Slash the State

In Texas, the social contract is now written in disappearing ink

"...week's subject (now by default this week's) was the state budget, and the continuing effects of last year's savage..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Column by Michael King

"Historic" Spending on Homelessness in New City Budget

FY 2020 plan calls for maximum tax rate to beat revenue caps

"...of the newly proposed Fiscal Year 2019-20 Austin city budget...."

Aug. 5, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Budget: Heavy on Tax Cuts, Light on Services

Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session

"...was learned while lawmakers passed House Bill 1, the state budget for the 2016-17 biennium. After the great gouging..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Budget Deal Evicts Planned Parenthood From Cancer Program

Under new budget, Planned Parenthood removed from cancer program

"...longer be able to turn to Planned Parenthood for state-supported breast and cervical cancer screenings, under a newly released..."

May 21, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Don't Spend That Budget Yet

Has the Lege really given out any more money in that megabudget? Even state agencies don't know.

"...When is a budget raise not a budget raise? When you're the Texas..."

June 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Final Budget: Pork for Me, Not for Thee

"...– came out on top in the new two-year state budget, thanks to lawmakers' eagerness to use the lion's..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Lege Land: Budget Imbalancing Act

Texas faces $4.3 billion revenue shortfall

"...The Texas Constitution instructs the state Legislature to pass a balanced budget. So now that..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beside the Point: A Vegetative State

The City Council tries to move the budget beyond meat and potatoes

"...first of three presentations detailing the proposed 2007 city budget. As City Manager Toby Futrell has repeatedly asserted, her..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Council Members To Back Abortion Support Budget Measure

Garza, Casar plan support for $100K in abortion assistance

"...to the growing hostility toward abortion rights – nationally, statewide, and now at the municipal level in Texas –..."

Aug. 15, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin ISD Budget: $1.4 Billion

Trustees approve budget for 2018-19 school year

"...Trustees voted Monday night to approve a $1.4 billion budget for the upcoming school year – about $11.9 million..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Budget: First Forecast

Budget forecast shows rising city income, costs

"...It's still very early in the city's budget process, but last Wednesday, April 22, city budget staff..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Natural State

San Antonio-based Presidian wants to enter into public private partnerships with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

"...trying to sort out. And yet, despite a projected state budget surplus, the Legislature continues to insist that TPWD..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Proposed City Budget Cuts Police Funding by $8.1 Million

Decrease falls far short of $100 million activists called for

"...The Austin Police Department’s budget will decrease by $8.1 million, or about 1.9% of..."

July 13, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison and Austin Sanders

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed

Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash

"...Mayor Steve Adler delivered a mixed but certainly subdued “State of the City” address Wednesday night at City Hall...."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

City Budget: Room to Move

Council nears final decisions on 2019 budget

"...gathers today, Thursday, Sept. 6, for a special called budget meeting, hoping to give final shape to the fiscal..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Budget in a Box

The budget year begins with the annual forecast

"...drone of ATXN.TV in the background, as the city's budget administrators deliver the annual financial and budget forecast to..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Lege Lines: Guns, Islamophobia, & Budget Cuts

The Lege takes on guns, Islamophobia, and sets the draft budget

"...Patrick has sent two pieces of legislation to the State Affairs committee. Senate Bill 342 by Sen. Don Huffines,..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

LegeLand: Firefighters Hosed by the State

Perry's slash-and-burn handiwork is visible for miles

"...Even with this knowledge, the state this year cut its contribution to the Volunteer Fire..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A New Budget Shell Game

Request for five percent agency spending cut doesn't add up

"...Speaker Joe Straus released a letter on Friday asking state agencies to submit plans to cut five percent from..."

Jan. 16, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Head of State

"...off so castrated in the ineptly made Head of State, a fumbling comedy about a black Washington, D.C., alderman..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

State and Main

Mamet's story about a big-budget Hollywood production that steamrolls into a little Vermont town is told with a gentle smirk.

"...temptation, bloated egos and professional backbiting. Writer-director David Mamet's State and Main delivers that splash, with the authority of..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Majority of Texas Voters Favor State-Funded Family Planning

And disapprove of 2011 fam-plan budget cuts

"...the drastic cuts lawmakers made to the family planning budget in 2011 that last year left more than 127,000..."

Feb. 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The State of Perry's Smile

Governor proposes less for arts, more for big business

"...out of touch with economic reality. But before yesterday's State of the State address, thin-skinned was not on that..."

Feb. 9, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Budget Nears Passage

"...Amidst all the chubbing on the House floor, the state budget for the 2010-11 biennium quietly made its next..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bipartisanship in the Budget

Isett, Anchia show that budget agreement don't just mean concessions

"...about how the Texas House of Representatives handled Friday's budget debate is that it was an object model in..."

April 20, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Envisioning the Future of Austin State Hospital

What will it take to turn the former Texas State Lunatic Asylum into a world-class center of brain health?

"...was stigmatized a long time ago. So the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, opened in 1861, changed its name to..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Budget Busters or Busted Budget

Conference committee to close $11 billion gap

"...Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst announced his appointees to the Budget Conference Committee, the five senators that will join five..."

May 9, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

State Blackmail on Health Care Funds?

Texas may force providers to choose between Title X and state health care funds

"...funding that had previously been granted directly to the state for allocation. Clinics that shuttered due to the devastating..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Live-Blogging the City Budget Adoption

Continuously updated blog of the budget adoption.

"...to start adoption of the final Fiscal Year 2007-08 Budget for the City of Austin. But, despite there being..."

Sept. 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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