We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Nothing felt safe, and driving along the course of Project Noel was..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Lege's War on Women

June 23, 2013. 22 photos.

"...4:30am, when the House adjourned after tentatively approving Senate Bill 5. The House reconvened later this morning and passed..."

June 24, 2013 Photo Gallery

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...he sees as a most pressing public issue: Senate Bill 6, "the bathroom bill." As that was happening, House..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...Demo­crats dragged things to a grinding halt, killing numerous bills, in order to block an anti-immigrant voter ID bill..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hate Crimes Debate

Murders of Gay Men Cause Concern

"...family had hoped the brutal killing would lead to passage of a stronger hate crime bill in the 1995..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

On the Lege

When suffering the Lege, just remember: It could always be worse

"...state codes. San Antonio Democrat Mike Villarreal offered the "bill of rights" as an amendment to Senate Bill 758,..."

May 25, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...at the Capitol, mourning the one-year anniversary of the passage of House Bill 2. The modest vigil, organized by..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Pioneers or Settlers?

Balancing renewables and affordability at AE

"...build a new natural gas plant – historically a safe investment – might in fact be the bigger gamble,..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Med School Solution

A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?

"...the involved parties (all told) as much as $4.1 billion over 12 years. At last check, the University of..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...Due in large part to the recent passage of the Ecstasy Prevention Act of 2001 [see sidebar],..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

City Hall Hustle: No Ports in This Storm

Ruthless economic climate has city bracing for budget season

"...full potential, meeting basic needs, public health, and being "safe, just & engaged." Tellingly, it was the assessment of..."

April 8, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Gun Crazy!

Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales

"...that came in the early Nineties, with the impending passage of the assault-weapons ban, said Tex-Guns' Wag­non. "I said,..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: It's Getting Harder to Stay Weird

Amid state and federal nonsense, it's getting harder to stay weird

"...few days later, when in the wake of the passage of the anti-immigrant SB 4, Attorney General Ken Paxton..."

May 12, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Science Goes to Court

Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance

"...be taking care of him and making sure he's safe is hurting him," El Paso Assistant District Attorney Gerald..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Will Texas Do Better?

Familiar efforts to decriminalize weed and criminalize salvia are unlikely to pass

"...Washington state that will do just that. But it's safe to say that Texas officially wants no part in..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "The bill says those that are married live longer. It's not..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...gay marriageHeadlines• Rest easy tonight, Texans, your marriage is safe – the homophobes convinced 76% of Texas voters to..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

Austin Strikes Out

Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995

"...legislators who appeared on the floor with numerous Austin-trashing bills. They certainly got their money's worth. Nine of those..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Safely ensconced in his role as a sideline observer of..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...and minimally includes the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods and a guaranteed ability to acquire acceptable foods..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...was klima (climate), because I saw it everywhere: on bill­board advertising, in my hotel's energy-conserving policies, in the local..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Capitol Briefs

"...to regulate the use of electroshock Taser guns, with bills that seek to further regulate their use. San Antonio..."

March 9, 2007 News Column

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

"...goofy kind of night. A new Texas law, Senate Bill 12, would be taking effect in a week. It..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Review: 'Vessel'

Diana Whitten takes viewers inside the fight for reproductive rights

"...an organization dedicated to empowering women and to ending unsafe abortion in countries that deny women a most basic..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Prospects look good for Criminal Justice Commission

"...out of the Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support. The bill, which calls for a complete review of the nation's..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Nuclear Lab. The lab has been plagued with security, safety, and morale problems in recent years. UT Chancellor Mark..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Ordinance. It also led, with Senator Barrientos, in obtaining passage of the Edwards Aquifer Underground Water District. In numerous..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Picks & Sleepers

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"...four days to those five nights. In fact, it's safe to say that starting with Wednesday night and continuing..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...political uproar, his parents believed their son would be safer at the Lutheran-founded Valparaiso University in Indiana. "They thought..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Let's Move On

Looking beyond the WTP4 controversy

"...any such asphalt-laying boondoggle has nary a chance of passage (despite what the Texas Department of Transportation might want)...."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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