Untangling the Web

An Interview with Sue Beckwith and Gene Crick

"...photograph by Jon Lebkowsky..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...650 by Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braun­fels), who in 2019 led the Lege to forbid any "taxpayer resource transaction"..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Ticker: Someone Has to Pay the Post-Storm Electric Bill

The price is right?

"...Carrie Bivens of Potomac Economics (an ERCOT executive until 2020), identified $16 billion in "billing errors" caused by ERCOT..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Jolt Aims to Energize the Latino Vote

Local activist nonprofit engages a growing demographic

"...community. He put a lot of Texans in danger. SB 4 is not only an attack on immigrant communities,..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sheriff Sally Hernandez Continues to Do "What’s Right"

Besieged by the state GOP, Hernandez shows no sign of backing down from her immigration policies

"...Invoking the ire of conservative Repub­lic­ans, Hernandez on Jan. 20 vowed to not detain people based solely on their..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bathroom Bill Flushed to Senate

Despite 21 hours of testimony, SB 6 goes to chamber floor

"...Rose was one of two dozen trans children and..."

March 8, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Lege or Circus?

A lack of democracy turns education 'reform' into an unfunny joke

"...version of a school funding bill. The vote was 20-9, with two Democrats absent. But with the session ending..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...subject to Gov. Perry's review: He has until June 22 to sign or veto.The Weakest Go to the Wall..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Capitol Chronicle

The TNRCC reports that the Voluntary Emissions Reduction program has produced zero reductions in air pollution

"...estimates, the "most significant" of these grandfathered sources "emit 895,662 tons of emissions per year and represent approximately 35%..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Perry's Vexing Vetoes

Perry kills 24 more bills

"...16, the body count of dead bills stands at 26, plus line-item vetoes on both the 2014-2015 biennial budget..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry's Veto Axe Comes Down

Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and experience hit

"...the 83rd Regular session, issuing a grand total of 28 vetoes of bills passed. He was an equal opportunity..."

June 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...old cowhand, Dean Martin crooning "Besame Mucho," and Bobby Goldsboro's truly awful "Honey." Laid onto all this are the..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

DPS Director Steve McCraw Issues Immigration Marching Orders

Since Nov. 4, DPS troopers "have an obligation" to work with ICE, Border Patrol

"...many in to the Border Patrol ("Snuffed Out," June 2). Particularly, I was inquiring as to why, in November..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Autechre Melts IDM

UK duo spans from pirate radio to the dark side of the Internet

"...SB: With hardware, you can do a lot of things..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Music Post by Conor Walker

LGBTQ Forces Prevail at Capitol – For Now

One religious liberty bill dies; another moves forward

"...The House State Affairs Committee, on Friday, May 17,..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...the scare this past election, and Team Blue flipped 12 seats in the House and two in the Senate,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Capitol Chronicle

The first 200 bills signed by Gov. Perry are a very mixed bag.

"...As of Tuesday, Gov. Perry had signed 206 bills of the 1,403 sent to him by the..."

June 20, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Senate Speeds Through Anti-Choice Bills

Senate prioritizes anti-abortion bills during special session

"...Barely a week into the special session and the..."

July 25, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Gambling? What Gambling?

Allergic to taxes, the Lege tries to balance the budget with the rolls of the dice.

"...their proposed budgets don't balance to the tune of $2.9 billion. (Lawmakers were shocked, shocked to find there are..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Senate Speeds Through Anti-Choice Bills

Women's health sees rare victory here in Austin

"...little debate. The upper chamber gave final passage to SB 8 by Sen. Charles Schwert­ner, R-Georgetown, on March 15...."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Criminal Justice: Mercy at the Margins

Small changes proposed in state criminal laws

"...D-McAllen, each have filed bills (HB 53 and 330, SB 104) intended to raise the age of adult culpability..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Lege Notes

Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th

"...Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, finally got enough votes – 25-6 – to pass SB 60 and move it to..."

April 22, 2005 News Column

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan

SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill

"...by Taylor at a committee hearing on Thursday, April 25. The upper chamber’s school finance bill would essentially gut..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Fallout From the Lege's War on Reproductive Rights

Texas waits on the full impact of legislative cuts

"...a virtual ban on abortion after as few as 12 weeks of pregnancy, and a rule forcing women to..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Deliberately Discriminatory

Voter ID's future in Texas, without the DoJ

"...The measure was passed as Senate Bill 14 in 2011 on partisan lines, but in 2014, U.S. Federal District..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gun Carry Bills Advance

Campus carry and open carry bills advance to full Senate

"...(to the full Senate) of the two bills – SB 11, which would lift a ban on concealed handguns..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Homecoming Queen

Many actors leave Austin seeking a career on the stage and are never heard from by the folks in their old hometown. But Austin native Starla Benford has come home as the star of a national tour. She talks about starting out at Harvard, making her mark as a professional, and nine months on the road with The Vagina Monologues.

"...back into school? You have all this on your résumé. You're ready. You're there. Go to New York. Do..."

June 8, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Good Catholic Girl

On the Lege

"...Being labeled "anti-Christian" and a "bigot" rather annoys the 32-year-old Dukes, a self-described "good Catholic girl" and successor to..."

May 5, 1995 News Column

DPS Troopers Push Undocumented Immigrants Into a Deportation Pipeline

Spike in traffic stops raises concerns about racial profiling, faulty record keeping, and the damage done to families

"...this year requested an enumeration of incidents from December 2015 to March 2017 in which DPS agents on roads..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...Last Saturday, Dec. 12, Austin was weird – even weirder than usual...."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

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