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

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"...Springs Watershed ["Point Austin," News, Dec. 30]. While the Statesman refuses to tell the real story, you have made..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

The Cost of Government?

Local public spending outpaces local incomes – but not local needs

"...For the last few years, the Real Estate Council of Austin has released a progressively-more-hyped "Combined Cost..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The True Story

Grandfather fought in the Philippines -- after that, things get kinda blurry …

"...it to the greatest repository of Americana, not the Library of Congress nor the Smithsonian, but Hollywood. When you..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

An interview with Don Graham, editor of Lone Star Literature.

"...read her work was to go to a research library. And then I wanted all the obvious choices: J...."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond

"...McCallum-to-McAllen District 25 -- drawing ire from, among others, state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, who may run for the same..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Leaving the Children Behind

"...The House and Senate versions of the proposed state budget (House Bill 1) are currently under revision by..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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Headlines

"...an application at any post office or Austin Public Library branch, or register online at www.texasonline.state.tx.us/travisco/voter/home.htm...."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...Oxford, and by magnetic extension the Magnolia State itself, has a heavy, brilliant air about it. You..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

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"...Jeff personally got in the fray and assessed SIMS's state of affairs and helped mediate problems between the board..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...The state gubernatorial campaigns brandished dueling polls last week, and whom..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...in the LBJ Auditorium of the Sid Richardson Hall/LBJ Library complex. We assume someone will organize a protest. And..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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"...the city attorney's office to lobby the secretary of state to help her and Daryl overturn term limits. When..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...Good news for SH 130 backers: The state is letting the private sector manage the long-delayed, $1.5..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature

TNRCC, EPA Follow Suit

The EPA and TNRCC jump on environmentalists' bandwagon by accusing Alcoa of violating the Clean Air Act.

"...it was operating in violation of both federal and state clean air laws due to equipment upgrades it made..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...-- the Center for Geopolitical Studies -- at Louisiana State University, in order to marry objective foreign policy analysis..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...through April 2001. Participating critics this year include Austin American-Statesman staff reporters Michael Barnes and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide

"...General Camps and ClassesBOB BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM Although it's been open for less than..."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...beautiful Russian agent, one confused and apologetic undersecretary of state, 22 Chicano ghosts (one for every city he visited..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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"...are certainly right in your comments concerning the Austin American-Statesman's coverage of the investigation into police department misconduct, etc...."

March 2, 2001 Column

Lobbying for Little People

A Profile of Austin's Center for Public Policy Priorities

"...the Benedictine Resource Center, and established a health ethics library in San Antonio and a health policy office in..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Public Notice

Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers.

"...at all local public libraries, in the Perry Castañeda library at UT, and libraries on the St. Ed's and..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Picking Up the Pieces

Karr Conviction Closes Another Chapter in O'Hair Case

"...the bar. Cortez, who is now serving time in state prison for murder, spent his money on two Mustangs,..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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"...with all of the candidates in this race. You state in the "Page Two" article dated April 28 that..."

May 12, 2000 Column

High-Tech Heist

A former Power Computing company employee stole memory modules and drew a 25-year prison sentence.

"...up. The IRS was hounding him for $15,000. The state of Texas said he owed $5,000 in delinquent property..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

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The dog-running controversy continues … and chalk another one up for Ventura.

"...But HPBC is not content to stop there. The stated goal of HPBC's "Forward Forever" campaign is to buy..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column

Neighborhood Watch

"...husband, Jim Branson, a labor organizer with the Texas State Employees Union. We can only wonder what films Lewis..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...wealth -- in the form of hyper-inflated Tokyo real estate, a bubble which burst in the early Nineties, and..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Austin Tomorrow

Building on the Past

"...world's-great-city projects ñ like a new City Hall/ Central Library ñ and toward small-change line items that addressed current..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Harvesting a Heritage

A Trio of New Texas Cookbooks Preserve Regional Cuisine

"...culinary diversity in the food of the Lone Star State. One of the books is the self-published companion volume..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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