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If myopic concerns could be traded as legitimate, revenue-based options, Austin would be looking at one of the great bull markets of our time

"...this with the consequences of the severe federal and state spending cuts just beginning to be felt. Even granting..."

April 9, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Jacob's Well, one of the most prolific and celebrated springs in Central Texas, has stopped flowing.

"...and broiling temperatures are decreasing spring flows across the state. But even during the hammering drought of the 1950s,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Mum's the Word

Blind Oversight

"...BHOC Chair Norma Plascensia Almanza states her charge this way: "As a citizen, I'm supposed..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

The Postman

"...the U.S. was nuked back to a hardscrabble frontier state. More important, Krantz's lies about a restored American government..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Energizer Lobbyists

Deregulation Keeps Lobbyists Going... and Going...

"...of Texas (AECT), a trade group which represents the state's investor-owned utilities. The combined assets of the seven members..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Public Notice: The Wrong Way, The Right Way

ALEC, APA two associations with different responses to our challenging times

"...group/bill mill has been a force in local and state government for decades, "corporate lobbyists, funded by big corporations..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Notes on Kamp: Cowards

Why is the right wing so scared of voting rights?

"...of their sentence, including probation and parole. Only three states completely disenfranchise all felons: Florida, Kentucky, and Iowa. However,..."

June 3, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Syrian Refugees Allowed in Texas

State will take in 21 people

"...there was plenty of grandstanding in the Lone Star State. On Nov. 16, Gov. Greg Abbott joined a list..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Delusions and Deluges

"Downtown doesn't exist just to entertain people of means."

"...low turnout rates; Ken Paxton is suing the federal government (again); and more...."

Oct. 26, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Q&A with Sen. Bernie Sanders

Sanders talks a possible presidential bid, income inequality

"...In a multi-state tour gauging his prospects for a 2016 presidential run,..."

April 2, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Dear Porn Industry

Texas loves luring jobs from California

"...making porn movies to wear condoms. Well, that’s big government for you. Them liberals and their condoms. We’re big..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day One on the Floor

Liveblogging from the House in the 82nd Legislature

"...And so it begins: The 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas begins today. We'll be keeping track of..."

Jan. 11, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Divesting from Reality

House members try to hitch their wagons to the Sudan divestment star.

"...own pet causes. HB 801, which would divest the state's public university endowment from any investments in the genocide-stroking..."

May 15, 2009 News Post by Justin Ward

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week "Texans expect relatively little from state government, and [Gov. Rick] Perry delivers precisely that –..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature

False Accusations

"...I must protest Patrick Taggart's ill-informed and misleading statement that the Irish Travellers "differ from [G]ypsies, whose roots..."

March 21, 1997 Column

Point Austin: In Defense of Women's Rights

The GOP does battle for a government of men, not laws

"...to a woman, her family, and her physician. The state has absolutely no business or right to interfere in..."

June 21, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Witness Says Pardo Taught Her to Cut Heroin

Huang says she cut six ounces per week for Pardo to sell

"...of Jose Pardo and Jorge Carrillo, who the federal government says were key players in a well-organized heroin trafficking..."

Feb. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...Alliance chair Robin Rather -- lauded by the Austin American-Statesman, and not without cause, as a level-headed pragmatist --..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Common Law

School mask mandate – what’s the current state of the law?

"...But I honestly have no idea of the current state of things. Are masks still required in Austin schools?..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Column by Luke Ellis

Margin Walker Owners Discuss Closure

Graham Williams and Ian Orth step back to reassess amid unknown future

"...at a variety of venues here and around the state...."

Dec. 15, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Trauma defines these glimpses into other real lives

"...including approximately 250 students, died and the South Korean government was forced to turn to civilian divers to help..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Julián Castro, Women of Color, and Texas 2020

The path toward turning the state blue

"...own Tamale House are there too, making their own statement on an East Sixth Street that has changed so..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Backs Trump Agency in Holding Undocumented Abortion-Seeking Minor "Hostage"

Federal agency sent minor to crisis pregnancy center instead

"...prevent an undocumented minor from obtaining abortion in the state that Texas “must not become a sanctuary state for..."

Oct. 12, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Lawmaker Wants to Repeal Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance

Workman's HB 577 would undo Council's job applicant labor protection

"...On Tuesday, Dec. 13, Rep. Paul Workman, R-Austin, filed..."

Dec. 13, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

(Not) For Rent

With hopes of protection for Section 8 renters dashed, city takes steps to help

"...the threat of constant rebuff from landlords, a new state law, which took effect on Sept. 1, invalidates the..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Cartel Land

Vigilante groups on both sides of the border fight the Mexican cartels in this harrowing doc

"...as drugs across the border. Meanwhile, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. José Manuel Mireles, a small-town physician,..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

LGBTQ Rights: Hate Defeated

Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session

"...measures – likely the most ever filed by any state government – meant to further erode rights for gay,..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

House Approves Abortion Restrictions for Minors

House gives first OK to bill restricting judicial bypass

"...UPDATE: On Thursday, the Texas House gave final approval..."

May 14, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Despite "Flawed" Process, SBOE Votes for Social Studies Textbooks

Vote on books falls along party lines

"...flooding the Texas Education Agency, a majority of the State Board of Education voted to approve contentious social studies..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Narco Cultura

This documentary about the Mexican drug wars and their relationship to populist narcocorrido music becomes a fascinating study of the cultural cycle of violence.

"...have erupted right in our back yard. Rampant, longstanding government corruption is a factor, with murderous megagangs such as..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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