The Hightower Report

Victory for Truth in Labeling; and Tea Partying Like Old Pros

"...do biotech corporations, national milk processors, and the Ohio state government have in common? Answer: defeat!..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Audit Ugliness

Perry questions Strayhorn's ethics, but watchdogs warn he's in a glass house

"...State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn would have no trouble turning..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...As the April 13 primary run-offs loom across the state, the 2004 Texas election season does not lack for..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Welcome to Tomstown

In the burgeoning Tomstown scandal, you can't tell the players or the plot without a program

"...honor of the colonizer, slave master, and transient real estate speculator Stephen F. Austin, who began the long and..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Looking for Tony

Democrats are settling on Tony Sanchez as their next gubernatorial candidate before anyone has an idea who he is.

"...certainly not its first multimillionaire governor. Bill Clements, the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, was a rich oil..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Rerun at the D.A. Corral

Republican Shane Phelps challenges Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle for a second time, and seems to be trailing.

"...ranked among the safest major cities in the United States. Moreover, the Austin Police Association PAC gave Earle its..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Child Support Mess

"...month, Baldwin takes over the most fouled-up agency in state government, the Child Support Division of the Texas Attorney..."

Jan. 15, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Sunset II

Ag Department Cleans House

"...the TDA is sunsetting all its rules with the stated intent of keeping "only those regulations that protect the..."

June 30, 1995 News Feature

Austin at Large: Don’t Go Away Mad, Just ...

If legislators want to break up with Austin, they should at least put their backs into it

"...Former state Rep. Ron Wilson, D-Hous­ton, who currently awaits sentencing for..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Nobody Wants to Stop Voters From Approving Prop A

Pro-legalization and pro-freedom folks see eye to eye on the May 7 ballot

"...operate at any rate. So prosecutors began to tell state lawmakers that they would simply stop prosecuting possession cases...."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: A Tale of Two Gregs

While Abbott loses his marbles, Casar and other urban progressives band together

"...at some point in their Texan journey that the state's governor is not given much formal power, both of..."

June 4, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Losing Control ... of Your Bladder

The Lege knows what's best for you and your privates

"...15), one of the biennial occupations of the Republican-dominated state government is pounding into submission any upstart local initiatives..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Deconstructing ISIS

UT professors discuss the rise of the Islamic state

"...when ISIS announced the establishment of a caliphate (Islamic state) in 2014; ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was declared..."

March 1, 2016 News Post by Dina Samir Shehata

The New Juarez

This partisan film essay attacks both the United States and Mexican governments for the massive violence in Juarez.

"...a well-aimed and substantial attack on both the United States and Mexican governments, with particular ire shown toward the..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Point Austin: Money and Minds

The easiest answer on campaign finance reform might not be the wisest

"...that she had "in error" (and potentially illegally, under state law) accepted a couple of donations from corporations. "I..."

April 20, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Chicago Comparison

"...initiative, thanks in part to a strong-mayor form of government, political power amassed over decades, and deeper big-city resources...."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Supremes Let Stand California Medi-Pot Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Garden Grove, Calif., challenging a lower court ruling that a medi-pot patient should get back his seized stash

"...a 2007 California court ruling that concluded that the state's medi-pot law is not preempted by federal pot prohibition..."

Dec. 8, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Eagle Eye

Too bad it's autumn: With its frenetic car chases; near-erotic fascination with explosions, gadgets, and guns; and disposable storyline, Eagle Eye is the very definition of a summer blockbuster.

"...moaning in to a violent conspiracy against the U.S. government, the July Fourth weekend would have been all his...."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Southland Tales

Six years after Donnie Darko, filmmaker Richard Kelly returns with this incomprehensible, self-indulgent mess of post-apocalyptic anxiety, political paranoia, and pop-culture references.

"...Texas, setting off World War III, turning the United States into a hypermilitarized police state, and most likely wreaking..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Your coverage of the Open Government Online and SOS city charter amendments accuses SOS Alliance..."

March 24, 2006 Column

High-Powered Help for Hospital District

But can slick, GOP-friendly HillCo defend the public interest?

"...are among the most influential influence peddlers in the state. The Austin shop emerged from a field of six..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Traffic Report

Rail rolls forward, but toll roads encounter slowing

"...record endorsing Capital Metro's proposal, ranging from the Real Estate Council of Austin and the Greater Austin Chamber of..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...find this interesting, because three paragraphs later Mr. Blodgett states, "More than 3,600 Austinites applied this spring for just..."

May 14, 2004 Column

The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk

"...of the Manchurians -- from execution by the current government. In the meantime, Fong is busily wooing the daughter..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Barefoot Gen

"...feature is just now being released in the United States, and is based upon the Barefoot Gen comic strip..."

Feb. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Larks on a String

"...some of the film's principal characters, residents of a state-run junkyard/labor camp for those whose actions have been deemed..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice: School Boards and Rail Lines

Searching for a super, roughing out the rail routes

"...facing a national trend toward standardized testing and a state government that is genuinely not supportive of public education,..."

March 17, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...a manufactured home on the western side of the state-owned property, Max Moscoe was describing how the downpour could..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Sweeping Religious Freedom Bill Heads to Senate

The Senate State Affairs Committee approves a license to discriminate

"...a toilet flush, but with a whimper, the Senate State Affairs Committee sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to..."

March 26, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Dan Patrick, Still on Bathroom Patrol

Lt. Guv takes issue with Obama's trans-inclusive policy

"...billions in education dollars in defiance of the federal government’s recent call to protect transgender students...."

May 13, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

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