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As Abbott Blows Off COVID, Austin Just Wants to Stay Alive

The unmasking commences and the governor goes after his own constituents yet again

"...Masks and capacity limits can be reinstated temporarily in regions where the disease that's killed more..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: School Finance Bill Passes House With Flying Colors

Stickland only holdout on ambitious “Texas Plan” finance bill

"...for per-student funding would increase by $890 across the state; school district tax rates would be compressed by 4..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Setting an Example

City increases its own base pay; will other employers follow suit?

"...homeowners said the same about their mortgages. Because the state of Texas prevents municipalities from increasing minimum wage standards..."

Sept. 16, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

Labor: Failure to Thrive

Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session

"...from being automatically deducted from the paychecks of public-sector employees (with exceptions for the politically powerful first-responder unions, naturally)...."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Bleak Day at SCOTUS for Women, Unions

Hobby Lobby ruling hits reproductive rights, Illinois wings labor

"...Specialties that being forced to provide contraception to their employees violated their First Amendment rights. Put simply, they argued..."

June 30, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

ATU Strikes, After StarTran Rejects Compromise

Can Mike Martinez's proposal avert a bus strike?

"...as the actual employer of Cap Metro workers because state law forbids Cap Metro from bargaining with a union,..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Beyond City Limits

"...• In two opinions handed down late Monday, the state Court of Criminal Appeals cleared the way for Texas..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature

County Workers Approved for More Pay

Bigger paychecks on tap for sheriff's deputies and county employees

"...had come from AFSCME Local 1624 (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), which represents rank-and-file county employees...."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Unfair Firing at AISD?

In few-month span, Travis Heights Elementary custodian placed on administrative leave, fired, restored, placed on leave again, and finally terminated – stories behind ordeal vary

"...had been missing her lunch period lately. The e-mail stated, "He again asked when [the girl's] mother would be..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Backassward Birth Control Ruling

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says contraceptives are intended for use prior to pregnancy, meaning employers don't have to cover cost of contraceptives for female patients under health plans

"...comes in response to several sex-discrimination suits brought by employees of the Union Pacific Railroad Co., who argued that..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Beside the Point

City Council wants to grant workers collective bargaining rights, needs Lege approval

"...rights for most of the city's thousands of rank-and-file employees. Today's City Council Agenda Item 30 is the first..."

March 2, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Democratic and Republican Primaries, March 7

"...Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who tends to get a statewide pass as a "moderate," although she generally votes lockstep..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Williamson DA Puts the Squeeze on Defense Bar

John Bradley sees nothing wrong with compelling testimony about indicted clients

"...by the office of District Attorney John Bradley. The state was aiming to force Phillips to testify about the..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Yet More Contempt for T.A.B.

"...Monday, with two more contempt-of-court charges leveled against T.A.B. employees...."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...make it virtually unthinkable to stay put and shoot stateside...."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...where she was known and feared by residents and employees alike. Mother of two, frequent flyer in both the..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Three employees of the state Senate's Media Services Department are fired without known reason.

"...that was just unacceptable. The agency was in a state of disarray, and I think that alone justified the..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...only woman represented on the façade of the Texas State History Museum), but her former residence chugged along in..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...room in Austin -- where it has about 12,000 employees -- and moved its latest outpost to Nashville. Then..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cooking in Heels

Trailblazing Women in Austin's Food Business

"..."the archives" of the business, the database on which employees run "new" ideas to see how they've been tested..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Food Feature by Ronna N. Welsh

Teachers Trade Low Pay for High Tech

"...are public school teachers - the ones whom the state desperately needs to create a skilled workforce. In increasing..."

June 5, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Don't Dissolve District

"...of capture," the century-old doctrine followed in no other state but Texas that gives every landowner the right to..."

May 1, 1998 Column

"...idea," says Longcope. She says she'll pursue her real estate and freelance-writing activities while Wohlgemuth builds her C.P.A. practice...."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Feature

Teachers Eye Union Label

Four Texas Teacher Associations Fight for Members

"...to strike -- is illegal in Texas for public employees, including teachers. Instead, teachers may "meet and confer" or..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Clear-Cutting at Parks & Rec

Budget Pruning Kills Horticulture Unit

"...PARD horticulturists (by experience, not degree), the long-time city employees Evans (with 14 years) and Ozuna (23 years) will..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Court Considering Whether Pitonyak Deserves New Trial

Gruesome slaying in West Campus revisited by federal jurists

"...clear violation of Brady v. Maryland, which requires the state to release exculpatory evidence...."

Aug. 27, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Did You Work Last Weekend?

Reflections on the value of Texas labor

"...to reflect on these matters the next time the Statesman editors get all red-faced about the powerful unions controlling..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Column by Michael King

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...unable to regulate pool halls with BYOB policies, because state law is silent on such venues. While the opinion..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature

Weed Watch: South Dakota Medi-Pot Supporters Push Forward

After six years of failed attempts to convince state's lawmakers to pass a law to protect medical marijuana patients from arrest and prosecution, medi-pot supporters take their proposition to the public

"...six years of failed attempts to convince South Dakota state lawmakers to enact a law to protect medical-marijuana patients..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Y' Can't We Be Friends?

The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility

"..."We do, however, have a U.S. highway and a state highway and an underlying responsibility to provide a facility..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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