Don't Lose Your Day Job

Texas unemployment insurance paints a dismal picture.

"...Beneath the drone of permanent warfare, multiple scenarios for nuclear war, and the..."

March 22, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Shooting Spelce in a Barrel

Bush and Bush Land a Free Ad

"...down for an interview with not one, but two of the most powerful political figures in the state -..."

March 13, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Fox Faux Pas

Staffing Changes and Low Morale at Fox-7 News

"...I would have left Fox-7 just to get out of there. Even if I had to leave the marketplace,..."

Sept. 26, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Congressional District 21: Center vs. Left?

How flippable is this district?

"...Country/San Antonio carve-out, should be the most "flippable" for Texas Dems – in part because the seat is being..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Budget, Contracts, and APD

Activists press City Council on police accountability

"...at a merciful 8:30pm. But the week carried plenty of business, with CodeNEXT on Tuesday, budget preview on Wednesday,..."

April 24, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Brand Upon the Brain

Art and advertising collide in the burgeoning genre of branded documentary

"...while wars raged and while peace reigned, during eras of enormous social upheaval and eras of profound political tranquility,..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...Members of QueerBomb, Austin's renegade counter-Pride, and members of the official..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Republican SBOE Candidates Dodge Debates

Why all the debate hate?

"...Thanks to the Republican Party of Texas, what could have been some spirited debate last..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Stratus Quo?

Stratus Properties tries to shake the ghost of Jim Bob Moffett as it is acquired by Tom Hicks.

"..."Beau" Armstrong III, the boyish CEO, president, and chairman of Stratus Properties, would be a happier man if he..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...for the new year. The Democrat-turned-Republican's first bill out of the gate: a law banning same-sex marriages. "It's just..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature

Anti-Sharia Bill Dead, but Sentiment Alive

HB 562 unlikely to make it out of the House, but the Islamophobia behind it is here to stay

"...The 84th session of the Texas Legislature, which wraps up at the end..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Millions for Propaganda ... Nothing for Women's Health

Texas heavily underwrites anti-abortion centers, while slashing reproductive care

"...To your right, a basket full of free pocket-size Bibles and Christ-centered booklets; to your left,..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Ted Versus Technology

Cruz visits Capital Factory and plays prop comic

"...He thinks he's got the audience in the palm of his hands...."

Nov. 19, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Branch Falls on Conflicted Paxton

GOP AG race centers on bad (as in illegal) investment advice

"...vacancy as the state's top attorney. But an admission of financial impropriety by Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, may be..."

May 8, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Word Is Your Bond

Travis County moves toward broader pretrial release of the accused, but commercial bondsmen say it will never work

"...into a cinder-block-walled courtroom tucked into a basement corner of the Travis County Jail. This is the magistrate court,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Off the Record

Rod Kennedy's 80th birthday

"...Wheels of Fortune..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rare Bird

From her office vantage point, beside the rosy glow of the majestic Capitol dome, 78-year-old feminist, political powerhouse, and gay rights lobbyist Bettie Naylor keeps a watchful eye over the doings at the legislature

"...High above the towering canopies of native trees that dot the Texas state Capitol grounds,..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week: "I don't have a problem with cross-dressing...."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

Despite promise of good times, too many Texans go hungry.

"...Although the business pundits are whistling bravely into the wind, the good..."

March 29, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Storm Relief Org Puts Down Roots to Help Farms

Texas Farm Resilience Collaborative brings financial relief in wake of Winter Storm Uri damage

"...eggs, collapsed greenhouses, and dead livestock wreaked havoc on Texas farmers' and ranchers' livelihoods – and immediate relief was..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Looking for a School Chief

AISD zigzags its way to a new superintendent

"...a year under an interim appointee, 2) the embarrassment of having finalist Mark Edwards reject the district's job offer,..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Monumental Shift

Major personnel changes across the Austin arts scene signal the start of a new era

"...When the history of Austin is written, 2007 will be remembered as the..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...Tourists snap photographs. Health care providers offer cholesterol and blood-pressure screening. Insurance companies check car-seat safety...."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...sky as if it were set on the edge of a marsh. Standing in the shadow of downtown's two..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Road to Publication

The University of Texas Press

"...and Press Director Joanna Hitchcock stand at the helm of the UT Press. photograph by Minh..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Computer Crash? Call a PI!

A new law pertaining to private investigators may inadvertently require your computer tech to take on a whole new career

"...about private investigators that have inadvertently swept up computer-repair professionals. The owners of three small IT firms from around..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Stirred up by the arts, sounding off on local TV

"...I was out of town last week, and I just got around to..."

July 20, 2001 Column

Crisis at the Rape Crisis Center

Has Idealism Become the Victim of Financial Reality?

"...To some volunteers, the failure of ARCC's board to award volunteer Rev. James Rigby (above)..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Austin Oyster Festival Is Shella Fierce, Progress Coffee Is Back in Black, Girl Scouts Are Out for Blood, La Condesa Is Gonna Try Hard, and Who’s Putting All That Queso on the Verde?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here’s some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene – as wrangled..."

Feb. 22, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What’s Happening, What’s Being Done, and How We Got Into This Cold Weather Catastrophe

More chaos with continued power outages, calls for water conservation

"...Although most of the southern U.S. has been experiencing winter storm conditions..."

Feb. 17, 2021 News Post by Lina Fisher

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