2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...House Chamber Bookend Award Ceremony Honoring Bud Shrake & Bill Wittliff, including tributes by Ann Richards & Stephen Harrigan..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Lege Lines

There's a lot of business to take care of before sine die

"...Alabama to the Voting Rights Act. You Kill My Bill, I Kill Yours..."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Power Play

In Robert Schenkkan's new play, LBJ roars back to life to make civil rights history

"...Years, with Randy Quaid's Golden Globe-winning performance, and Laurence Luckinbill's one-man show Lyndon Johnson, which he brought to Austin..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...attempt to (yet again) ban same-sex marriages in TexasHeadlines• Senate leaders jumped ship last Tuesday on plans to have..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Lines in the Sand

Austin Legislators Prepare to Redraw Their Own Districts -- While Doing Business as Usual

"...rep from San Antonio, and had designs on the Senate seat about to be vacated by GOP Senator Cyndi..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...fled the state to Ardmore (and later, from the Senate, to Albuquerque, N.M.)...."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...long-serving legislator, as he took the mic on the Senate floor Monday for the last time in his 30-year-plus..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature

2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...& San Jacinto. The Authors Party on Saturday, November 17, from 7-10pm at the Four Seasons (98 San Jacinto)..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature

Lege Lines

Budget fight on the horizon, GOP leadership spat, TMF thwarts anti-choice measures, and more

"...myriad of differences between the House draft budget, House Bill 1, and the Senate Com­mit­tee on Finance's substitute version...."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: It Came From the White House

Obama and a majority of Democratic legislators support the NDAA, allowing the arrest of U.S. citizens without a warrant

"...without trial. "Without trial" is the usage in the bill; "until the end of hostilities" is its code for..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Walking the Lege

With two weeks left, the 80th runs into foul weather

"...top of that, there's no telling what the $150 billion state budget will look like in its final form,..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

Property Comes First

Tax plan progress?

"...Bills that sailed through the House last week appeared to..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Long Lines and Close Races Defined Super Tuesday in Travis County

The votes are in!

"...May 26 run-off – the Democratic contests for U.S. Senate and the 10th District, Republican battles to reclaim local..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Election Ticker: Marching Toward 2020

The latest from the local campaign trails

"...Pete Buttigieg – are there, with a couple of billionaire wannabes (Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer) and some total unknowns..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...From your paper: "On June 17, 2001, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 78 bills passed during..."

May 23, 2003 Column

On The Lege

Cue the Fat Lady

"...talk show. In the last week alone, over 600 bills made it over their finalhurdle in the Legislature and..."

June 4, 1999 News Column

Transport on a Road to Nowhere

House and Senate in conference committee as clock ticks down

"...Transportation – after sentencing 17 year olds and abortion – was the third issue..."

July 25, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: December 18

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Hawaiian Senator Daniel Inouye, one of the most..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Riding the Pinwheel

The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters

"...was waiting to testify against a really bad state Senate redistricting map that would unnecessarily carve up Travis County..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas Lege Sends Message to Schools: Take the Money, Don't Talk About Race

Public schools retain their funding, but with culture-war strings attached

"...a mixed bag of stable funding and conservative micromanagement. Bills awaiting Gov. Greg Abbott's signature will severely curtail the..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Postmarks

Warren Responds

"...reported in the "Just Plane Angry" article ["Naked City," Vol.17, No.49]. Although I repeatedly answered the reporter's [Kevin Fullerton]..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Column

Will Texas Be Safe for Romeos and Juliets?

Senate committee recommends not implementing federal sex offender law

"...According to the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee, the state should go its own..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

GOP Takes Travis Seat in House Rout

Bolton loses while Howard squeaks by

"...seven seats. When the early voting numbers came in, 17 Democratic incumbents were at risk; by the end of..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...expanded Children's Health Insurance Program coverage – because another 17,000 children were dropped from the program last month. Meanwhile,..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature

Rights and Consequences

The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.

"...Sandlin, describing the decision -- officially prompted by a 17% state budget cut for election support -- as a..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

On the Lege

A week in the Legislature with Tom, Robert, Steve, and Carol

"...congressional re-redistricting map in the wee hours of Sept. 17, following an extraordinary Tuesday in which it convened, adjourned,..."

Sept. 26, 2003 News Column by Michael King

On The Lege

School-Choice Choices

"...A bill to enact private-school voucher programs in Texas was expected..."

March 26, 1999 News Column

Postmarks

"...can still accept contributions of $40,000 from developers like Bill Pohl. You are exactly $39,900 too high. Please see..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Human Services: Consider the Children

"...CHIP Saved: Last week's grim headlines that 17,098 fewer children will be covered under the Children's Health..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: United Defense of the Fetus

Campaign to end abortion is a national crusade

"...Early in last Friday's Senate debate over the anti-abortion bill (HB 2), the bill's..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Michael King

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