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Patenting the Formula

"...undue haste and zeal was really the city staff's natural reaction to a cold fact: Austin has, at least..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...As spokesperson for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, we commend The..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Tunnel Vision

TxDOT Sees No Evil in Williamson Creek Tunnel

"...the expanding interchange to Williamson Creek. But while the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) views the tunnel project as..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...by popular storytellers and Camryn Manheim's Gwen is a natural if constantly surprising presence. Leslie L. Smith's first feature..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Casting Votes Against Development

"...Austin's inhabitants who have seen an encroachment on the areas for ecological, recreational, and community bonding purposes slowly being..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...club and an energetic and outspoken tomboy (played with natural exuberance by Sissy Spacek's daughter, Schuyler Fisk) has an..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Tensions Rise Ahead of Meeting on Zilker Plan

Dazed and confused over Zilker

"...the gravel lot ... is shown as completely restored natural area in the plan." Hempel says confusion may have..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: A Tale of Two PUDs

It's not too soon to aim for green space

"...• Creating functional pervious areas..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Pipe Dreams

Chapter 37 From Robert Bryce's new book on Enron

"...top execs kicked in $300,000 for the inauguration festivities. Naturally enough, the day after the inauguration, Lay went to..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Local Austin news and gossip

"...Organization (CAMPO)'s long-range transportation plan as its own, but naturally the city of Austin is having qualms. The city..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Making a Front Porch for the City

As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.

"...also won considerable attention for his facility at bringing natural light into his buildings, dispelling the antiquated image of..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...were undercover, posing as abortion-seeking women for NARAL Pro-Choice Texas. But what they found – a disturbing and manipulative..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...If you live in Central Texas, chances are you have a coyote story to tell...."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Life Support

The complicated system that is the Austin-Travis Co. EMS is nationally recognized for saving lives. As Austin continues to grow, can the system save itself?

"...currently provide fire suppression services for their own geographic areas, while retaining the stand-alone paramedic services of ATCEMS. There..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Too Much Price Gouging

"...those displaced by the storm. After touring the devastated areas of our state, he also urged those evacuees not..."

Sept. 17, 2008 Postmarks

Naked City

"...for our wallets because we're stuck in traffic. The Texas Transportation Institute issued its biennial "Urban Mobility Report," naming..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Neighbors get organized, call on Todd Baxter, and cut a deal with the LCRA

"...to develop a master plan that balances protecting the natural landscape and the public's safety where transmission lines are..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Virtues of Flexibility

Re-Imagining the Production Process

"...more dynamic, more theatrical, more exciting than was my natural bent...."

Aug. 11, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

First-Ever State Flood Planning Project Underway

Plan offers strategies to mitigate risk including structural improvements and buyouts

"...will increase by around 30% by 2050 in metro areas like Austin, spurred by increased population and development. In..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...Austin near Givens Park lost gas service Wednesday, which Texas Gas Service said would take several days to restore;..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...started her morning filing an odor complaint with the Texas Commission on Envi­ron­mental Quality after being "overwhelmed by the..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Common Law

Hurricane Harvey – common legal questions

"...Texas is living through the effects of an unprecedented natural..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Column by Luke Ellis

Travis Co. Delegation: Progress Report

Local legislators fill us in on their work this session

"...gaps between the House and Senate versions of the Texas Department of Transportation Sunset bills and examining the House..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...are bigger than the streetcar project itself. As Central Texas slouches toward a regional vision to be born –..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...Police believe Benesh was murdered by members of the Texas-based Banditos motorcycle gang in response to his reported desire..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature

Master of the Improbable

When someone says something can't be done, trust Turk Pipkin to say 'Wanna bet?'

"...novels, including one about, improbably enough, caddying in West Texas. He dozed off on the shoulder of Tony Soprano...."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...his brother or preferably a lot sooner. This is Texas, sir, when you kill people that are working in..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Just as with Texas' loss of the Pan Am Games to Rio ["No..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...Performing Arts, was taken over this week by the Texas Education Agency. According to TEA files, the school's board..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Day Trips

The first Lone Star Legacy Weekend allows daytrippers free access to state parks.

"...array of parks and other facilities we have in Texas," Andrew Sansom, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) executive..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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