Betty Baker Rules

Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way

"...last decade been a leader of first the Planning Commission and now the Zoning and Platting Commission, which she's..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Solid Waste: Who's Driving the Train?

City staff's landfill-expansion decision has violated – at least in the spirit – a resolution passed by council. Now everybody wants to know why.

"...City staff, the citizen's Solid Waste Advis­ory Commission, and the city manager's office are potentially heading for..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Everything Under the Sun(set)

The Sunset Advisory Commission looks toward the 81st legislative session

"...At the final presession meeting of the Sunset Advisory Commission last week, legislators got a reminder of..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...to it as it flies away from you." – Commissioner Ron Davis on BFI's inability to find a site..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

State Report Slams Cap Metro

Transit agency in a crisis, Sunset Advisory Commission says

"...face, last week marked the release of the state Sunset Advisory Commission staff report on the agency – and..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Landfill Will Top Mount Bonnell in Height

TCEQ OKs landfill's march toward Austin's highest point

"...to rest on its green laurels, but with the Sunset Farms Landfill in North­east Travis County getting its expansion..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...tries to fix the mortgage market, the Texas Legislature's Sunset Advisory Commission is under pressure to replace the state..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...obstructs views of the treetops rippling down into South Sunset Canyon. The mound frames a sandy channel cut through..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• In a rare instance, the Texas Ethics Commission handed down two fines to the Austin Police Association..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Gambling? What Gambling?

Allergic to taxes, the Lege tries to balance the budget with the rolls of the dice.

"...1215, which would allow (but not require) the Lottery Commission to run keno games. But that figure is based..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Talking Trash

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

"...Wastes/ Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI for short), owner of 352-acre Sunset Farms. About one-third of Austin's municipal waste goes to..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...year, four people showed up at the Travis County Commissioners Court to tell their elected officials about what it's..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Special Session Specs

The basics of what's coming in this special session

"...What's on the call this session? Primarily, sunset legislation to keep the Texas Medical Board and several..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

One Step Closer to Preventing Wrongful Convictions

Measure gets nod on House floor

"...for a sexual assault he did not commit. The commission would be tasked with reviewing criminal cases where there..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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

Last Call for Lowe's? Council Ready to Split

It's still 4-3 and holding as the controversial big-box deal goes up for final approval

"...support from the city's Environmental Board and the Planning Commission...."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Big Box Full of Big Boxes

The latest on the Wal-Mart, Lowe's, and Eckerd's controversies

"...study, first recommended by the city Zoning and Platting Commission when it endorsed the zoning requests for Wal-Mart's Slaughter..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Smell of Victory Eludes Northeast Landfill Neighbors

Northeast Travis County residents decry slow pace of enforcement, regulation of their neighbor landfills

"...Austin Community Landfill, and its next-door neighbor Browning-Ferris Industries' Sunset Farms landfill, have steadily heightened since the odors began..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Real legislative reform of the state's tax-credit allocation process is slowly moving toward the governor's desk.

"...TDHCA staff and board members. Last year, the state Sunset Advisory Commission dropped a harsh indictment on TDHCA, suggesting..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

UPDATED: One Step Closer to Preventing Wrongful Convictions

Measure gets nod on House floor

"...D-San Antonio, would create the Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission, named for Cole who died in prison while serving..."

April 23, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Dumped by County, BFI Takes Landfill Plan to TCEQ

County rejects BFI deal but isn't willing to fight landfill proposal at state level

"...allow BFI/Allied Waste Industries Inc. to vertically expand its Sunset Farms Landfill has sporadically soured the air at Travis..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Buried in Scandal

SCI and the Money Trail

"...called into Allbaugh's office. In 1996, the state banking commissioner was summoned to Allbaugh's office over a proposed rule..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Happenings

Jan. 10-16

"...IMPROVE TEXAS' TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? The Texas Department of Transportation's Sunset Advisory Commission is seeking public input in several areas,..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...months, Travis County Health and Human Services informed county commissioners last week. HHS says it's taken six months just..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature

Headlines

"...news, Capital Metro board members began appearing before the Sunset Advisory Com­mis­sion in the wake of the commission's budget-slashing..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...15 at 3pm in the City Hall Boards and Commissions room. Be there and/or be square. – R.P.M...."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

On The Lege

Sunset proposal to do away with agency gets optimistic response on all sides

"...be curtains next year for the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission if lawmakers agree to a proposal that would fold..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Breaking stories from Austin and beyond

"...administration scrambles for an exit strategy, and the 9/11 Commission suggests that nobody was paying close enough attention. For..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our Free Radio coverage generates some audio radiance, and more.

"...you for the cover story on the Texas Film Commission in your last issue ["Thirty Years on Location," June..."

June 29, 2001 Column

The Price of an Education

As the Lege looms, don't bet the house on new money for schools

"...its report was followed close at heels by the Sunset Advisory Commission's report on the Texas Education Agency. The..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Column by Michael King

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