The Rent Rub

Working Poor Getting Stiffed on Housing Costs

"...of its income on housing, but figures from the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service show that fully one-third..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...The Chronicle editorial board perennially suggests that the Texas Constitution is too long, too complicated, and too subject..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature

AISD Braces for Lege, Court Action

School finance likely to hang fire for several months

"...$5.4 billion, meaning a $60 million cut in state funding for AISD. This year, they are offering a minimal..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...Before this session of the Texas Legislature ends, however, there could be at least 49..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

ACC Board Elections: Meet the Candidates

The candidates on taxing districts, remedial boot camps, and student culture

"...attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund). Place 4 incumbent Jeffrey Kyle Richard is unchallenged. Thumbnail..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Developing Stories: East Riverside: The Road Ahead

Let's capture the value – and federal funds

"...and fiscal sustainability, as well as comprehensive planning for growth. (See "City Hall Hustle," and "The Promise of Planning.")..."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Pondering Downtown Condos

Frequently Asked Questions

"...Austin. Some 20% at Spring are from elsewhere in Texas, said Warshaw. At the Austonian, approximately 50% of buyers..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Roger Duncan's Night Visions

Austin Energy's GM invites us to wrestle with the conundrum of clean energy

"...key concepts like "load forecast," "capacity factor," "intermittency," "load growth," "carbon offsets," "energy charges," "net metering," and "transmission bottlenecks."..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Precinct 3: Ye Olde Transportation Debate Takes Spotlight

Two candidates diverge on roads and growth in Western Travis County

"...seat in 2002, and she participated in the South­west Growth Dialog Process that Daugherty initiated. But she gradually found..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...the creek and the Springs is still suffering, and growth and sprawl are still marching toward the sunset in..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$

Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.

"...proposition is earmarked. The ped money will go toward funding two projects -- one on McKinney Falls Parkway and..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Prepare for Departure

Mueller Airport Redevelopment Project Inches Toward Council Approval

"...it, and puts flesh on the bones of Smart Growth. But now, after 15 years of gestation, comes the..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...on a city bond proposition (Proposition 2) that would fund the purchase of about 15,000 acres of land in..."

May 1, 1998 Column

It's a Good Economy, Stupid

Austin Plays Weak Catch-Up in Boom Times

"...Fair enough. This year's budget combines a windfall of rapid-growth revenue with a nearly invisible tax increase to achieve..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Manager Will Present His Proposed Budget

Community groups begin fight for more equitable budget

"...result of constraints placed on local governments by the Texas Legislature. In 2019, state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, championed..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Prop. 6: Strange Bedfellows on Both Sides

Boondoggle or necessary step? Odd alliances form on both sides of state water proposal.

"...on the 2012 State Water Plan, authored by the Texas Water Development Board. It lists $53 billion worth of..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Holes Plugged ... Temporarily

The 2009 AISD budget balances the books, but the financial future's not bright

"...to the board on June 15, he proposed General Fund expenditures of $865 million for the year. That's down..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Forte at Forty

Thriving under Jack Allen's leadership, KMFA endures as Classically Austin radio

"...then begun to decline; the station saw no financial growth. Nor was there much innovation in programming or services..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Gregor

It's a Vision Thing

What's up with regional planning?

"...the city of Austin has been too fractured by growth-related warfare to adopt a comprehensive city plan. Metro Austin's..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...mounted for a local run and subsequent tour around Texas. The show did respectable business locally, but in the..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

"...If Proposition One is approved, $110 million would fund expansion of the Convention Center on adjacent land north..."

April 17, 1998 Column by Nick Barbaro

Megachurch Miracle

Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches

"...the pasture stretching goat wire" in a small East Texas town, as unmoved by the Holy Spirit as the..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy

Off the Desk:

"...bike at the bottom of a hill on the city-funded bike path next to Circle C in November of..."

Nov. 24, 1995 News Feature

The News Biz Is In Deep Shiz

Local newsroom leaders see growth potential despite tough climate

"...have lost population during the last decade, the runaway growth of Austin proper has fueled extraordinary growth in its..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature by Abe Asher

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...deliberations, the big question was: How low can APD funding go? In this year's budget season, the script has..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Buying Time

The federal stimulus money rides to the state's rescue – until the next session

"...Under the Texas Constitution, the Legislature has only one required task: to..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rodeo 80

The 2007 Legislature in a quick-step roundup

"...a rising population, never mind the decade-plus of systematic underfunding of state agencies...."

June 8, 2007 News Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...What they got was another rhetorically preening, self-important, Texas "journalist" smearing a person with the temerity to dissent..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...Bust) has decimated the city's sales tax collections, which fund the bulk of the city's discretionary spending. We posited..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Jimmy LaFave in the Present Tense

Honoring the local musician’s commitment to life

"...recording, performing – with an awareness that he's an Oklahoma-Texas folk musician. Hints of Lynyrd Skynyrd appear on the..."

May 12, 2017 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

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