Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...Kansas named John R. Brinkley headed down to the Texas/Mexico border and built the world's most powerful radio station...."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

Top 10 News Stories of 2023: Austin vs. The State of Texas

In our Top 10 biggest stories this year, a theme emerged

"...in the tomato soup, being the target of the Texas GOP's ire is nothing new, but looking at the..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Texas Lege Preview: Are School Vouchers a Shoo-In?

House Dems (and rural Republicans) ready to rally for public education

"...Gina Hinojosa, Central Austin's voice on education in the Texas House, has two children in Austin ISD schools. "My..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Top Texas Drummer Ernie Durawa Turns 80

The Sunday Antone's celebration benefits nonprofit HOME

"...brand-new book, Ernie Durawa: The Story of a Legendary Texas Drummer – An Autobiography. Pandemically collaborated on alongside Anita..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

All-Woman Western Swing Trio Tells Texas Republicans It’s OK to Vote for Beto

O sister, where art thou?

"...old-fashioned whistle-stop tour to bust through political barriers in Texas and get out the vote for Beto O'Rourke...."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Feature by Jen Hamilton Hernandez

Few Election Surprises as Texas Finally Finishes Its Primaries

The field is set

"...half a million on the Dem side, out of Texas' roughly 17 million registered voters...."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Voters Prove Once Again They Don't Always Know Who They're Voting For

Throwing darts at the ballot

"...classic story about the state of civic engagement in Texas' primary elections: More than 60,000 Texans voted for Rick..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

“We Need Texas in This Fight”

Elizabeth Warren stumps for Casar, a growing progressive coalition in D.C., and affordable housing

"...more power in the Lone Star State: “We need Texas in this fight.” That was the major talking point..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: The Problem in Texas Isn’t Republicans – It’s Capitalism

To prevent last week's crises from recurring, we have to go beyond the Democrat vs. Republican culture wars and take back control of Texas' energy system.

"...and ERCOT market architect, on the climate crisis in Texas: "It's not convenient. It's not nice. It's necessary." Hogan..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Column by Dave Pinkham

Ten Key Moments in a Year of Endless Texas Election Drama

Vote Early and Often

"...2) Feb. 23: Bernie Sanders Rolls Through Town As Texas found itself a pivotal state in the 2020 presidential..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Is Reopening, but Local Leaders Are Ready to Bar the Door

At the threshold

"...Greg Abbott on Monday unveiled his plan to "Open Texas" on May 1, after the expiration of his previous..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Last-Minute Appeals Aim to Stop First Texas Execution of 2019

Drugs, mental illness, disability factors in 2008 infant murder

"...The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted its first stay of..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

County Judge Sarah Eckhardt on Greg Abbott's Texas Hammer

“Local control had been a darling of the state for years, and now it has become the enemy”

"...little to actually punish the sheriff herself. Instead, the governor's petty political payback destroyed vital programs that support victimized..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bills Grant Texas Doctors Legal Cover to Mislead Pregnant Women

Is the Lege giving doctors a license to lie?

"...However, if two bills pending in the Texas Legislature make it through both chambers, patients who don't..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Keeping Texas Smart – and on the March

Thousands rally to save Texas schools

"...That was one tale of Saturday's Save Texas Schools rally Downtown, as at least 11,000 teachers, students,..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

'Texas Monthly' Legislative Top 10s

Best and worst of the Lone Star State

"...Legislature's bounty of bad apples provided easy pickings for Texas Monthly's biennial roundup of lousiest lawmakers. TM's long-anticipated (at..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Texas Medal of Arts Awards: The stars at night are big and bright ...

Stars fall on Austin April 3 as the Texas Cultural Trust Council hands out its annual Texas Medal of Arts Awards to some of the Lone Star State's greatest cultural heroes

"...stars to make Stephen Hawking giddy. That's when the Texas Cultural Trust Council will hand out its 2007 set..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sucking, Spewing, and Burning LNG and the Texas Gulf

Plans for LNG terminals in the Gulf of Mexico raise major environmental questions

"...Following the latest recommendations of the governor's Texas Energy Planning Council, Texas is poised to become..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Congress: The Texas Five, Plus One

Down to the last inning of Tom DeLay's little game

"...its decision to leave DeLay enough alone in the Texas re-redistricting case. Such second thoughts, if any, will have..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Clean Air in Texas? Not!

The state's clean bill of health means less than meets the eye (and nose)

"...wasted no time firing off a press release applauding Texas' pending approval under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Texas Book Festival Wrap-Up

The harmonies and seeming dissonances of last weekend's Texas Book Festival

"...When Horton Foote accepted the Texas Book Festival's Bookend Award for lifetime achievement last Thursday,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

How Texas A.G. Paxton’s Trumpian Antics Led to Impeachment

Sealing his fate

"...Ken Paxton never should have asked the citizens of Texas to fork over $3.3 million to settle that whistle­blower..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Silver Linings at the Lege: Texas Moms to Get 12 Months of Free Health Care

And other good news from this legislative session

"...As is always the case in the Texas Legislature, some of the best news out of this..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Opinion: Teachers Can No Longer Afford to Live in Texas

Senate Bill 9 is an insult to teachers

"...An Open Letter Governor Abbott and the Texas Legislature,..."

May 19, 2023 Column by Cary Beshel

The Basics of Texas' Statewide Elections

Tell me about this Beto MFer guy ...

"...about the same chance of defeating the incumbent GOP governor as Donald Trump did of beating Hillary Clinton. He's..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

"Stay Home, Work Safe" Orders Issued for Central Texas

Urgent measures deemed essential to combat spread of COVID-19

"...Other cities and counties in the region and across Texas have imposed similar restrictions, but Gov. Greg Abbott has..."

March 24, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

The Texas Hammer

Gov. Greg Abbott and cronies feasted on cities in 2017

"...Abbott didn't mince words in February when he declared, "Texas will hammer Travis County" as retribution for Sheriff Sally..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Texas Hammer

Life under attack by our state government

"...Greg Abbott's convictions were clear as day. "Texas will hammer Travis County," the governor tweeted on Feb...."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Texas Hammer: Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights

It's a war on women's health

"...comes to defunding Planned Parenthood and attacking abortion rights, Texas pretty much wrote the playbook. In the name of..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Poised to Hit 500th Execution

Texas is on the eve of its 500th execution since death penalty reinstatement

"...the execution of Kimberly McCarthy slated for June 26, Texas is on the eve of a historic first: The..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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