Budget: Signed, Sealed, Deliverable

Texas House passed SB 1 142-2, now it heads to the governor

"...The House just blew its perfect record on unanimous..."

May 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Getting Film Incentives to Pay Off

Film Commission director Bob Hudgins talks about proposed reforms to the incentive program

"...It's not exactly what Texas Film Commission Director Bob Hudgins wants, but he's enthusiastic that the..."

Feb. 10, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Attack of the Robocaller!

WilCo Dem county attorney challenger claims attack piece breaks federal law

"...federal do-not-call laws which might get the Federal Communications Commission involved. (See the entire press Lynn release after the..."

Oct. 28, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Rodney Reed, the Austin Marathon, and Council

Efforts to free Reed continue; Council talks housing

"...March 5, it wouldn’t be the first time the state has executed a man whose guilt was in doubt...."

Feb. 16, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

TYC Allegations: Not Just Abbott

Davis attack ad taps history of blind eyes turned to rape cases

"...office spent two years ignoring allegations of abuse at state juvenile correctional facilities. That the awkward part of this..."

Sept. 17, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

From Sixth Street to Beirut

Yassine brothers detained as fed case emerges

"...provided a kilo of cocaine to the CHS. The state argues that he also sold two guns – a..."

March 27, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Austin for the arts to grow. Although Formosa, her estate in Hyde Park, was at that time on the..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...coming. The charges against Keller were filed by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct and could result in her..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature

What's at Stake at City Hall?

City elections bring debate over people, priorities, and propositions

"...More likely, like his lonely opposition to last year's state Proposition 2, that stance will hurt Thomas and help..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

There's Nothing Like a Real Coal Fire

Public Utility Commission member pushes for more coal, even after the recent TXU struggle.

"...meeting of the Texas Public Power Association, Public Utility Commission member Barry Smitherman gave electricity industry insiders the official..."

July 25, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Oops

"...said that Bartlett Cocke was hired by the Texas Facilities Commission as the general contractor on the Dewitt C...."

Jan. 27, 2012 Column

Five and a Half Things About Sheryl Cole's Re-Election Kick-Off

SMDs to education, the Capitol Complex to … lipstick?

"...a drop out rate that is close to the state average.” This lead directly to education, and “without education,..."

Nov. 30, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Cap Metro: The Quarter Cent Shuffle

Why Cap Metro takes a quarter-cent and then gives it back

"...leaders in the anti-transit camp included then Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty and Republican state Rep. Terry Keel of..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?

State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency

"...to reforming the battered, scandal-plagued, and discredited Texas Youth Commission. But as the relevant reform and financing bills come..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...Sierra Club as its senior campaign representative for the statewide Beyond Coal Campaign. The move follows his untimely resignation..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19

There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad

"...but what we do know is bad. Not all states report relevant data, and federal reporting has until recently..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Environmental Cage Match

After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?

"...Hernandez moved to Aus­tin to head up a grassroots statewide campaign to fight the state on permitting and building..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...consult the judge responsible for the case, reported the Statesman Wednesday. "We close at 5pm," Keller said, and Michael..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...April 17. Emphasizing the property-tax reform mandated by the state Supreme Court, Perry said he wants the Lege "to..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

'Completing Communities'

A conversation with Kathie Tovo

"...Kathie Tovo: Educational impact statements – that will be one tool to measure how..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

An End to TYC's Problems ... and to TYC?

The Sunset Advisory Commission recommends drastic action to remedy the problems plaguing the Texas Youth Commission: dissolve the agency

"...ago he was sentenced to the old San Saba State School, run by the state's juvenile prison system, the..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...chronically short on funds to improve the parks and facilities that the city already owns, and it struggles to..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Race Is to the Swift

In Texas, livestock are better vaccinated than children.

"...Texas. Immediately upon their arrival, an obscure agency of state government in Austin placed them in quarantine and began..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...it, but somehow the breadth of his impact seems understated and underappreciated. Yet, as he retires after nine years..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

The Greening of George W. Bush

An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.

"...that would allow major industrial polluters exempt from the state's pollution controls since 1971 to volunteer to clean up..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...city limits in Austin's extra-territorial jurisdiction, and are under state and county regulatory authority. Because much of the waste..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Bush's Xmas Stocking: Burning Coal?

New state and federal regulations threaten the Clean Air Act

"...On Dec. 19, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission voted to change the factors considered when a company..."

Dec. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

God's Steward at the TNRCC

In Barry McBee's Environment, Politics and Religion Mix

"...in the country. As the latter, he's an environmental states' righter who wants to reduce the power of the..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

"...• City Planning Commission Chair David Sullivan was more than a little disappointed..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

Travis County Bond Election

"...and citizens' groups promoted the parks plan, and the commissioners responded, with the most common refrain being, "We only..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

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