Point Austin: Activate This!

One insider's fight to make 'good old liberal Austin the city it thinks it is'

"...and small-business owner currently under contract with the city of Austin, took the witness stand in federal court last..."

Dec. 30, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

The Hightower Report

Dog-Sniff Jurisprudence; and Gov. Goober's Border Cams

"...Two criminal cases in Texas have raised quite a stench about..."

July 31, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Breaking stories from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week: "You've heard of financing schemes that have..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Police Oversight: Starting From Scratch

Farah Muscadin’s work in progress

"...talking specifically about comparative systems, and how the city of Austin isn't the only major American metropolis undergoing an..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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Our readers talk back.

"...Unless the United Nations has recently become a division of DynCorp, former APD Assistant Chief Rudy Landeros is not..."

June 23, 2006 Column

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Righteous readers respond to recent rape reportage, and our Best of Austin issue garners a kudo or two.

"...Jordan Smith), which questioned why the Travis County Attorneys Office had filed DWI charges against Ms. Virginia Glore. I..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Corrupt Cop on the Chopping Block

APD officer helped a domestic violence suspect evade arrest, according to Chief Joe Chacon memo

"...disciplinary memo last week that he indefinitely suspended APD Officer Andrew Upton for helping the suspect in an alleged..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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Losing Our Lunch

"...area even more. I'm sure there are other plots of land in this town that can be developed instead..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Kleinert's Next Defense

Kleinert attorneys ask to move case to federal court

"...Last December, Judge David Wahlberg scheduled the manslaughter trial of former Austin Police Department Detective Charles Kleinert to begin..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Preying on Atheists

The Oldest Motive: Revenge

"...O'Hairs at the American Atheist General Headquarters in February of 1993, he stole a computer, printer, and other items..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin, Central Texas, and the world

"...Quote of the Week: "You don't really think about the significance..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...But they may fuss over reserve money for Fire Department overtime, and ponder the shadow of the Lege. See..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature

News Roundup: Tragedies and Textbooks

Another officer-involved shooting; Waco shootout update

"...a grand jury declines to indict the Round Rock officers responsible for fatally injuring a man in 2014; an..."

July 13, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Animal Shelter Lawsuit

Citizen groups sue city, allege 'conspiratorial strategy' to keep animal shelter relocation decision away from public scrutiny

"...year related to development was filed against the city of Austin, this time alleging a "conspiratorial strategy" to keep..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

The lawyer representing George Bush in court in Florida has represented dozens of right-wing causes and is a friend of Kenneth Starr.

"...Olson's name should be familiar to observers of affirmative action battles in Texas. It was Olson who..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Pitonyak Case: When is a private-property search justifiable?

Because evidence was illegally obtained, Colton Pitonyak's conviction should be tossed out, lawyers argue

"...Because criminal evidence was illegally obtained by the family of murder..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...Accenture has been unfairly and inaccurately accused of "inverting" -- moving its place of incorporation from the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

Formerly Homeless Find Good Neighbors at Community First! Village

A week’s stay at Austin’s most talked about neighborhood

"...arm. Just a few years after he dropped out of the physics department at the University of Texas, Graham..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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Rape saga redux and other local imbroglios.

"...mayoral candidate Gus Garcia in the October 19 issue of The Austin Chronicle ["Naked City: Garcia Rates AISD 'Unacceptable'"]...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column

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