Postmarks

Benefits of Frankenfoods

"...rezoning goes into effect. From the City's Smart Growth "Initiative" guide: "Transit Nodes -- Focus on higher density transit-oriented..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Co. agreed to pay a $1,080 fine to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission for polluting Barton Creek. FMPO..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Feature

Inside Agitator

Fulani Follower Stokes Fires of Resentment and Reform

"...make sense considering that Curtis readily admits that the initiative will probably be thrown out by the courts anyway...."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Council Balks at Deadline Pressure on Police Contract

Under the gun

"...Criminal justice advocates, including those on Council, don't want the looming..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders

A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides

"..."uncommitted time," will be expensive, and nearly irreversible under Texas law, and can't be paid for without future voter-approved..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Meaner Streets?

Proposition B: The high-dollar pushback on Austin's homeless policies

"...In June 2019, after many years of pressure from justice advocates, Austin's increasingly left-leaning City Council voted to roll..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...These episodes are three of the handful of Central Texas human trafficking cases that have made their way into..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...handful of officer-involved shootings and a federal Department of Justice review prompted by allegations that Austin police have used..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Happenings

"...Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs Rd. $85 ($25, students). www.texaslead.com. Saturday 26..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Smart Growth wouldn't be dead if it had stayed in touch with reality

"..."Prosperity" or Justice? The CSC deal was likewise a boondoggle, and we..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Community Organizer Doug Greco Challenges Kirk Watson

Mayor’s race shaping up to be Watson vs. three other liberals

"...the mayor’s race in 2022), a slew of Central Texas legislators, and various community leaders throughout the Austin-Round Rock..."

June 21, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Austin Monitor, criticizing Watson for the recently passed HOME initiative, which aims to reduce housing costs by increasing the..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...New Head at Texas Music Office: Longtime Austin music industry insider Chip Adams..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature

Opinion: Now Is Not the Time to Loosen Child Labor Regulations – Especially in Dangerous Industries

Child labor laws are trending in the wrong direction and we are putting children's health and development at risk. Now is the time to advocate for legislative changes at the state and national levels.

"...John Rawls, a prolific writer about social justice, wrote that the benefits and greatest protections in society..."

July 21, 2023 Column by Hope Ferdowsian

Public Notice: Plans for the Future

The CodeNEXT process is upon us

"...enough to keep us busy – this weekend the Texas Book Fest goes head-to-head with the Texas Tribune Festival,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Lege Targets the Undocumented

Lawmakers would restrict access to work, education, etc.

"...Keough, R-The Woodlands, would disallow in-state tuition for undocumented Texas residents. HB 592, filed by Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Top 9 Joints

"...a presidential campaign promise, President Barack Obama's Department of Justice sent out an official memo to federal prosecutors in..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...hasn't done enough for Eastsiders, citing a University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs study showing..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature

Capitol Briefs

"...will extend the summer break by one week. All Texas schools will start on or after the fourth Monday..."

June 1, 2007 News Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

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

April 21, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Texas Democrats have already filed the first of what will..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...CinemaTexas Lives..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Naked City

"...city audit report on the city's SMART affordable housing initiative reveals the program is plagued by accounting, structural, and..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to wonder exactly what our heroic defender of truth, justice, and the American way thought he was stopping there...."

May 11, 2001 Column

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...Born in 1934 in Zapata, Texas, Garcia and his wife, Marina, who grew up in..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Hitting the Pavement

Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.

"...Christmas 1986? If you were a member of the Texas Transportation Commission, you were busy issuing Minute Order 85260,..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Law of the Land

The Present: Has Hopwood Changed the World?

"...illustration by Jason Stout In March 18, 1996, Texas had the dubious honor of becoming the first state..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Nicole Kleman

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...three cities we call Austin -- the Capitol of Texas, the People's Republic, and the City on a Hill...."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Back ~ In Black?

SOS Is Arisen: Let the Confetti Rain Down

"...appeal. And to new Councilmember Daryl Slusher, that's sweet justice. "It's vindication for the people [on the council] who..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Public Notice: Bashing Austin Policy

From the Capitol to the Waterfront, via Wall Street

"...Then there's the article in Bloomberg last Friday, centered..."

April 28, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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