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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...job well done defeating Props. 1 and 2. Simply stated they were bad public policy. Maybe this time, the..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature

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Happenings from Austin and beyond

"...At press time, state Rep. Jack Stick had withdrawn his challenge to the..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Burnet counties in an effort to start a new state park. This land is across the river from Colorado..."

April 25, 2025 News Feature

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...city is mired in "internal control" drama, Travis Co. auditor Susan Spataro is basking in the glory of winning..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature

"Strong-Mayor" Proposal Divides Austin's Progressives

Power to the people?

"...the fact that bureaucratic civil service protections in Texas state law make it impossible to simply fire the police..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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"...it can provide valid scientific arguments to the contrary. State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, described the ruling as "further..."

April 6, 2007 News Feature

Picking Up the CHIPs

Clarendon scandal opens a window on the joys of privatization

"...Last week state Rep. Vicki Truitt, R-Keller, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram..."

July 16, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...The High Life: State District Judge Jan Soifer granted a temporary injunction against..."

Nov. 12, 2021 News Feature

The Pols Just Keep on Coming

Your Guide to Candidates for the New 10-1 Universe

"...idea, but on Thursday, Jan. 23, Williams told the Statesman that there are enough "qualified candidates" already in the..."

Feb. 3, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Come One, Come All!

Here’s Your Early Tipsheet of the Folks Running for City Council

"...Cavazos, former Council candidate (2009) and legislative director for state Sen. Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston), is "leaning towards" another run,..."

Jan. 10, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 12/6/10

Meet Police Monitor candidates tomorrow

"...the Cambridge, Mass., Police Department. She established the Police Auditor’s Office for the City of Eugene, Ore. Beamud earned..."

Dec. 6, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Exactly Whose Dream Is It?

"...secured endorsement of their product from the government through state law. TexasSure sure better enforce the same laws and..."

March 24, 2009 Postmarks

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"...private developers to take on some tracts; the city auditor is reviewing ARA's records pending a decision for an..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

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"...celebration Tuesday night, as the public wandered through the state-of-the-art examination room, viewed high tech equipment, and experienced features..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...will have to return that extra money to the state in 2007-08, which is the excuse the district has..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Halfway to Nowhere

As the Lege turns the corner, there's still plenty of time for trouble

"...school system, fashion a superregressive tax bill, besmirch the state comptroller for dissing the tax bill, and threaten local..."

April 1, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

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News and happenings around Austin and beyond

"...executive director, a board member resigned, while the city auditor's office continued investigating apparently missing funds. (See "Austin Stories,"..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I appreciate ACC union leader Mark Goodrich's complimentary statement about my approach to labor issues at ACC ["ACC..."

June 18, 2004 Column

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"...is plagued by accounting, structural, and other problems. The auditor developed a set of recommendations to right the wrongs,..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...Commission welfare-to-work program, and lost its relationship with the statewide Family Pathfinders welfare-to-work program, a relationship which was the..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Endorsements

City Propositions

"...on the ballot; we have great doubts that Palmer Auditorium can ever really be "retrofitted" into an acceptable fine-arts..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by the Editorial Staff

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Bill 4, the highly controversial new law that allows state and local police to arrest people they suspect of..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...conditions and high winds. Texas, along with other Southwest states, has experienced lengthening periods of drought due to climate..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Dell Med School Debate Over Use of Funds Continues

Fred Lewis won’t quit HEALTH fight with Travis County

"...week – that the entire medical school project violates state law, which (as Lewis interprets it) forbids health district..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Fred Lewis, Friends of “the Poor” Go to War on Central Health

Is there a doctor in the house?

"...Central Health funds, but were assured by the county auditor and their own legal counsel that the district and..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Feb. 18-25

"...SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE Artists, community organizers, and scholars address the state of social justice in the Americas. Through Sat., Feb...."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature

The March Primaries and After: The Filing Report

Flurry of last-minute filings

"...deadline, 10 more potential candidates – including five for state representative – have entered the fray to take on..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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"...of the year's executions occurred in the Lone Star State. Naked City..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the city are co-conspirators on tracts covered by the state's 245 law. A secret City Council committee "makes every..."

April 7, 2006 Column

Charter School Earns an F

The Texas Academy of Excellence fails accounting (and ethics)

"...the East Austin charter school has received from the state since it opened its doors in 1996...."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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