AISD: Long on Ideas ... Short on Funds

AISD looks for answers to budget dilemma

"...Independent School District's plans to deal with its spiraling budget crisis may include declaring financial exigency and massive layoffs..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Cloudy Crystal Ball

If you're wondering what the new Lege will do, look to its predecessors

"...legislators hoping to find a way to balance the state budget while not simultaneously destroying the still fragile Texas..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Math be Hard

Republican Party of Texas needs to recalculate budget claims

"...about what the legislature just passed in the 2010-11 budget...."

June 8, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Notes

Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th

"...to other carriers but also waiving the carrot of statewide, rather than local, franchises on television services and the..."

May 20, 2005 News Column

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...of his run for the presidency in 1999, the state of Texas pissed away much of a $6 billion..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...sting if their convictions are thrown out by the state Court of Criminal Appeals, as recommended last month by..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature

Capitol Chronicle: Patriotic Gore

The Texas House wants to cut health care, human services, and education, but it's really enthusiastic about war.

"...Burleson, Rep. Arlene Wohlgemuth. Blandly captioned as "relating to state policy relating to financing of certain health and human..."

April 11, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

The legislative leadership sends out feelers about a pilot voucher program.

"...potential drain of any substantial voucher program on a budget already in the red...."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Behind the Tree

"...Ben Sargent's Wednesday Statesman cartoon captured the ritual campaign refrain: the politicians have..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

City Hall begins budget prep with a fair-to-middling forecast

"...City Council began in earnest its annual grind of budget preparation, kicked off with Wednesday's work session presentation of..."

April 6, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Court Collision Coming

Council funds AFD overtime, tweaks meetings, orders Texas showdown

"...now joins cities heading for a showdown with the state and the Trump administration...."

May 22, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'

The incumbent mayor defends his record

"...much does the city control and how much the state on that specific issue?..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Perry Continues Assault on Women's Health Care

Perry ends the WHP and blames it on the feds

"...was set to expire Wednesday, March 14, when the state's new rule on qualified affiliate providers officially takes effect...."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Child Advocates Seek Reforms

Budget cuts could wipe out key programs

"...cuts to the Department of Family and Protective Services budget, charities statewide fear those numbers will get worse...."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Cost of Community

The city budget is where Austin decides how to live

"...really going to get my arms around the city budget – no doubt you made the same New Year's..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Paying the CPPP Way

"...parlor is not the new GOP majority but the state budget -- just how are lawmakers going to make..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Questions for Tony and Dan

Gubernatorial debate promises much heat, less light

"...own petard -- attacking his opponent to get the statewide visibility he can't afford to buy -- was briefly..."

March 1, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: In the Shadow of the Capitol

Council approves its latest budget with the Lege over its shoulder

"...an audible sense of satisfaction, by concluding their annual budget adoption in a single day, a feat they had..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Column by Michael King

How Much Will Texas Spend?

The Legislature's conference committee spending proposals

"...It's arguably best that the joint House and Senate Budget Conference Committee does most of its work behind closed..."

May 21, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Defund Planned Parenthood ... Jeopardize Lives

Lege contemplates cutting funding for cancer screenings

"...funding from the health care provider. The proposed Senate budget establishes a new tiered-system funding formula that prioritizes funding..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Will Senate Restore Women's Health Care Funding?

State senator proposes biennial bump in funding

"...additional $100 million over the biennium into the base budget to provide women’s health services – including access to..."

Feb. 25, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Backstage at the Circus

The Lege melodrama can be a hard act to swallow

"...water supply, a healthy transportation system, and an honest state budget." Straus is no liberal, but it's hard to..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: They're Not 'Pro-Life'

The health care cuts are anti-women and anti-family

"...• $19 million: Remaining annual state budget for family planning, down from $50 million..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Capitol Craziness

April Fools' can't compete with this year's legislative follies

"...legislative allies doing their absolute best to throw the state back into both economic and social recession...."

April 1, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...and examination of the city's business ties with that state (Item 30) and setting the compensation and benefits for..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature

Point Austin: Blues for Clifford

Men are remembered not for what they had, but for what they gave

"...massive property tax cuts and increased the public school budget. The former is certainly true – that's been Perry's..."

May 26, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Money's tight at AISD

"...long summer days mean not beaches and barbecues, but budgets. And in Texas right now, that means tight budgets:..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

On the Lege, One Last Time

"...nasty the fights that preceded it -- the final state budget vote is generally noncontroversial. Every legislator has a..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Austin, Can You Spare $7 million?

CodeNEXT, budget, and the long shadow of the state

"...Council discussions carry one or two undertones: the 2018 budget and/or CodeNEXT. Last Thursday’s session (June 22) held to..."

June 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Elsewhere Under the Dome

Rounding up the news left on the chamber floors

"...The Senate passed Senate Bill 1, its draft budget, on March 28, with $106.3 billion in spending for..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature

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