Point Austin: Adios, Mofo

The governor's legacy of negligence and contempt

"...objection to higher (state) property taxes and virtually all social services. But public needs don't disappear simply because state..."

July 12, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...suburbs or to areas of Austin that have fewer services. This recent history is reflected in a report from..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

The Canada Model

Author Paul Tough on education innovator Geoffrey Canada

"...2008, recounting how the Bronx native reshaped a local social services nonprofit called the Rheedlen Centers for Children and..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 9 Municipal Election

"...most reliable and thoughtful advocate for protecting core city services and those policies indispensable to citizens' quality of life:..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 9 municipal election (early voting, April 27-May 5)

"...most reliable and thoughtful advocate for protecting core city services and those policies indispensable to citizens' quality of life:..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature

The Long Shadow of Wal-Mart

Place 1 candidates differ on development, environment

"...also been a strong advocate of city support for social services. "They fill a need that is absolutely essential..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas Pregnancy Care Network Proves Unimpressive

Report shows Alternatives to Abortion program to be expensive, inefficient

"...be diverted from traditional providers of comprehensive family-planning health-care services to so-called "crisis pregnancy centers," unlicensed and unregulated groups..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...clear assurances that each specific need (affordable housing, parkland, social services, new retail and office, etc.) will be promoted..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

On the Lege

Trying to revive insurance for kids

"...privatization experiments on segments of the Health and Human Services Commission, which ultimately made Texas a poster child for..."

April 27, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Beside the Point: City Budget

Council goes for the rollback rate, gives early Christmas presents

"...$525.3 million General Fund budget, largely public safety and social-service needs. Council spent most of its Monday meeting these..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to hire outside legal counsel for review of professional services contracts was made by Mayor Pro Tem Dale Dingley...."

May 12, 2006 Column

Naked City

"...own utilities. (To avoid interruptions in electric and gas services, evacuees should make sure their accounts are transferred from..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

The Dropout Problem

Not students, but teachers – AISD struggles to retain qualified educators

"...which schools are expected to provide a host of social services that, she believes, have little to do with..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Playing Defense

Progressives prepare to circle the wagons at the Lege

"...to have to raise taxes or else slash state services in a really draconian way. And to do that,..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...(minimum wage) job, unemployment insurance will be stopped. As Social Security is privatized to benefit Wall Street, we'll be..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Column

The Glass House

"...Wesley Strick is a Dickensian nightmare that only a social worker with a high-income-bracket clientele can appreciate: two orphans,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Naked City

News shorts

"...groups to proselytize under the pretext of providing taxpayer-funded social services...."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Human Element

"...of the city's most ambitious endeavors yet in the social services area. On paper, the plan's goals are noble;..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...one had to note the obvious irony: King, a socialist, was rather anti-corporate in his outlook. The walk's "marquee..."

Jan. 22, 1999 News Feature

Public Notice

Holiday Wish List, Part Two

"...Skadden. Additional thanks go to Stewart Gallas, from AIDS Services of Austin, for having the idea four years ago...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...meant more layoffs, more closed facilities, more reductions in services, and more rending of garments. In the draft policy..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Perry Calls for CPS Probe

The governor orders another investigation of human-services agency

"...In yet another sign of the continuing deterioration of social services in Texas, last week Gov. Rick Perry ordered..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Support for Seton, First Satiric, Then Serious

"...Dear Editor, Lactation services have been cut ["No Mother's Milk Here: Hospitals Cut..."

June 16, 2004 Postmarks

Where Are Local Shares of the National Opioid Settlement Going?

Directing drug addiction dollars in Austin and Travis County

"...other orgs have also made a point of including social services in their demands, such as housing and support..."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

To Serve Man

Briggo: an Austin company at the crossroads of taste, technology, and social interaction

"...And he was fascinated by the exploding phenomenon of social networking via computers and cell phones. Combining these elements,..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Food Feature by MM Pack

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...health supervisor for the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, said he hadn't heard of any. "Most establishments..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The city may go where it feared to tread last year -- tax hikes, layoffs, and cutting public safety budgets.

"...rate right now. Then, when constituencies bark about their services being cut, the council can, effectively, dare the people..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...include high tech, entertainment and media, education, and professional services -- "accounts for more than half of the local..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Interactive: Lessons From the Texas Abortion Battles

Social media played key role in contentious abortion debate

"...Social media can be a great equalizer – and a..."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

The Latest Proposal

Downtown businesses and orgs form an alliance

"...the alliance has recruited broad support from the Downtown social service organizations, which spend most of their time and..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

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