Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...year that when he was growing up in West Texas, he was sometimes called a "good minority" -- the..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

This Land Is Our Land

News From the Fronts of State-City Land War

"..."why didn't anyone tell me?" "This" was the Planning Commission's rejection of the proposed Triangle Square shopping complex, a..."

April 24, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Will Texas Patch Up TABC Before It Bursts?

If ever an agency needed to be scorched by the state’s Sunset Act, it’s the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion

"...liquid fire of the state's Sunset Act, it's the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion. For not just years but generations,..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Preserving Planet Texas

Outdoor-loving Texans can thank the federal government for requiring the state to firm up its state parks planning over the next decade.

"...parks planning over the next decade. Last week the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. released a draft of the..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Land of the Free: the History of State-owned Lands in Texas

"...The University of Texas has several icons that endure. From the animal kingdom,..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"...Dee Harrison, a retired Texas Depart­ment of Criminal Justice employee, is also running for..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...Fourteen months after the Land-Development-Code-rewrite-that-shall-not-be-named went down in flames, amid squabbles over parking requirements..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...be following him into this small cave. Thuesen, a land manager for Austin Water Utility who loves to tell..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Texas Biodiesel Industry Talks Big Business in Austin

Conference and Expo drift: Those who have raised biodiesel industry out of infancy seeking sustained growth

"...350 million gallons of fuel this year – with Texas, the No. 1 biodiesel-producing state, having grown its capacity..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Out of Commission

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

"...scene at a university deep in the heart of Texas. And yet, there they are, and not just at..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

No Man's Land

Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres

"...commercial multi-use development, La Frontera, coming to the former farmland less than a block from his home, and the..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...some peace and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his wife Staci bought..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Commission Mission

UT's Performing Arts Center Spawns New Art

"...a major force in the creation of new work, commissioning pieces from some of the world's premier composers, musicians,..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Then There's This: City May Buy Aquifer Land Slated for Sewage

Judge's order offers only clue that talks are in progress

"...negotiating the purchase of the environmentally sensitive property from landowner/developer Jeremiah Venture LP...."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

IAF: The Promised Land Visits the Hilton

Preachers quiz the gubernatorial candidates – and ban them from preaching

"...appearance before the weekend conference of IAF Network of Texas Organizations at the Austin Airport Hilton. (The official initials..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Land Rush

The Early Days

"...renewal-ready as early as 1960, when APT Inc. proposed Texas Center, an enormous shopping/hotel complex at the foot of..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good, v.2

Has Austin lost its groove? A surprising answer.

"...portfolio for the public good (see "Public Not­ice: Public Land for Public Good?" News, Oct. 28), was delayed at..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...included Gilbert Shelton, who worked at the University of Texas humor magazine, Texas Ranger. In 1964 Jackson published what..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...ballot is the latest salvo fired by a Reconstruction-era Texas family waging a war of independence against what it..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good, Act 3

Why is it so hard to make actual progress on housing?

"...space for creatives, and more (see "Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good?" Oct. 28). Tovo broke the logjam..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Texas Biofuels Movement Building Momentum

As Bush makes groundbreaking revelations about the U.S. being "addicted to foreign oil," Texans may be pleased to know that many of the scientific "breakthroughs" he says will someday break our oil fixation are already in the works here.

"...statewide progress in renewable fuels – from the soon-to-be landfill-gas-powered biodiesel plant built by the city of Denton, to..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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

Standing Rock’s Civil Disobedience Reaches West Texas

“It’s the Rio Grande. It’s sacred to many people."

"...a pipe yard on the west side of Alpine, Texas – until recently, a rare sight in this remote..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Kirk Watson Resigns From Texas Senate

Headed to Houston, the ex-mayor and senator reflects on his legacy

"...was reflective with the local press corps at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 18, after the news broke..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Young People Power Texas Climate Plan

House Democrats package 41 bills to protect the environment

"...Texas is not known for its positive contributions to the..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Waltz Across Texas

San Antonio rock & roll posters and Central Texas dance halls – preserve them.

"...past? That's one goal of our sister city's South Texas Popular Culture Center, which itself was a gamble. Would..."

April 6, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

How to Keep Water in Central Texas

Long-range planning tries to cover multiple bases, but some say environment is left out

"...Every year brings more people to Central Texas, and with them more lawns to water, SUVs to..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Walk Across Texas

Remembering Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, the first white Texan.

"...published, the first theory of germs was formulated; in England, theatres became the first European public space not under..."

March 30, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas Rights Under Siege

"...state law sponsored by Senator Teel Bivins (R-Amarillo), the commissioners have been denying hundreds of citizen requests for hearings..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature

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