New Study Says a Nondiscrimination Law Could Bring Big Business to Texas

Texas Competes report: LGBTQIA protections could generate $738 million in state revenue

"...According to recent analysis commissioned by Texas Competes – a statewide coalition of businesses, chambers of..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

National Law Group Ditches Texas Over Lege’s Anti-LGBTQ Hate

American Assoc. of Law Libraries bans TX because of discrimination

"...threats from performers and various groups promising to boycott Texas over its plans to pass anti-LGBTQ legislation, one organization..."

July 14, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...Detour Bar & Grill Live music, Corvette Club, karaoke, Texas Hold ‘Em, and of course, Bike Night – so..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Callie Speer Competes on Food TV

Daily Austin food news

"...Lick will ship your favorite holiday flavors anywhere in Texas or for $40, anywhere in the U.S. The shop..."

Nov. 30, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Chef Janelle Reynolds Competes on 'Chopped' Tuesday Night

Watch party scheduled at Willie G's Steakhouse

"...Reynolds is a Lubbock native and graduate of the Texas Culinary Academy who has been cooking around Austin kitchens..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

News Roundup: Lawsuits, Laws, and Plea Bargains

Brian Rodgers vs. COA, Abbott vs. women's rights, etc.

"...claiming the city of Austin is withholding public information; Texas businesses warn that anti-LGBTQ discrimination will hurt Texas business;..."

June 15, 2015 News Post by News Staff

LGBTQ Rights: Hate Defeated

Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session

"...backlash prompted censure from an unlikely bedfellow for progressives, Texas Associa­tion of Business CEO Bill Ham­mond, as well as..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Republicans Swap Marriage Ban for Angry Letter

Political cover after failure of gay marriage bill

"...Bill 4105, effectively a ban on gay marriage in Texas, died because the clock ran out. This morning, in..."

May 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Businesses Warn Lege on Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Discriminatory laws not just morally corrupt but financially damaging

"...the Capitol. In an open letter compiled by Equality Texas that's ballooned from 180 signatures to nearly 300, small..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Has the Lege Truly Moved Past LGBTQIA Bigotry?

Slow progress toward equality and respect may continue

"...Phelan is now speaker of the Texas House, despite the shrieking objections of anti-gay activists, which..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Lilli Hime

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...10-19) is Jessica Shortall, managing director of business coalition Texas Competes, which uses data to prove the value of..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Small Screen, Big News

Robert Rodriguez, 'Treehouse Masters,' and more

"...Here's what's new in Central Texas TV land...."

June 14, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"..."I'm not sure that Texas Monthly is all that interesting a story," says Paul..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines

Lege makes an anti-city push, nixes a bill limiting police filming, the Senate passes its budget, and more...

"...Foreigners. Anyone who's not born again. It seems the Texas Legislature has a long list of targets, but this..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Billpocalypse!

Bills start dying as sine die draws near; schools get new A-F grading system; and more

"...It's called billpocalypse. The 122nd day of any Texas legislative session is the last day for the House..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

It's Old World Order vs. New in this week's news blast

"...Texas Competes announced its formation this week, a business alliance..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature

Joe Biden at SXSW

Former vice president to discuss new cancer initiative

"...The Butler), musician Kesha, multi-platinum-selling country star Garth Brooks, Texas Competes managing director Jessica Shortall, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Planned..."

March 6, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Lit-urday: The Noble Hustle

Colson Whitehead's latest is an underachiever

"...the latest by Colson Whitehead, who returns to the Texas Book Festival this October...."

Sept. 13, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

X Games Austin 2015

"...Kyle Baldock competes in the BMX Park Event at Circuit of the..."

June 9, 2015 Photo Gallery

Age Before Beauty? With Treaty Oak, You Get Both.

Local distiller is making world-class aged spirits

"...chance to taste something that could become an iconic Texas product: Treaty Oak Distilling Co.'s Waterloo Antique Barrel Reserve..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Natural Selection

Responding to market demands and consumer pressure, Whole Foods decides to banish genetically modified ingredients from its store-brand product lines.

"...store brands, Austin's hometown "natural" grocery store placed Central Texas in the middle of the ongoing debate over the..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...sausage (jalepeño and regular) attract customers from all over Texas. The sausage is like peppered butter, the ribs are..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Day Trips

Marshall, in the northeast corner of the state, has one of the most colorful histories of any Texas city

"...has one of the most colorful histories of any Texas city. More ideologically tied to the Deep South than..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-o-File

It's time for the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo, and all of the victuals that come with it

"...that March has to offer. The 15-day Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo offers a treasure trove of activities..."

March 12, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Are City Employee Pensions at Risk?

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

"...hurdles as people planning private retirement: Saving for tomorrow competes with spending that same money today. A city strained..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...parkland has been published by professor John Crompton of Texas A&M (see "Real Value: The Parks Premium"). "The real..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...Sitting outside Little City on the Drag, conversation competes with traffic as a truck pulls up in the..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

All the Histrionics With None of the Responsibility

"...Newton to the murder weapon, as reported by the Texas Attorney General's Office in its filing to the Supreme..."

Sept. 27, 2005 Postmarks

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...death alley patrolled by Duel-ing semis, maniac truckholes, and Texas state troopers, hang a right at New Braunfels just..."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Food-o-File

One week without a column and news surely does back up around here. Restaurant openings, exciting new products, chef stories: You name it, we've got it!

"...at Central Market, Truluck's executive chef Johnny Carino also competes as a bodybuilder. In June alone, Carino and his..."

May 31, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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