UPDATE: #SaveChickFilA Bill Moves Closer to Adoption in a Blow to LGBTQ Rights

SB 1978 passes House despite heart-wrenching testimony

"...on Tuesday, May 21, the Texas House has passed Senate Bill 1978 by a vote of 79-64...."

May 17, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

LGBTQ Forces Prevail at Capitol – For Now

One religious liberty bill dies; another moves forward

"...State Affairs Committee, on Friday, May 17, voted out Senate Bill 1978, best known as the #SaveChickFilA bill. It's..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Chick-fil-A, Saved by the Legislature

Religious exemption bill heads to governor's desk despite testimony from LGBTQ Caucus

"...One noxious bill that didn't die in the waning days of the..."

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The House's LGBTQ Caucus Makes History

The good, the bad, and the religious exemptions

"...again framed in terms of "religious liberty," with many bills – including Senate Bill 1978, which will become law..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: On the Road to Sine Die

Almost adjourned, the Legislature's toll is still incomplete

"...Gov. Greg Abbott to quietly sign the largely redundant Senate Bill 1978, defending the sacred rights of churchgoers to..."

May 24, 2019 News Column by Michael King

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

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

"...the state (and nation's) Capitol. As the religious exemption Senate Bill 1978 weasels its way onto Gov. Greg Abbott's..."

May 24, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Renewing the Rainbow

A Preview of the Gay / Lesbian Right Lobby Agenda for the 77th Legislature

"...futility of trying to pass the biannual hate crimes bill, which in 1999 flamed out in a Senate committee..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

How Texas Is Texas Wine?

What “Truth in Labeling” means for Texas winemakers and vineyards

"...contain a minimum of 75% Texas-grown fruit, but state bills put forth by Sen. Dawn Buckingham (R-Lakeway) and Rep...."

April 28, 2017 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Capitol Chronicle

Everyone in Texas wants better schools, but no one wants to pay the tab.

"...mind last week during the appearance of Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff before the Lege's Joint Select Committee on Public..."

April 12, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Who Is Jesus?

It's Judgment Day for Austin's City Manager

"...topped the list. At that point, recently elected Councilmember Bill Spelman protested that such a priority could hardly be..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...time since Reconstruction, Republicans hold a majority in the Senate. More personally, the 67-year-old lieutenant governor has begun to..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...deal for ZZ Top on London for them and Bill Ham...."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

Looking for Tony

Democrats are settling on Tony Sanchez as their next gubernatorial candidate before anyone has an idea who he is.

"...Mexican-American governor, but certainly not its first multimillionaire governor. Bill Clements, the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, was..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...record on appointments than at the ballot box: In 1978 and 1980, he twice lost in the Congressional District..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

Steve Adler: 'New Way Forward'

"...Downtown attorney."]) When I first got to Austin, in 1978 [for law school], I was in Barton Springs within..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

The De-Railers

RR Commission Challengers Say the Office Is Off-Track

"...continued importance to Texas -- pumping more than $52 billion into the state's economy and providing more than 293,000..."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

The Can't-Miss Kid

The Man Behind the W.

"...In the late Seventies, Rove worked for Bill Clements, the Republican who broke the Democrats' century-long stranglehold..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...Curtis joined a coalition that introduced a state legislative bill for fair ballot access, in hopes of breaking down..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

'It All Leads Back to Texas'

Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network

"...in Texas really has its roots in the 1948 Senate race, when Johnson beat Coke Stevenson. A lot of..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Loyal Lieutenants

Bush Applies Litmus Test of Allegiance in Choosing Inner Circle

"...some 76,282 employees and an annual budget of $5.4 billion. They also manage an investment portfolio of $14.2billion...."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Let There Be Rock

AC / DC's first gig on American soil? Austin's Armadillo World Headquarters!

"...replacing Mark Evans. In Sydney, the group had been billed as the Seedies and Dirty Deeds, so it could..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Music Feature by Marky Billson

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Special elections for state Senate districts 1 and 31 concluded Tuesday, with former state..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

The environment, the alleged marijuana, the traffic, Ventura's highway, and more.

"...Bill Sigler..."

June 8, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Philip Russell ("Postmarks: Banning Billboards," April 27) claims that "the only reason land has..."

May 11, 2001 Column

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...we do -- the famed Proposition 13, passed in 1978, limits residential property tax liability to 1% of a..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The People's Court

Justice of the Peace Races Not So Peaceful

"...of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby, and environmentalists Bill Bunch, Brigid Shea, and Mary Arnold...."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Lee Simmons