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July 4, 2003 Column
The Red Ink Hits the Fan
City Manager Toby Futrell says the budget won't balance without years of tax hikes and service cuts
"...to Medicaid and children's health insurance in the proposed state budget will do no good for the city's General..."
May 30, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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"...had committed violations of federal labor law including firing employees for union activities ["Union's Due," April 6, 2001]. What..."
May 2, 2003 Column
Naked City
Labor Strife at Whole Foods
"...the effort, which would affect from 150 to 180 employees...."
April 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Getting School to Work
Aided by an infusion of new tax dollars from high-tech and other industries, Del Valle ISD finds success by investing heavily in school-to-career programs.
"...wings of technological innovation -- present-day realities in the state's school system stand out like smallpox sores. Texas leads..."
Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
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Plan for People, Not Cars
"...extra automobile trips in central Austin daily. (Three thousand employees each owning an automobile and making two trips a..."
March 26, 1999 Column
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Warren Responds
"...I would like to address two statements, in particular, that were made in that article:..."
Aug. 21, 1998 Column
Budget Blackboard
Write 100 Times: AISD Needs More Money
"...come in the form of a boost in the state's homestead exemption, from $5,000 to $15,000, pending a successful..."
June 20, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten
Cash for Trash?
Privatizing the City's Garbage Pickup
"...worker advocate Barbara Rush of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), bristled over Todd's streamlining..."
July 5, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith
AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020
Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather
"...an estimated $88 million in new revenue from the state, which will help fund some of the largest single-year..."
June 21, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Naked City
"...labs and the market. In the spirit of similar state funds, like the Emerging Technology Fund and the Texas..."
Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Student Body, a group appointed by administrators from the state's biggest public schools, put the final editorial touches Monday..."
Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature
The Long, Hot Summer
Books to Spend Your Summer With
"...1,000 tiny and decidedly unofficial museums around the United States. Organized by state, the authors provide a brief description,..."
June 5, 1998 Books Feature
Public Notice: Housekeeping News
Plus trying to slow the Convention Center expansion, code changes
"...for details, but in brief, from the filings, our state's top legal official "directed employees of his office to..."
June 2, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro
A New Council With New Energy Aims to Get City Hall Unstuck
Change is coming, but how much?
"...Cronk, the person tasked with leading the thousands of employees who put Council policy visions into practice...."
Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Follow the Money, Find Beer-to-Go’s Largest Opponents
Time is the latest hurdle in the Texas Craft Beer legislation saga
"...For those of you that pin their hopes on state politicians passing logical, slam-dunk policies every two years so..."
April 9, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga
Top 10 Labor Stories
"...approval process, Council raised the minimum wage for city employees from $11.39/hour to $13.03. State law prevents municipal governments..."
Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp
High Stress at EMS
ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs
"...Austin became the third major city in the United States to employ a governmental, third-service emergency medical department (the..."
May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Point Austin: We Have Just Begun To Fight
The budget battles are only skirmishes in the long march toward democracy
"...many "cracks in the GOP" reflected in recent official statements. Both the Senate and House budget chairs – Sen...."
March 18, 2011 News Column by Michael King
City Hall Hustle: Razing Arizona
City Hall sends regrets to the Grand Canyon
"...I suppose so, even though the Copper State has received far more attention in the past few..."
May 7, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Invoking Ken Lay
Health care reform opponents use odd ally to deflect criticism
"...give up and not give this benefit to their employees," he said. Employers with more than 50 employees will..."
April 7, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Labor Woes at Cap Metro
Capital Metro service hangs in the balance at 11-hour union negotiations
"...spokesperson Andrea Lofye said, adding that administrative and contract employees would drive buses. Cap Metro had little else to..."
Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Y Not?
The battle over AMD's move to Lantana is a one-tract skirmish in a larger war over the uncertain future of Central Texas
"...environmentally sensitive. It goes like this: 31% of AMD's employees live in the southwest, so moving to Lantana will..."
June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
An Education Only a Boss Could Love
Public schools lurch a little closer to privatization with HB 2
"...The state's most powerful business lobby group hasn't been this tickled..."
Feb. 11, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Getting Sheared by Sager: It's On the (legal) Record
Travis Co. GOP boss Alan Sager gypped his Supercuts workers out of thousands of dollars -- no matter what he says now.
"...shops," and was managing "54 Supercuts franchises in three states and employing more than 500 people." (The precise numbers..."
May 30, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
The city makes plans to reduce ground-level ozone in order to comply with an EPA-mandated cleanup schedule.
"...that in exchange for a deferred non-attainment classification, the state would implement an Accelerated Attainment Agreement, which would jump-start..."
Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Mr. Mom
More men are taking time off from work to enjoy fatherhood
"...equal billing with maternity leave is an issue that state legislators and company bosses are grappling with nationwide...."
June 30, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll
Permanent Visitors?
Unique View
"...students ranging in age from three to 21 (the state cut-off point for high school seniors), their families, and..."
Jan. 1, 1999 News Feature by Traci Terrill
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Faulder, a Canadian citizen, will be executed by the state of Texas at 6pm tonight, Dec. 10. Faulder's imminent..."
Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature
Election Aftermath
Bathing in Napalm
"...in the run against Republican candidate Shane Phelps. The state Republican party had very badly wanted to oust Earle..."
