AISD Struggling With Capacity

Redrawing all school boundaries inevitable, but not imminent

"...Every year, Austin ISD trustees contend with the problem of overcrowding. This..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD: IDEA Down, Travis Heights Up

AISD board cancels IDEA at Allan, but IDEA promises to stay in town

"...– a gut-check moment. On Monday, Dec. 17, the Austin Independent School District's board of trustees voted to cancel..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...may be to believe, when Elisabet Ney moved to Austin in 1892, there was no South by Southwest. Or..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AISD Accountability Ratings

Some make the grade; some don't

"...School is dominating the headlines, 113 other schools in Austin ISD are also subject to the state's Campus Account­ability..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• Austin Welcomes Gustav Evacuees As during Hurricane Katrina, Austin became..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature

Don't Forget the Children

AISD races and bond proposals

"...Pat Forgione retires next year, another longstanding figure in Austin Independent School District will step down: District 3 trustee..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...a shopper's Disneyland and pre-emptively dismissed by many Central Austinites as a strange, upmarket interloper, more suited for the..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...now officially won its lawsuit against the city of Austin over the City Council's attempt to stop HPBC from..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rent Party Blues

Are post-boom rents killing the Austin music scene?

"...music capital? Already more accustomed to grim bottom lines, Austin's live music economy started 2003 with a pair of..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Election at a Glance

"...seats, eight proposed changes to the city charter, six Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees seats, two Barton..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature

May 4 Election at a Glance

"...seats, eight proposed changes to the city charter, six Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees seats, and three..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...AUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM "OLOGY" CAMPS This is just too cool...."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Early Voting Locations

"...Austin Recreation Center 1301 Shoal Creek Blvd...."

April 14, 2000 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Entertainment Center for several smaller recreation centers in East Austin. Turns out that if the project changes significantly, the..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature

Happy Trails on the Horizon?

AMTC's Vision Quest

"...by Nelson England Some Austinites have been dreaming about it for decades: a system..."

July 28, 1995 News Feature

Time for a New Republic (Studios)

John Robison is building a creative campus out in Bastrop

"...Austin's reputation as a film and TV production center could..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Great Big Bundle of Rail and Roads

Council moves transportation bonds toward a November vote

"...Bird Lake, up Trinity Street in Downtown, through the UT-Austin campus via San Jacinto Boulevard, up Red River to..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...to scans of faded documents generously provided by the Austin History Center, the house was commissioned by Sebron Graham..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...left Travis Co. basically alone, but plans to Balkanize Austin and get rid of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett continue..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...white elephants and sacred cows is very thin. Take Austin's Aqua Festival. In recent years, the annual live music..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: KUT/KUTX in Discussion With UT Over the Future of the Cactus Cafe

KUTX Director says it's "50-50" whether the station will continue managing the venue

"...Unlike before, UT-Austin understands the room's cultural significance...."

May 7, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Lee Elementary Still Lee Elementary

Campus renaming debate still rumbles on the AISD board

"...Lee Elementary is now Russell Lee Elementary, ending the campus' artificial link to the Confederacy and instead paying tribute..."

May 26, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Chain Gangs

Torchy's Tacos and Verts Kebap: two case studies in culinary expansion

"...football teams, quirky politicians, guitar slingers, and independent filmmakers, Austin is also known as the home base for several..."

March 28, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

AISD Bonds: Half Pass, Half Fail

Two propositions pass, but voters reject two more

"...Austin ISD is reeling tonight, as two of its four..."

May 12, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Early Voting

April 28-May 6

"...Flawn Academic Center (Undergrad Library) lobby, West Mall, UT campus..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

Happenings

Oct. 18-24

"...For more events, see Community Listings. THURSDAY 18..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...about public school finance, he could have gone to South Padre Island and sat down to talk out in..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Articulations

Renovations for Mary Moody Northen Theatre and Austin Museum of Art - Laguna Gloria.

"...Austin, are you ready for another new theatre construction project?..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...given the site the "Professional Planning Award." The site (http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/development/) provides an interactive City Code, maps, and a draft..."

June 20, 1997 News Feature

Censorship 101

"...Regarding your cover story claiming censorship by the Austin Museum of Art ["Why a Duck?" Vol. 16, No...."

Feb. 7, 1997 Column

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