City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...Larsen's e-mail made its way to the inbox of Texas Monthly Publisher Mike Levy, who each morning drives from..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...Bill Couch, manager of Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, is try to fend off efforts to abolish..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Austin's Neighborhoods and Environment (SANE), the Save Our Springs Alliance (S.O.S.) PAC, and the Sierra Club - have abstained..."

March 6, 1998 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...by the Supreme Court decision that redrew five Southwest Texas congressional districts, including districts 21 and 25 in Austin...."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...on Nueces Street at 28th, near the University of Texas campus, where students, recent graduates, and young professionals would..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...(Names being mentioned as sources for such opposition include Texas Turnpike Authority chair Pete Winstead and Austin American-Statesman publisher..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...went all the way to the Supreme Court of Texas, but no relief was had by the Log Cabin..."

June 28, 1996 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Austin neighborhood made history last week as targets of Texas' first gang injunction. District Court Judge Wilford Flowers granted..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...Bill Bunch, executive director of the Save Our Springs Alliance. "There was more of a citizen community and public..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Austin Water: The High Cost of Saving

Proposed water conservation measures come with a price tag

"...the behind-the-scenes reaction was to AW's truly terrible news: Conservation savings could mean a possible $100 million revenue loss..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

More Developing Stories

A calendar of upcoming urban planning events

"...luncheon event on March 21, Opportunity Mapping: Leveling Central Texas' Playing Field, to unveil the results of a study..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

It's a Done Deal

The City Council approved the Stratus settlement 6-1. Now what?

"...effectively prevents any plans by the Save Our Springs Alliance or other opponents to gather the thousands of signatures..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Young Men's Business League, and the ascendant Young Women's Alliance...."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Earle announced that Nebraska-based Bonding and Technical Services of Texas pled guilty, under a plea bargain, to five counts..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...marriage is safe – the homophobes convinced 76% of Texas voters to support Proposition 2, a constitutional amendment to..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...north of Marble Falls" until after he graduated from Texas A&M...."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lone Justice

To Protect Resources, Judge Bunton Defies Politicians

"...endangered species are among the most controversial issues in Texas. But where have our state's leaders been when it..."

Sept. 13, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

"...a string of recent deluges, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District voted last week to remove the aquifer's Alarm..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the tax break will affect the amount of money Texas could spend on education overall, and the district will..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Sen. Lloyd Bentsen died Tuesday. Bentsen, a Democrat, represented Texas from 1970-1992, ran for VP in 1988, and then..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Are We Sucking the Trinity Dry?

Hays County residents call for creation of conservation district

"...Conventional enviro wisdom holds that the problem with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is not that it lacks..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Talking Trash

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

"...North, Austex Acres, and the 18-neighborhood North Growth Corridor Alliance. She has been leading the fight against the landfill..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Gasoline Alley

The proposed Longhorn Pipeline fuels debate because of its proximity to South Austin neighborhoods, schools, and Edwards Aquifer.

"...the Lower Colorado River Authority, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, and eight Hill Country ranchers, in a federal..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

Council Watch

Water Gate: Is LCRA Offering City a Whale of a Deal?

"...assumptions about how much water will be saved through conservation programs, for example, and how much will be "reclaimed"..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Say howdy to the 75th session of the Texas Legislature. State lawmakers opened their biannual run Tuesday with..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature

Off the Desk:

"...University Baptist Church, 2200 San Antonio St. Cecile Richards' Texas Freedom Network, along with the Texas Faith Network, is..."

Sept. 13, 1996 News Feature

Then There's This: Aquifer Angst

Will the city poop out on its fight to block a wastewater permit?

"...contested case hearing set for Nov. 14 at the Texas Commission on Envi­ron­mental Quality...."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

New Water Treatment Plant Is a Boondoggle

"...if we use less water in the future through conservation and efficiency. The Austin water utility won’t acknowledge that..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Postmarks

Naked City

"...36.1 or am I not? Make my day.'" – Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson on why he thinks the..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

Cool City: The Leffingwell Lens

One council member's view of the Austin Climate Protection Plan

"...pragmatic approach to environmental issues earned him the 2006 Conservationist of the Year award from the Texas chapter of..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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