Three Days of What?

Sen. Watson breaks down the parts of Gov. Perry's special session call

"...bills for the remaining agencies: Two, authorize the release of the first $2 billion of a $5 billion Texas..."

June 27, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Changing the Climate

Ellis hopes for a cooler future

"...Ellis, D-Houston, is "going to be the critical issue of our time." But does that mean the Texas Legislature..."

Feb. 9, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Black Out of the Press Room

Long-time Perry consigliere Robert Black stands down as communications director

"...Governor Rick Perry's long-time mouthpiece and close adviser, director of communications Robert Black, is leaving the guv's staff...."

July 14, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

New Plan Aims to Heal Insurance Ills of Small Biz

Nonprofit launches project to help small businesses provide health coverage

"...crisis. It may be news to some, however, that Texas tops all other states in the nation with our..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature by Diana Welch

Did Farmers Insurance Keep Secrets From the State?

The insurer's lawyers advised keeping the "most troublesome claims" out of sight

"...An internal Farmers Insurance Group memo, obtained by the Chronicle, suggests the insurance..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Insurance Rates, Round 2

State regulators aren't done yet with Farmers and State Farm

"...On Nov. 19, the Texas Department of Insurance announced that it will once again..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...On the evening of October 17 -- while much of the nation was..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System

25% of the state's 1,200 long-term care centers have been cited for serious standard deficiencies

"...Back in July, news broke out of North Austin that a 90-year-old resident of a nursing..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Name of the Game

Raising deer, oryx, antelope, and more on central texas ranches

"...the old barbed wire ones, but the tall ones, often adorned with a ranch sign that includes the word..."

June 7, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Shades of Gray

In Texas Prisons, It's Hard to Tell Who Your Enemies Are

"...the only witnesses to his murder, the first murder of a Texas prison guard by an inmate since 1985,..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Molded by Insurance

"...On Tuesday, Texas Dept. of Insurance staff presented Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...practices. Then, after attending a conference in the fall of 2014 on the current state of HIV, where speakers..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Destruction of Texas Health Care

The GOP crusade against Planned Parenthood is devastating basic care for Texas women

"...Carole Belver, executive director of Community Action Inc. of Central Texas, spent Tues­day, Jan...."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Common Law: New Texas Traffic Laws Take Effect in September

New Texas traffic laws take effect in September

"...The Texas legislative session is finally in our rearview mirror and..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Column by Luke Ellis

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...have ever imagined using the phrase, 'I just got off the phone with Kim Kardashian,'" said Bryce Benjet, lead..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Looking Like Texas

District 51's Eddie Rodriguez represents the future of the state's people and policies

"...The northwest border of the 51st House District of Texas begins and ends..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Feds Sue Owners, Investors of Lakeway Hospital

The group is charged with defrauding the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

"...On Sept. 25, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the Lakeway Regional Medical..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...to say, "There is no end to the amount of good you can do if you don't seek the..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Perry Rejects Health Care for Texas

Governor throws away $13 billion in funds

"...Just because the US Supreme Court tells Texas that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, that doesn't..."

July 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Election Notes: Notes at the End of the Road

Just a few more days of this deluge

"...Finance Reports" online for a full breakdown. – Chase Hoffberger..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature

Death Watch: The Quality of State Killings

Why is the TDCJ so reluctant to test death drugs?

"...Friday's news that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Jeffery Wood's execution –..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Texas Family Planning (Still) Costs More, Serves Fewer Women

State serves 77% fewer women in 2013

"...the second year in a row – the number of women served by the state's family planning budget dropped..."

Nov. 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Queen of Condiments

"...Hoover founded Two Women Cooking with the spicy "Hell of a Relish" in 1994, the longtime gardener and home..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

School of Dance

Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view

"...as they paced and pivoted, evoking the human machine of mass transit in Ellen Bartel's MFA thesis dance, "Watch..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...– knees, pelvises, a few ankles in various states of damage or disrepair – and a collection of printed..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Three More Casualties of Austin's Growth

A deadly accident in West Campus highlights the dangers of construction work in Texas

"...Cerritos, 30, and Jesus Angel Lopez Perez, 28, two of the three men who died June 10 while working..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Bill of the Week: HB 2470

Lawmakers try to regulate ammonium nitrate storage

"...explosion? When a poorly documented and unsafely stored supply of fertilizer ammonium nitrate exploded on April 17, 2013, the..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

A Question of Fairness

Austin voters will have another chance to broaden city insurance coverage

"...City of Austin Municipal ElectionElection Date: May 13..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...$1,500 was a lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Down and Out in Texas

New data puts Texas among states with highest poverty rates

"...This from the pages of "Tell us something we didn't already know": Poverty rates..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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