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Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...As spokesperson for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, we commend The..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Planned Parenthood Sues

Nine clinics claim violations of First and 14th Amendment rights

"...Nine Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates filed suit in federal court in..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...Envision Central Texas released the results of its regional planning survey, and..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'He's Forked Himself'

Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

"...Majority Leader DeLay, R-Sugar Land, who rose from South Texas oil fields to small pest-control businessman, to Texas state..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...proposal was sent on to Meet and Confer, the Texas civil-service lingo for collective bargaining. In that forum, Sheffield..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Also, floating 'drug-free zones' proposed

"...force operations and would provide for a portion of funds seized by DTFs to be set aside to fund..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...our firefighters have become the highest-paid fire department in Texas with the highest pension payments of any Austin city..."

May 14, 2004 Column

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"...and across the street as well. No sign of trust-fund babies anywhere. There are a lot of big, older..."

June 27, 2003 Column

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The State Policy Committee overturns its earlier rejections of several progressive organizations applying for participation in the annual State Employee Charitable Campaign.

"...Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Texans for Gun Safety, Texas Abortion and Reproduction Rights Education Fund, the Texas Civil..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

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Off the Desk:

"...programs will receive more than $3 million in federal funds. U.S. Rep Lloyd Doggett and Mayor Kirk Watsonannounced last..."

Jan. 1, 1999 News Feature

In Search of Greater Justice With a Travis County Public Defender’s Office

Taking steps toward a much improved, more equitable local criminal justice system

"...the Commissioners Court forwarded a grant application to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the creation of a Travis..."

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...I'm just now getting around to accessing the Chron via the Internet in the Balkans, where..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Tunnel Vision

TxDOT Sees No Evil in Williamson Creek Tunnel

"...the expanding interchange to Williamson Creek. But while the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) views the tunnel project as..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Money Worries

Austin's AIDS Funding Is Decent, For Now

"...his bills. He has become well-versed in how to access Medicaid. Rather than obsess about his own financial problems,..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Geoff Mulvihill

Parkway or Super Highway?

Proposed TxDOT design could force residents out, uproot historic trees

"...Oak Hill residents are gearing up to fight Texas Department of Transportation's recommended design for relieving traffic congestion..."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Vicki Wolf

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"...who established a government of laws to be enforced equally, regardless of the race, religion, or creed of its..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...Seymour Hersh was in residence at the University of Texas under the sponsorship of the Humanities Institute and the..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...A Milli a Milli $47 Milli: Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced this week that $47.1 million..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature

How and Why the City and County Chose to Cancel SXSW

Striking precarious, if unachievable, balance between protecting public health and avoiding economic calamity

"...enter the race to succeed Kirk Watson in the Texas Senate, told us, "It's a little bit like building..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

CBD Companies Find Practical Uses for Marijuana Compounds

Canvas 1839’s scientist and Willie’s Remedy explain cannabis molecules

"...into law in January 2019; last month, the 86th Texas Legislature legalized the cultivation/production of industrial hemp and passed..."

June 7, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Man in the White Hat

Larry Joe Doherty rides into the battle for CD 10

"...the road fro m Tom DeLay's infamous re-redistricting of Texas. DeLay is gone from Congress, disgraced. Nationally, voters swept..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"..."Texas is about to become the center of the political..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature

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"...The governor of Texas ordered the Office of the Inspector General of Texas..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

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We Get What We Want

"...ask for or, better still, what we demand. Ratings equal dollars, bottom line. If we as citizens are not..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

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"...Jr. condoning nuke waste to be sent to West Texas. He's got big boots to fill compared with dad:..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Column

Billy Clayton's Flying Circus

State, City Head for a Dogfight Over Mueller

"...him as Billy, is a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (from 1975 through 1982), hailing from..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...building in the district. Magellan Con­sulting, based in Conroe, Texas, was hired to turn that data into what is..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's Hard to Say

Hating Speech at UT

"...have hated being a student at the University of Texas this past year. While the campus has grappled with..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Marc Levin

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...home with her child, she currently falls in the "unfunded" category of the medically indigent...."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Planned Parenthood Back in the WHP – Again

In the latest move in this tennis match, 5th Circuit overturns last-minute stay

"...that do provide abortion services – but are not funded by the WHP. The PP clinics sued the state..."

May 11, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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