Naked City

Deficit? What Deficit?

"...the House and Senate floor, it's when discussing the state budget that real blood is spilled at the Lege...."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

The Texas state budgeting process is called conservative, but might be better described as "penny wise, pound foolish."

"...glazing over at the propect of your own household budget -- let alone that of the state of Texas..."

Jan. 26, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Coalition to Advocate for Increased Family Planning Funding

Full funding will increase state savings

"...in town ready with an answer to cure the state's family-planning woes...."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Drop in the Bucket: Disputed Fed Ed Funding Comes to Texas

Disputed fed ed funding comes to Texas

"...Education Robert Scott announced that he had filed the state's application with the U.S. Depart­ment of Education. He wrote..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Budgets Are Moral Documents

When the rulers call for sacrifice, who do they mean?

"...on both men's 2011 legislative agenda: to "balance the budget without raising taxes," according to Dewhurst. That was the..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Things Are So Bad That ...

Watson condemns budget process

"...How bad is the state budget looking? On Nov. 15, the Legislative Budget Board..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pregnant Pause

Anti-abortion group is poised to siphon big chunk of indigent health-care funds

"...Even as the state budget for health and human services is expected to..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...the special session to include other "emergencies" facing the state. Many of the new items had been part of..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The House Adjourns to Oklahoma

The House Dems may be losing the legislative wars, but they're finally winning the PR battle.

"...Ardmore, Okla. There they vow to stay until the state and national Republican leadership agrees to desist in its..."

May 16, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: Money Changes Everything

In budget crunch, how will Austin decide which 'pet projects' get spayed?

"...clearly doesn't feel sorry for herself. But the upcoming budget cycle -- which has already started, months ahead of..."

April 26, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle: Blame It on the Kids

Gov. Perry has no trouble funding his enormous transportation plan, but can't find insurance money for poor kids.

"...based on current projections, we can expect the already-battered state budget to be in the hole about $5 billion..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Top 10 Hits

Proposed Budget Cuts Have Some Singing the Blues

"...holiday season or football season, the City of Austin's budget season is not marked by greeting cards, supermarket decorations,..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Boom and Gloom

Austin's Budget Struggles to Keep Up

"...finance director Betty Dunkerley is taxed by this year's budget process. photograph by John Anderson Last year, when we..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dollars Down to Earth

1995-96 City Budget Shoots for Balance

"...Nice fantasies, but then comes budget time, when the politicians and city staff finally have..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...three, or four, or five sessions, but as our state grows ever larger and more bumptious, so do the..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Lege Lines

Budget fight on the horizon, GOP leadership spat, TMF thwarts anti-choice measures, and more

"...Budget Battle Here! Taxes Fight Over There!..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Women's Health Care: Costs More, Does Less

With Planned Parenthood out, state serves fewer for more

"...The number of clients served by the state's family planning budget dropped dramatically in fiscal year 2012,..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

City Hall Hustle: Twisting the Knife

Is Austin heading for a double-dip recession?

"...I asked Chief Budget Officer Ed Van Eenoo that question as a kind..."

April 22, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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

Perry vs. Texas Teachers

Is the governor standing between educators and federal stimulus money?

"...protection measure, which will send $26 billion to the states to allow them to keep paying their workers. On..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Take Three

Texas film incentives don't always carry sufficient funding

"...assembled crowd, "With this legislation, we are strengthening our state's investment in a vital industry that not only shows..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Dismantling Family Planning

Advocates say a state Senate budget rider would cripple delivery of health care to poor women

"...Family planning advocates are decrying a new state Senate budget rider that they say would dismantle a..."

March 17, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

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

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

The Hightower Report

Being an arms pimp backfires on the U.S.; and to see our nation's future, look at Texas' miserable present.

"...revenues, and left such a fiscal mess that the state now can't meet its basic responsibilities...."

March 21, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

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

Capitol Chronicle

The Legislature enters the home stretch -- two weeks to go.

"...three big-ticket items complicating a final resolution of the state budget. Lawmakers have agreed in principle to fund some..."

May 18, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Lege Finds Even More Funds for Anti-Choice Grifters

Alternatives to Abortion program gets $100M in House budget

"...House members approved a record-breaking $100 million for the state’s Alternatives to Abortion Program (A2A), which includes a network..."

April 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

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