AISD: Balancing Teachers and Tech

AISD must ensure that new technology helps more than it hurts

"...was the message at the heart of Austin Independent School District Superintendent Meria Carstarphen's second State of the District..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...Developers can now apply for the city's first affordable-housing bonds, which will be aimed at some of Austin's lowest-income..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...article), and the use of federally authorized mortgage revenue bonds - must be clarified. Both of these programs are..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Billion-Dollar AISD Bond Goes to Vote in November

Billion-dollar bond will go to vote in November

"...With the last-minute addition of a new middle school for the Mueller development, Austin Independent School District trustees..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Georgetown Smackdown

Suburbanites Wrestle Over Managed Growth, Smart Growth, and "Stupid Growth"

"...up with, Barton said, was the use of municipal bonds leveraged by the city's 4B corporation. "The 4B corporation..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Ye Olde Can-Do Spirit

Libraries Branch Out

"...said city budget officer Charles Curry, all the library bonds were scheduled to be issued in November, but the..."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Walking the High Finance Wire

Bergstrom Costs Going Up and Up

"...Austin American-Statesman on April 18, of a generation of schoolchildren at Del Valle who may grow up hard of..."

May 12, 1995 News Feature by Dave Cook

Power, Forward

Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

"...speaking to my child, for example, in her public school class? I'd rather have Etan seven days a week..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Neither a Lender, Nor a Borrower Be...

1995-96 City Budget: Bond Debt and the Capital Budget

"...portfolio of other local governments like the Austin Independent School District or Travis County...."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Endorsements

The Austin Chronicle endorses Gus Garcia for mayor of Austin and offers other endorsements on the Nov. 6 state constitutional amendments election and county bond propositions.

"...Propositions We recommend "no" votes on the road bonds, which will not relieve traffic congestion or promote safety...."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...PAC had registered in opposition to any of the bonds. The lack of PACs may be due in part..."

May 1, 1998 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements

Our endorsements on local bond packages and state constitutional amendments

"...these endorsements, and lots more coverage, at austinchronicle.com/elections. AISD Bonds..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Chronicle Endorsements

Our endorsements on local bond packages and state constitutional amendments

"...these endorsements, and lots more coverage, at austinchronicle.com/elections. AISD Bonds..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

'Chronicle' Endorsements and Election Info

Our recommendations for the Nov. 8 election

"...allow the Texas Water Development Board to issue revenue bonds (for various water development and conservation projects), not to..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature

'Chronicle' Endorsements and Election Info

Our recommendations for the Nov. 8 election

"...allow the Texas Water Development Board to issue revenue bonds (for various water development and conservation projects), not to..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature

Gone and Quartered

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

"...One option: If voters approve $100 million in transportation bonds this November, some of that money potentially could be..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back

"...The "official statement" accompanying the SH 130 bonds cautioned these bonds might not be prudent investments if..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column

Endorsements

"...out here and recommending "no" votes on the road bonds. Contrary to the supporters' claim that these road projects..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature

Endorsements

"...when approved road projects languish in limbo, and Austin's bonds would help speed them along. The Austin package will..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature

Postmarks

Puzzled by Oppel

"...need Sean Connery to play a stoned, 8-track-listening high schooler...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Column

The Rent Rub

Working Poor Getting Stiffed on Housing Costs

"...affordable housing than HUD - through tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, and other incentives meted out to developers in exchange..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

“Let’s Make a Deal”

"...Dear Editor, Austin School Board Member Jayme Mathias’ statement that the East Austin..."

Sept. 13, 2017 Postmarks

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...hour three of the meeting, and the Austin Independent School District board of trustees was bogged down with questions..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...roads is far from pleasant. How might the mobility bonds approved in 2012, 2016, 2018, and 2020 change that?..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...and Heritage [neighborhoods], and in some areas around under-enrolled schools in East Austin. We continue to have analyses, but..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Growth Funds: ACC's Bond Proposal

Community college asking for $386 million

"...cents, plus a separate vote for $99 million in bonds to cover expansions and renovations at the Cypress Creek,..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Mapping Difference

Voting picture suggests the next Austin politics

"...speculated that the city Proposition 15 – affordable housing bonds – failed because the ballot language was so vague..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Column by Michael King

What About That 2004 Bond Election?

An update on bond proposals approved in 2004

"...With $343.7 million in bonds for the Austin Independent School District on the May..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Election 2006: Local Results

Democrats score a shutout in Travis and Hays

"...– which denied that Leininger, who has fiercely promoted private-school vouchers, was funding their effort. But last week, Bolton..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Can a super-sized Long Center fit in Austin's Happy Meal box of civic dreams?

"...one May 3 -- to reallocate $25 million in bonds approved in 1998 for the Waller Creek Tunnel flood..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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