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Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
On The Lege
Knocking Out Hate
"...declared it a technical knockout. Loralei Gilliam, executive director of the American Family Association of Texas, was in a..."
March 19, 1999 News Column
Lege Wrap-Up
Health care
"...fraught with problems in recent years, with a list of medical providers dominated by chiropractors and a dispute resolution..."
June 3, 2005 News Feature
Seton's Secrets
Seton HMO comes under fire for failing to report data that could be helpful to consumers.
"...The health management organization (HMO) operated by Central Texas' leading health-care services provider recently had a date in..."
Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Local, State Health Leaders Try to Keep Up with COVID-19
Six known cases in Travis County but actual number likely higher
"...federal leadership still halting at best, state and local officials have doubled down in the last few days to..."
March 16, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas
Lege Lines: Film Incentive Program Funding Uncertain, Anti-Choice Buffoonery, and More
Lege considers film incentive program funding and anti-choice antics take hold
"...Contrary to popular opinion, Texas doesn't have a film incentive program. It has the..."
March 20, 2015 News Feature 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
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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...Quote of the Week "A State may not trade off the..."
July 7, 2006 News Feature
Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?
D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops
"...Updated 8-4 5:15pm In an explosive pair of letters sent to City Manager Spencer Cronk, Travis County..."
Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders
With Little Enthusiasm, City OKs Opting Into Oak Hill Parkway Project
Plus more items from City Council's first substantive meeting of the year
"...In its first substantive meeting of the year last Thursday, Jan. 31, City Council ordered..."
Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Run-off Election Results
Winners and losers in the Democratic primary
"...Texas House: The Intent to Represent..."
May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Capitol Briefs
"...• Texas is inching closer to a journalism shield law, with..."
April 20, 2007 News Column
Lege Notes
Odds and ends from the 79th
"...Education Committee for hearing. Plano Republican Florence Shapiro, chair of the Senate committee, announced her expeditious intentions Tuesday, March..."
April 1, 2005 News Column
Vampire Vouchers Rise Again!
'Virtual' or 'Pilot' – Lege begins the biennial
campaign to siphon money from public schools
"...legislators who voted to deny health insurance to thousands of low-income children in 2003 are now invoking poor kids..."
March 25, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Naked City
"...After more than a year of discussion, evaluation, and bitter joking among the populace, Intel..."
April 19, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Stick Sunk; Barely Baxter; Rose Reblooms
A narrow defeat, and an even narrower win, for Travis
Co. GOP legislators
"...A last-minute infusion of cash from big Republican donors might have been the..."
Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Bring Your Gun to Work Day! (No, Please Don't)
More concealed gun licenses, fewer safety instructors, and a new bill that extends the definition of self-defense to "shoot first."
"...armor: Tuesday the House passed, 133-13, a National Rifle Association-backed bill that massively extends where, when, and why people..."
March 22, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Grassroots Organizers Take on Erin Zwiener in Redrawn HD 45
Shades of blue, red, and brown
"...the redistricting process began last year, to create districts of roughly equal size meant GOP mapmakers had to move..."
Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Who's for TexasCare?
Gov. Perry mixes states rights and health care reform
"...The favorite topics of the contemporary fringe right are national health care reform..."
Sept. 2, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin at Large: Not Fixing What’s Broken
Abbott, Patrick engage in disingenuous property tax politics, while Texas suffers
"...What the state of Texas does, especially when the Legislature is in session,..."
Jan. 27, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Lege Lines: Greg Abbott Brings the Lege Back for More Fun
It promises to be a very special session
"...known as a sunset bill, to extend the life of the Texas Medical Board. If such legislation is not..."
June 9, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
State Blackmail Over Health Care Funding?
Is women's health funding in jeopardy?
"...For Fran Hagerty, CEO of the Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas,..."
June 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith
Lege Lines
"...Weighing the Scales of Justice April promises to be a month packed with..."
April 12, 2013 News Column by Jordan Smith
Art for Healing
The stunning art collection of the Dell Children's Medical Center
"...Children's Medical Center and stop to turn the knobs of the loopy, multisensory, hands-on contraption that greets them. Most..."
Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen
What a Dump
What Does Gov. Bush Have Buried in West Texas?
"...photograph by Alan Pogue On the first Thursday of February, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, Jesus..."
March 13, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
Schools in Session
Legislators Study Issues: From Vouchers to Combat Pay
"...where they may, it's time to pick a few of them back up again. The Texas Education Code was..."
Jan. 3, 1997 News Column by Roseana Auten
Election 2006: Local Results
Democrats score a shutout in Travis and Hays
"...just beginning to realize that a whole new phase of my life is about to begin."..."
Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is back, and this time it may be a bit more bulletproof.
"...his party got silly in Philly, within 30 minutes of each other, both houses of Congress unanimously passed the..."
Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Hill Country Militia
Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment
"...A series of long-simmering insults, coupled with rapacious growth on the fringes..."
June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman
CSI: Travis County
Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?
"...killed her father last summer, within about 24 hours of his death...."
