Planning Commission Recommends Adopting HOME Amendments ... With Amendments

There’s no place like HOME

"...designed to combat an emerging trend in Austin's real estate market where older, smaller homes in established neighborhoods were..."

Nov. 24, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

As the Region Booms, Farmers Struggle to Feed Austin Locally

As the region booms, farmers struggle to feed Austin locally

"..."The fundamental problem is a lack of farmland preservation in Austin: a lack of funding, a lack of..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Local and National Gifts for the Politically Minded

Goodwill to all and coal for a few

"...it again: You just cannot go wrong with the State Preservation Board's annual collectible Capitol Christmas ornament! The 27-year-old..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Greg Casar and Eddie Rodriguez Fight for the Progressive Mantle in TX-35

The two candidates race to the left

"...limits, and Doggett – first elected as Austin's boy-wonder state senator nearly 50 years ago – has opted to..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sound & Color: Four Visual Depictions of Austin's Musical Identity

A whole palette of music-related art happenings of late, from a new Daniel Johnston mural to Bob Dylan's depiction of the Hole in the Wall

"...procession to the annual anti-abortion rally occurring on the state Capitol grounds...."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Headlines From a Year in Limbo

A year-in-review of Austin music news

"...protocol: Concerts require recent negative COVID-19 tests across the board and accept vaccination proof as an alternative, always mentioning..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

AISD Ends T-STEM Partnership at Mendez Middle School

District will decide how to move forward in a vote later this month

"...around a school that had fallen short of the state's accountability standards for five consecutive years. Rather than closing..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Politics Gift Guide 2021: Ain't That Good News

Some gift ideas for the politically and civically minded

"...you'd like under the Festivus pole? Here's some stuff! State Government Santa..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: The Week of Days

Giving Small Black Cyber Turkey Breweries – plus land use

"...each other around on a grassy field in another state. Maybe leftovers. Sleep it off, rest up, because......"

Nov. 26, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

New Districts Set the Stage for the Politics of the 2020s

The city and state begin to show their work

"...released its draft maps for the Senate and the State Board of Education; we're still, as of press time..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cancel Culture Comes After Forget the Alamo

Controversy erupts after museum caves to political pressure

"...On July 1, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Muse­um, with three hours' notice, pulled out of..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bullock Museum Cancels "Forget the Alamo" Program Under Pressure

Right-wing outrage scuttles writers' virtual event (for now)

"...In an ironic move, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum today (July 1), with three hours notice,..."

July 1, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: KUT/KUTX Will No Longer Manage the Cactus Cafe

University station terminates "disheartening" negotiations and Spider House Ballroom changes ownership.

"...news last Friday, spokesperson J.B. Bird provided the latest statement:..."

May 28, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35

The road not taken

"...process; it culminates in a finalized Purpose and Need Statement (P&N), which is the one-page version of "Why are..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

OroBianco Italian Creamery Makes Magic With Water Buffalo Milk

Making mozzarella from white gold

"...and Tedesco and Giglio, both with origin stories in upstate New York and both with family in Italy, traveled..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Council Recap: $15M in SAVES Funding for Venues, Child Care, Iconic Biz

Efforts to raid Convention Center reserves turned back

"...one-third exclusively available to music venues (Austin Music Venue Preservation Fund), one-third for childcare centers (Austin Childcare Provider Relief..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Music Workers Rally for Dedicated City Funding

Will Council reshape the SAVES Resolution at today’s meeting?

"...not something we’ve been hearing form the city or state. The ‘live music capital of the world’ is us...."

Sept. 17, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...Casandra Alston, aGLIFF board president said, “Just a few months ago, nobody could..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements for the November 5 Election

"...advance of the Nov. 5 election, the Chronicle editorial board offers the following endorsements. Find more information about the..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Public Notice: They’re Baaack!

Council faces a busy first week

"...Pool kicked off the discussion on the Council message board last week, posting, "This will be the last fiscal..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less

The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town

"...Texas Department of Transportation. "We all understand that the state is growing by 1,000 people per day, and they're..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...Sunday with the spray-painted word "racists" in red. The State Preservation Board cleaned the paint later that day, and..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature

Williamson County Residents Organize to Remove Confederate Monument

Meanwhile the Texas Legislature tries to block monument removals

"...Like most such monuments throughout the Southern states (and elsewhere), it dates not from the Civil War..."

May 7, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Racist Confederate Plaque Needs a Forever Home

State Preservation Board mulls over what to do with defrocked "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque

"...Now that state officials have finally removed the historically mendacious "Children of..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin ISD Begins to Move Eastside High Schools

New Eastside Memorial campus breaks ground, and more school shuffling

"...stir among the district's Eastside communities. While on the board, former District 1 Trustee Ted Gor­don took issue with..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lege Lines: Eric Johnson Prevails Over Racist Confederate Plaque

No more Confederate nonsense, Empower Texans gets a pass, and the first-ever LGBTQ Caucus

"...filed a bill to allocate roughly $3.7 billion in state funding for a $5,000 salary bump for all of..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

False Confederate Capitol Plaque Removed – And It Only Took Six Decades!

Efforts by Democrat Rep. Johnson led the way

"...The State Preservation Board, which includes Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov...."

Jan. 14, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...three, or four, or five sessions, but as our state grows ever larger and more bumptious, so do the..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...times due to polluted water. One year later, real estate developer Gary Bradley started on his huge Circle C..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

New to Town? Here Are Nine of the Biggest News Stories Affecting Locals.

A primer on Austin politics

"...where you find Travis County offices, City Council, school board, and often propositions where willing voters can actually have..."

Aug. 30, 2018 News Post by News Staff

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