State Picks Up a Toll-Free Call

Road-weary local leaders win a sympathetic hearing at Transportation Commission

"...The Central Texas toll road plan – recalls and audits and pickets..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The sluggish transportation beat picks up speed and energy after the election.

"...to CAMPO's planning authority and eligible to receive the funds attached thereto. More importantly, adding all five counties and..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...The pro-toll road folks, including our esteemed mayor, want citizens to think we fell behind in road building and..."

July 23, 2004 Column

Georgetown Smackdown

Suburbanites Wrestle Over Managed Growth, Smart Growth, and "Stupid Growth"

"...posted Friday at 9:59am -- one minute before the Texas Open Meetings Act deadline -- and conveniently beyond the..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...rare "rockin' death penalty abolition festival," sponsored by the Texas Alliance for Human Needs. The party gets underway at..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature

Point Austin: How Much for a Hanger?

Austin ponders the latest corporate incentive proposal

"...if I thought that anything I or any other citizen might have to say about the matter at this..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Brothers at Arms

UT film professor Mitko Panov returned to his homeland, the former Yugoslavia, to interview the men he knew in the Yugoslav Federal Army. "They were no better or worse or more bloodthirsty than any of us -- that's my point. Whatever happened there can very easily happen anywhere." The film, Comrades, plays at SXSW Film as part of the Texas Documentary Tour.

"...Balkan conflagration, including groups like the Rockefeller Foundation, who fund such inquiries. So, beginning in 1996, a year after..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Council: Because We're Happy!

Council dances, hires, and lives the Life Aquatic

"...manager, punt the Champions (again), and approve (but not fund) a Master Plan for city pools...."

Feb. 6, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Split Council Approves Incentives

5-2 Vote on Websense and Dropbox suggests shifting perspectives

"...full-time jobs with annual average wage of $82,000 (state's Texas Enterprise Fund contribution $4.5 million); net direct economic benefit..."

Feb. 24, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Rodeo 80

The 2007 Legislature in a quick-step roundup

"...a rising population, never mind the decade-plus of systematic underfunding of state agencies...."

June 8, 2007 News Column

Wreckless Recs?

Garza's Affordability Strategy Slides Into Uselessness

"...one that, for many city employees and departments and citizens, will not have a happy ending...."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements for the November 5 Election

"...mean about trivial? We couldn't even tell you which Texas cities still elect their municipal judges (Austin doesn't), but..."

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

Here's What's on the Nov. 5 Ballot in Austin

A quick guide to the propositions you'll be yea-ing or nay-ing

"...Proposition A, a citizen initiative, seeks to require a City Council supermajority and..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...Adler and the plan's supporters say, the project – funded primarily by a 2% increase in the city's share..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn is the hockey-masked/razor-fingered slasher of Texas politics, but maybe the conspiracy-crazed Angels & Demons domain..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...Bust) has decimated the city's sales tax collections, which fund the bulk of the city's discretionary spending. We posited..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories

Thinking big on transportation and land-use planning

"...Central Texas urgently needs a comprehensive regional plan for growth. To..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...Commission – which, despite its governmental-sounding name, is a citizen advocacy group that allies with law enforcement – has..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Energy Wins Round One

Austin Energy fends off rate case with only minor loss

"...much-debated but long-standing 9% transfer to the city's General Fund, its low-income customer assistance program, and its virtually 100%..."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...the city's favored urban planners, duly labored with a citizen task force to study and recommend updated guidelines for..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Are City Employee Pensions at Risk?

Pension systems in Dallas and Houston have been beat up by bad spending.

"...Public pension systems – funds that pay out retirement income to city employees, based..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

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"...continue to try to weaken the protections that the citizens want in place. The tensions will continue until Barton..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

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"...$750,000 out of the meager $1 million Housing Trust fund for low-income housing to cover up the city's malfeasance..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Point Austin: Doug Greco’s Campaign Odyssey Turns to Federal Court

Mayoral candidate sues for more outside cash in campaigns

"...which had created certain before-and-after election timing restrictions on fundraising – those were abolished. Notably, Zimmerman did not succeed..."

Sept. 20, 2024 News Feature by Michael King

Save Austin Now Unhappy (Surprise!) With Prop A Ballot Language

Ballot spells out price tag for proposed mandated mimimum staffing levels at Austin Police Department

"...adopted on Aug. 11 for the GOP- and police­-backed citizen initiative to mandate minimum staffing levels at the Austin..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Budget, Contracts, and APD

Activists press City Council on police accountability

"...Lemonade Day and most of the rest of the..."

April 24, 2017 News Post by Michael King

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...The Heart-Breaking Saga of the Incredible Shrinking City General Fund – that this year, we can only hope, reaches..."

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

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"...Chapman will be afforded the same rights as any citizen in this country -- the presumption of innocence. Again,..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Full Ballot Language With Extended Endorsements

"...In case you're wondering, since the Texas Constitution was first enacted in 1876, voters have approved..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature

Full Ballot Language With Extended Endorsements

"...In case you're wondering, since the Texas Constitution was first enacted in 1876, voters have approved..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature

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