Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...– are familiar with the political rhetoric of the "Texas Miracle." Coined by state business boosters to describe the..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Election Notes

Tidbits from the campaign trail

"...• Now that Texas has taken on prominence in the Democratic presidential primary,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature

Craddick Under Siege

Speaker's race gets curiouser and curiouser

"...The Speaker Statute – the section of Texas law governing campaign expenditures by and for the House..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Developing Stories: Park Once, Invest Twice

Two new city-owned parking garages would pay for themselves under enterprising proposal

"...initiative for a new municipal parking enter­prise, which would fund the construction of new city-owned parking garages. Intended to..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

It's the Stupid Economy

Fact-checking Perry's campaign against Texas' financial realities

"...see what Gov. Rick Perry's election platform will be: Texas, the greatest economy since money was invented. Unfortunately for..."

Aug. 16, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Right Moves

Democrat Donna Howard faces self-proclaimed moderate Republican Cynthia Thornton in the general election for Austin's seat on the State Board of Education

"...as evidence Thornton's responses on questionnaires distributed by the Texas Eagle Forum, the Texas Christian Coalition, and the Free..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Numbers Don't Lie, Film Rebates Work

Which films and TV shows quit Austin over lack of rebates?

"...and video-game industries nervously await the fate of the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (TMIIIP). Many fear that,..."

May 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...seeks to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions in Texas. Mayor Pro Tem Danny Thomas told In Fact Daily..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

Perry's Top 10 Worst Hits

Perry for Prez redux calls for a sojourn down memory lane

"...left nine churchgoers dead, Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry majorly flubbed by calling the massacre..."

June 23, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Panel Finds 'Serious Flaws' in SBOE-Backed Social Studies Textbooks

Independent reviewers find more than a dozen factual distortions

"...An independent review of Texas social studies textbooks reveals distortions of history on topics..."

Sept. 10, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Questions for Visa

A few things we might ask before we provide corporate welfare

"...what has already been negotiated under Gov. Rick Perry's Texas Enterprise Fund. (The TEF supports "free enterprise" by donating..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Get in the Ring

Perry's refusal to meet challengers – and editorial boards – is all swagger, no sweat

"...As the saying goes, politics in Texas is a full-contact sport. That would make being governor..."

Oct. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Getting Googled

On the road to high speed paradise, hurry up ... and wait

"...king of corporate incentives (and campaign kickbacks) via his Texas Enterprise Fund, was on hand to congratulate Google's role..."

April 12, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...argument that unhelmeted bicycle head injuries were burdening public funds. For more info, see www.bikesafeaustin.org and www.nohelmetlaw.org. – Daniel..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: Who's Zoomin' Who?

Right behind the Hanger comes LegalZoom

"...deal. Moreover, tied to larger incentives from the state's Texas Enterprise Fund" – which has signed on for an..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Larson SAFE at Home

Baseball Boosters Seek Swing Vote

"...in order for the Oilers to compete in the free agent market and "field a competitive team" (they were..."

Aug. 18, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...Bobby Levinski, and Art Martinez de Vara of the Texas Local Government Center debated Proposition K, the November ballot..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Film Incentive Program Funding Uncertain, Anti-Choice Buffoonery, and More

Lege considers film incentive program funding and anti-choice antics take hold

"...Contrary to popular opinion, Texas doesn't have a film incentive program. It has the..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News and happening from Austin and beyond

"...• "Southern segment of MoPac to be free," read the Statesman headline Tuesday, marking CAMPO's removal of..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Not Quite by the Book

"...controversial, political agenda" because they constitute an attack on "free enterprise.")..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

SBOE Candidates Get 'A' for Attendance

SBOE debate clarifies candidates' differences in one race, similarities in another

"...Mon­day morning event at the Downtown offices of the Texas Business & Education Coa­li­tion marked the first occasion for..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Lege Lowdown

"...Although immunizing all of Texas' sixth-grade girls, as well as all uninsured girls ages..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Sierra Club, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Clean Water Action, and NARAL...."

March 11, 2005 Column

Point Austin: Amazon in Austin’s Pocket

A business model built on public subsidies shouldn’t have its hand out

"...city appears very real. Amazon's business model (including largely tax-free online sales) has in fact depended on generous tax..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Telephone Hangups

Telecommunications Ordinance Passes, Fees and All

"...the Electric Utility conduit, open to all comers and free of the stranglehold of Southwestern Bell. This got short-circuited..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...result in tragedy, a broad consensus of the Central Texas scientific community has told us that we must steer..."

April 21, 2006 Column

Capitol Chronicle

The first 200 bills signed by Gov. Perry are a very mixed bag.

"...hope the governor is right. The nonprofit consumer groups (Texas Watch, Consumers Union, Public Citizen, etc.) take a rather..."

June 20, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Transportation and Land Use: Immobilized

Pouring concrete at the Lege is not as easy as it looks.

"...Witness the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, whose new board twiddles its thumbs..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Long Arm of the Lege May Strangle Webberville

Industry-backed bills would strip the newly incorporated village of its power to control strip mines and gravel pits.

"...lives next door to land owned by mining behemoth Texas Industries Inc. Across the street is another mining firm,..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Our readers talk back.

"...woman in gynecological stirrups on the cover ["The New Texas Family Planning," News, Jan. 27]. You are well on..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column

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