...bribe school districts into supporting the abolition of the "Robin Hood" school-finance system, came and went in a flash..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...to hear the court case brought against the existing "Robin Hood" school-finance plan by property-wealthy districts organized as the..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

Money Makes AISD's World Go Round

Policy questions at Austin ISD are increasingly being answered by the district's fiscal crunch.

"...to the state under the school finance equity law ("Robin Hood"). For 2003-04, barring extremely unlikely relief from the..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

The Battle for Senate District 14

Incumbent Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos faces a serious challenge in Dellionaire Ben Bentzin

"...school districts [within Dist. 14] are now subject to 'Robin Hood' [state equity payments]. ... The district includes 3.3%..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...a UT student and the son of former Austin neighborhood planning director Carol Barrett -- does not seek to..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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