City Manager Will Present His Proposed Budget

Community groups begin fight for more equitable budget

"...about how they think the city should invest in services and programs over the next year. For a position..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Police Oversight Advocates Cry Foul Over Sketchy Rival Petition Drive

Are the cops behind an apparent election fraud scheme?

"...of the faux-APOA ordinance which (the real) Equity Action shared with reporters highlights some of the critical differences. The..."

Dec. 1, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding

How overcrowding and mismanagement of Austin Animal Center and Austin Pets Alive! have them struggling to keep up

"...when Los Angeles joined the club, but the animal services system in Austin still prides itself at its save..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

New French Shorts

Queer and immigrant stories, satire and romance give new perspectives on French culture

"...by UniFrance's Young French Cinema program and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, New French Shorts undoubtedly tries..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Coronavirus and the Threat to Those Recovering From Addiction

Maintaining connections – at a distance – to stay sober during the pandemic

"...Austin and Dripping Springs, moved about 90% of its services to a telehealth platform, as it tried to find..."

May 15, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sex and the Senate

What will it take to curb sexual harassment at the Texas State Capitol?

"...legislative intern Taylor Holden and former aide Genevieve Cato shared their experiences facing indecent behavior at the state Capitol..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

A New Jail for Travis County?

County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry

"...It's all about having access to treatment, mental health services, employment, housing. Crime is a symptom of the problem;..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Point Austin: Moths to a Flame

If it's Friday, we have a budget

"...that such spending "saves money" in (for example) social services and public safety, but said that unless staff could..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Feature

Fun and Games With Stratfor

APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'

"...the documents he leaked. According to a U.S. General Services listing of government contractors, BAH maintains extensive connections with..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

Fate of Women's Health Care in Court's – and Perry's – Hands

State hangs fire on Women's Health Program, awaits court decision

"...provider in order to run a successful reproductive health services program for low-income and uninsured Texas women. Newly appointed..."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...and civil rights activism, women's rights, and basic social services, including national health care. A Romney presidency would roll..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

Perry Continues Assault on Women's Health Care

Perry ends the WHP and blames it on the feds

"...President Barack Obama and to Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs, Perry said the program will include..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...red. Under those circumstances, Shade says maintaining core city services – "clean, safe neighborhoods, a park system that works,..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

TV Eye: The Fix Is In

Making the world a better place with David Brancaccio

"...living for themselves, but to create a more sustainable, shared prosperity. In short, what happens when you ask people..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two: Reform School

Why throwing the bums out doesn't work

"...The way to cut taxes without destroying basic federal services is to cut government fat and throw out the..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Sherlock Holmes

This movie reinvents the chilly, brainiac sleuth as a tortured genius and occasional backroom brawler, and Robert Downey Jr. almost makes the character work.

"...guns and mainlining "medicinal" cocaine in the flat he shared with his friend and chronicler Dr. Watson – has..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Warrior Voices

With a Spanish-language production of The Vagina Monologues, Austin Latinas are making themselves heard

"...present – a wound that hadn't healed. And others shared the experience. But even more startling were the poderosas..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...personal reasons why they think voting matters, which they shared with each other as practice to share them with..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Page Two

The mainstreaming of extremism

"...questionnaires about moral and ethical values, as well as shared societal needs and long-term national goals, I suspect that,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Seton's sabotage, unintentional or not, of the ongoing planning for a hospital district is barely a street sign on the road of potential social deterioration. The problem is that, though it's a tiny step, it's another one in the wrong direction, and those steps have become strides.

"...it was as good a time as any, I shared with them my memory of Kant's Categorical Imperative --..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...fiscal policy: lots of capital investment, limited growth in services, keep the tax rate low. "We've attempted to be..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Totally PC

When it comes to city planning, nothing's constant but change.

"...work. Which, if it were happening in Solid Waste Services, would never be discussed in these pages. But the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...who live in the Austin area and attend church services regularly -- that sum skyrockets to $6,000 per person,..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

About AIDS

"..."yeah-but-what-if" category. After all, HIV can be transmitted by shared needles among drug users. Here is where we must..."

April 9, 1999 Column

Welfare Warfare

A Bill Is Born

"...a manifesto for privatizing and consolidating welfare and employment services in Texas. HB1863 was heralded as a millennial move..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...Cencor at recent community gatherings -- the state General Services Commission (overseer of all state building projects, as opposed..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TEA Is Taking Over Special Ed at AISD and Parents Aren’t Happy

Now that’s the tea

"...under federal investigation since 2020 for mishandling special education services in the state, announced on March 31 that it..."

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

One Afghan Family’s Journey to Safety in Texas

From Kabul to Austin

"...in IT, running a business that set up internet services for the U.S. Special Forces. He said the work..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

City Blamed After Break-Ins at Future Housing for People Exiting Homelessness

Former Candlewood Suites hotel broken into and vandalized

"...are still assessing damage to the property, but images shared by Council Member Mackenzie Kelly (whose District 6 includes..."

May 20, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: Cash on Hand

City's RISE and RENT funds ready to deliver relief

"...help pay fees outside of rent, and for relocation services should a household seek to move. Nearly $500,000 will..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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