Point Austin: MUD Rising

Canyon Creek voting-rights lawsuit goes to the Supremes

"...justices elected not to hear an appeal by the Texas Democratic Party challenging the use of the eSlate voting..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Top 10 Environmental Stories

"...the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project, the nuke that provides about 29% of..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Beware: Bigfoot Ahead

The homegrown horror of The Wild Man of Navidad

"...to make The Wild Man of the Navidad, a Texas bigfoot tale that arrives in Austin for Fantastic Fest,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Horns, St. Ed's Stay Unbeaten, and More

Longhorns and Hilltoppers soccer squads stay unbeaten, plus more soccer news from here and afar

"...Courtney Goodson headed home both goals in the UT..."

Sept. 10, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Shapleigh on the Border

El Paso senator lays down the law on what's really important on cross-border crime

"...down to proper community policing. What was needed from Texas to help improve issues to the south was a..."

July 9, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Squeezing our state onto the small screen in ways old and new

"...the serious to the frivolous and points in between, Texas comes to the small screen in some old and..."

May 16, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

David Van Os on Single-Member Districts

Texas attorney on the history of the "gentlemen’s agreement"

"...yet) – the following email from attorney and former Texas Attorney General candidate David Van Os is making the..."

Feb. 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Day Trips

A short history of grain elevators in Texas

"...A short history of grain elevators in Texas. These roadside towers are monuments to the bountiful harvest..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

NFL Preview

"...is rather difficult, just ask the singing psychic of Texas, Fran Baskerville, who obtained her future-seeing powers when she..."

Sept. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Day Trips

P.J. Hornberger's Folk Art Gallery looks like a doll house beside U.S. 290 in Carmine

"...medium, it was the folk art of the rural South that helped her find her voice. Growing up in..."

May 18, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Page Two: Let's Get Lost

An invocation on the eve of South by Southwest

"...South by Southwest begins tonight (Friday, March 9) and runs..."

March 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

"...education, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst proposed to put "Texas Children First" with a 25-year-minimum sentence for first-time sex..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature

Turistas

Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.

"...Taking many of its cues from genre bible The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Stockwell and writer Michael Ross have managed..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Democrats Get a Boost From Court Redistricting

District 25 will now be more rooted in Travis County, yet also more conservative

"...released a map of new congressional districts for the southwest quadrant of Texas to remedy violations of the Voting..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Will the Nuke Mushroom?

The long-reviled South Texas (Nuclear) Project might actually expand.

"...Plans to expand the South Texas (Nuclear) Project, located in Bay City, were announced..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Day Trips

Tolbert's Restaurant in Grapevine knows chili

"...that was probably done by some cook on the South Texas prairie where beef was cheap and tough. The..."

June 23, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Page Two: Location, Location, Location

The key to South by Southwest is, as always, Austin

"...The 20th South by Southwest is over. It seemed to be spectacular..."

March 24, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Little Athletes, Big Dreams

Austin's youth sports boom is young athletes, big competition – and big money

"...the Capital Soccer Club, the first soccer club in South Texas (Austin is in the South Texas region) to..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...It's official: Johnston High School is one of nine Texas schools to win a $390,000 Innovative Redesign grant from..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: High Tuition

As the centex toll plan moves forward, Austin becomes a reluctant stepchild

"...analysis by outside transportation experts of CAMPO's current Central Texas toll road plan, to determine if it is necessary..."

March 11, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...in policy discussions of school performance and accountability. The Texas Education Agency classifies 53% of AISD students as economically..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

TCB

Texas history, Handsome Joel, and 'Choice Cuts' from Tee Double.

"...The Texas Music Museum's current home might not be the Bullock-esque..."

May 28, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Day Trips

With the addition of Monica's 701 Georgetown's culinary reputation keeps improving

"...the Chisholm Trail with a new brochure from the Texas Historical Commission, the 10th in a series of Heritage..."

April 30, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Redistricting Shuffle Commences

Doggett jumps into the new District 25, Barrientos is peeved; Congressional wannabes find themselves on the new Texas map.

"...Central Texas: Lloyd vs. Gonzo -- Finally?..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

On the Lege, One Last Time

"...Hinojosa, D-McAllen, released a statement anticipating the effects on South Texas and the Valley, the poorest region not only..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Day Trips

"...herds of unbranded cattle wandered the uninhabited lands of South Texas. Returning veterans quickly recognized a business opportunity. Bovines..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Book Review

"...South of Reasonby Cindy M. Eppes..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

"...for alarm, though. According to John Maresh of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's non-game bird division, the big,..."

May 3, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

"...aren't technically state business, they aren't covered by the Texas Public Information Act. Only Green claimed to have been..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Toxic Border

Researchers ponder increasing birth defects in the Valley.

"...or fully developed brain tissue. At the time, the Texas Dept. of Health and federal officials were at a..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

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