Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...reported raising almost $438,000 between Feb. 3 and March 22, while the PAC opposing the prop, Homes Not Handcuffs,..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature

Qmmunity: Hope For the Queer'd Future

Plus, OUTsider Festival’s launch party, Queerbomb’s Queer History Series, and more local LGBTQIA events

"...with their gender identity. The bill aims to prohibit K-12 students from participating on a University Interscholastic League athletics..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

With Rosie's Law, Austin Legislators Aim to Restore Abortion Coverage

Sheryl Cole, Sarah Eckhardt introduce bicameral legislation that would expand health insurance coverage for abortion care

"...for expanded abortion care assistance for Texans. On Jan. 26, state Rep. Sheryl Cole and state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

5th Circuit Strikes Down Texas Anti-Choice Law

Judges say law would have forced women into "painful, invasive, and experimental" procedures

"...Clinton-appointed Judges James Dennis and Carl Stewart in the 2-1 opinion issued Oct. 13, with Trump-appointed Judge Don Willett..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Top 10 Quotes From Austin Politics in 2019

The smart, dumb, courageous, and cowardly words from the local and state political arena.

"...– William Brower, who was sleeping under U.S. 183..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Column

Winter Is Coming! Embrace the Cold as Night King Greg Abbott.

The Texas governor (dis)graces the Chronicle’s annual Halloween mask cover

"...Enjoy this world while you still can, for once..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Features Feature

Qmmunity: The Harsh Reality of Lawmakers’ Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric

Plus Dining Out for Life, Violent Fems, and more events to do good, feel good

"..."national far-right initiative to propagate" anti-LGBTQ legislation (and where SB 1978 and its companion originated). It's overwhelming, but my..."

May 24, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Austin FC's New Charitable Arm Backs Affordable Housing Project

Meanwhile, Senate Bill 1771 seeks to jeopardize the Major League Soccer team

"...Terrace is projected to open in the fall of 2020 on a 2.5-acre tract of land near MoPac and..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lege Lines: "Texas Plan" Hits Home

School finance heads to the House floor

"...ISD's recapture payment would drop by $194 million in 2020 under the new law, and the district would receive..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

House Rolls Out School Finance Bill

Republican leaders propose $9 billion in funding for public schools over the next two years

"...schools over the next two years, on top of $2 billion that's already been set aside to account for..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Peek Into the New Lege's Anti-Choice Plan

It can surely be worse

"...legal challenges. Even when the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 struck down major parts of HB 2 (the subject..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Premature Death of the WHAC

How Gov. Greg Abbott killed vital oversight for women’s health

"...at the highest rate in the developed world. Between 2010 and 2014, 600 Texas women died of pregnancy-related causes..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Suit Filed Against Latest Abortion Ban

This year's target: Senate Bill 8

"...anti-choice law passed in the regular session. On July 20, Planned Parenthood, two Austin attorneys, and the Center for..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Luv Doc: A Long F%#king Way From Smith

The Luv Doc has a confession to make

"...calling me a snowflake because I am in my 20s and he is just playing around. I don't like..."

June 9, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Lege Lines: Bills on the Move

"...abortion providers to bury or cremate fetal remains; HB 200, from Rep. Cindy Burkett, R-Sunnyvale, bars women from donating..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bills Grant Texas Doctors Legal Cover to Mislead Pregnant Women

Is the Lege giving doctors a license to lie?

"...Twenty weeks into her pregnancy, Carole Wall and her husband discovered through an ultrasound that their future daughter had..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Gay Place

The fight carries on

"...awful lot has occurred in the three months since 2017 opened its pretty little eyes. We've been reassured that..."

April 7, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Texas Hammer: The Bathroom Bill

It's not about protecting women and children

"...bill to the full Senate on March 7, after 21 hours of generally negative testimony from trans activists, doctors,..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Texas Hammer: Short-Term Rentals

It's your house. What can you do with it?

"...City Council began deliberations on the issue in early 2015 and, after a year of heated debate, voted to..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Headlines

"...with public events. The next regular meeting, Thurs­day, March 2, will include a heavy zoning agenda, including the return..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature

Lege Lines: State Level Bullying Reaches New Plateau

Local reps’ mission this session? Keep the state GOP away from Austin.

"...cities have experienced centralized attacks in the past. In 2014, Denton voters banned fracking within city limits, and legislators..."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Limits Use of Cannabis Oil for Epileptics

Compassionate misuse

"...Texas Register for public comment, which ends on Nov. 28. The commission will either adopt the rules or request..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Should I?

If we have learned anything from the last 4,000 years of recorded civilization it’s that deception and conspiracies are always a good idea

"...I started seeing someone I met at a friend's..."

March 25, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Real Guns, Cardboard Guns, and Fart Guns

Planned "mock mass shooting" brings out press, counter-protesters

"...Having attracted national media attention with their plans to..."

Dec. 12, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

5th Circuit: Voter ID Discriminatory

Appeals court ruling upholds spirit of earlier overturning

"...Texas Voter ID restrictions passed in 2011 are discriminatory, but not intentionally, according to a ruling..."

Aug. 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bills of the Week: House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1

Texas Lege looks to finalize budget deal

"...intended for schools, over and above inflation, shrank to $1.2 billion. Part of that goes to offset tax reforms..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Guns vs. Business, Strange Bedfellows, and More

Lege walks the line between proliferating guns, protecting businesses

"...local opt-out and protections for private property. House Bill 2405 is one such bill: Currently, a business that doesn't..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Neverending Stories

Stickers, housing ordinances continue to attract debate

"...ordinances, especially Austin's; and Sen. Cruz kicks off the 2016 presidential campaign season...."

March 23, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Marriage (In)equality, Buehler, and the Mayor

Paxton vs. true love; Buehler civil suit dismissed; and more

"...• The Fight for Marriage (In)Equality: Attorney General Ken..."

Feb. 23, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Education: Dialing for Dollars

School funding remains unconstitutional: Will the Lege act?

"...raiding their already-limited property tax coffers. In a Dec. 2 education symposium at the Capitol, Raise Your Hand Texas..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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