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Consumers Beware
Citizen Advocate Gets Bounced
"...According to Saturday's Statesman, Jackie Goodman's attempt last week to hire consumer advocate..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Column by Audrey Duff

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Tesla Safety Problems: Employees of Elon Musk’s Boring Co., headquartered 30 miles outside..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget
Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?
"...City of Austin employees took center stage July 15 at the Montopolis Recreation..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Q&A With City Manager Spencer Cronk
In his first sit-down interview with the Chronicle, Austin's CM discusses public safety, the budget, and next steps
"...handful of months we can see what that future state looks like, and how that impacts the budget going..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

For Texas Prisoners, COVID-19 Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence
Criminal justice advocates warn of outbreaks behind bars
"...before the coronavirus pandemic became a crisis in the state's prisons. Now, COVID-19 is racing through the system and..."

May 15, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Social Justice Advocates Call for Big Moves to Ease the Blow of Coronavirus
The most at risk
"...populations," said Selena Xie, president of the Austin EMS Employees Association, during a (virtual) press conference Monday morning. "Given..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

AISD Board Votes to Give Superintendent Broadened Authority
Resolution lets Cruz take "immediate action" on COVID-19 response
"...were allowed following Gov. Greg Abbott’s declaration of a state of emergency in all 254 Texas counties earlier Friday..."

March 14, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session
Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed
"...Those opposing the bill, including police chiefs across the state, called it a "solution looking for a problem that..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Cameras for Cops
Will City Council get a policy in place on June 9?
"...Henson noted in April, there do exist other options. State Department of Information Resources COO Dale Richardson recently told..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

News Roundup: Biker Gangs, Ice Cream, & Rain
A deadly shooting, the latest at Kyle PD, and more
"...and part-time workers (37% of the 3,900 person workforce). Employees deemed “essential” will continue to work but at reduced..."

May 18, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

UT to Slash Memorial Museum Funding
Supporters search for alternate funding
"...most of its staff, which currently includes 11 full-time employees as well as a few paid docents. The museum..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Public Ed's Future Hangs in Balance
It's Teacher Appreciation Week, but you'd never know it at the Lege
"...irony of the situation has not been lost on statewide teachers' union Texas AFT, which issued a satirical press..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rodeo 80
The 2007 Legislature in a quick-step roundup
"...population, never mind the decade-plus of systematic underfunding of state agencies...."

June 8, 2007 News Column

Reining in the Mother of All Big Boxes
Local activists seek community-wide benefits analyses of big-box proposals
"...Austin Independent Business Alliance, and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees local 1624, became the basis..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...the race for Austin City Council Place 3, you state in reference to candidate[s] Jennifer Kim [and Gregg Knaupe]..."

April 29, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.
"...T-I's offices, but forgets the secondary effects of 600-800 employees the company seeks to move to Austin from other..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column

Obscene Calling
Law enforcement crosses capitol politics, and the Rangers get burned
"...official of a succeeding administration, noting that while the state troopers were obliged to obey the great man's orders,..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Naked City
"...State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, became the first of the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.
"...read the news that doesn't get printed in the Statesman, and I enjoyed the columns like "Coach's Corner." Alas,..."

June 13, 2003 Column

A Shifting Landscape
Texas Parks & Wildlife at an organizational crossroads
"...Sansom was hired by the state from the Nature Conservancy in 1987, during the tenure..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Is Knowledge Power?
A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor
"...the company opened a D.C. office, with five more employees (now laid off). There's even been a software spin-off..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

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The Balcones Situation argued, "Zionism" attributed, and some retaliatory kudos for DAILY TEXAN comics.
"...does not protect incompetent workers; it does not protect employees who knowingly delete office files (in a law office..."

April 20, 2001 Column

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The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.
"...of thousands of working people in our ultimate right-to-work state of Texas. For those who have worked with him..."

April 13, 2001 Column

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Housing, ACC, and Spooner.
"...us on achieving our goals for fair treatment as employees...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column

Funeralgate Hits Texas
What Did Bush Know?
"...letter complains vociferously about a surprise inspection that TFSC employees made on April 10, 1998, at two SCI funeral..."

July 9, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Pattern of Intimidation? or Just Business?
"...what may be the biggest influence-buying scandal in recent state history. The battle between the Texas Funeral Service Commission..."

July 9, 1999 News Feature

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Think Positive
"...the Mueller redevelopment must be "another front of the state-city land war." As a neighborhood representative my experiences with..."

May 8, 1998 Column

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Do the Right Thing
"...The actual salaries Samsung paid to the entry level employees exceeded the amounts that were being requested by community..."

March 27, 1998 Column

The Backstage Crew
Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show
"...-- who had just finished working at the Austin American-Statesman and had lost a bid to become a state..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

City Base Wage Jumps to $20/Hour for Next Fiscal Year
Council approves increase for city workers
"...total property tax revenue (the "revenue cap") allowed under state law and about 8 cents lower than the current..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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