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"...The new City Council rumbles into action today (Jan. 22) with a morning executive session and..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature

Friday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Make like a shrub and plant yourself for Friday night SXSW showcases

"...hardcore snarls into melodic prog metal via its latest Redaction Artifacts. Atlanta's Whores eschew complexity for a purer, noisier..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Split Council Approves Incentives

5-2 Vote on Websense and Dropbox suggests shifting perspectives

"...full-time jobs with annual average wage of $82,000 (state's Texas Enterprise Fund contribution $4.5 million); net direct economic benefit..."

Feb. 24, 2014 News Post by Michael King

DVDanger: 'Grabbers'/'Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear'

Rummaging through the 'how did we miss this?' files

"...efficient and accomplished work to date. Inspired by the Texas School for the Blind and how its students learn..."

Dec. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest 8

Fun Fun Fun Fest finally arrives

"...FFF8 has weathered cancellations including Death Grips, Big K.R.I.T., Action Bronson, and Mykki Blanco, adding on-par replacements No Age,..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Law Forces End of Central Health's Abortion Services

Board says it can't risk jeopardizing its overall health care mission

"...the deep budget cuts to health care services in Texas – including the state's family planning budget, which was..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...own and lends a warm resonance to voices. In action, it's GLO's musical laboratory, with Turner cast as the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Reefer Madness: Saint or Salvia?

One man's medicine is another man's monster

"...course – it's all about the kids. Here in Texas, Ander­son makes the claim (which he repeated at least..."

April 17, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Before the Well Runs Dry

The city moves toward conservation, but is it moving fast enough?

"...50 million gallons per day capacity being only a fraction of its designed 300 million gallons per day intake..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

It's Nation Time!

"...in Iraq – and what it could mean for action in Iran. Featuring author Mark Danner, Editor and Publish­er..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Local Politics of Climate Protection

Q&A with Will Wynn on his efforts to fight global warming

"...Plan. We visited with him recently about his experiences, satisfactions, and frustrations with the implementation of the plan to..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Appetite for Change

"...Editor, Thank you for the article on the Re-Energize Texas Summit [“The Re-Energizer Revival,” News, Feb. 15]. It is..."

Feb. 23, 2008 Postmarks

Student Housing, Decades of Biological Research Up in the Air

Bracken­ridge Tract Task Force recommends removing or relocating student housing and lab west of campus

"...acres with another 500 owned by the heirs of Texas Gov. Elisha Pease, but the Pease heirs eventually backed..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Writing the Climate

Flannery and Kolbert on the accelerating pace of global warming

"...and no less persuasive than Flannery's own call for action...."

May 18, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Better Energy Solutions

"...that 19 new coal-fired power plants being built in Texas will cause to the environment in the form of..."

Dec. 19, 2006 Postmarks

Letters @ 3AM

Republican stewardship of our government has miserably failed. Polls show that Americans finally realize this, but we don't know if that will translate into votes.

"...running out of tanks. Meanwhile, "health care costs are rising twice as much as inflation" (The New York Times,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

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Our readers talk back.

"...Local numbers are harder to get. Texas DPS told an information seeker that all records before..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Saturday

"...rig? Answer: damn straight. One of the bright spots rising last year from Austin's fertile pop scene, this quartet..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...singer of jazz and classic American repertory. Rod Stewart, reprising American standards, adopts a style similar to Darin's as..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column

The Benda Mask

Untold secrets of Jean Arthur

"...still girlish, ô la Minnie Mouse. Her fling with rising Paramount executive David O. Selznick resulted, years later, in..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Hightower Report

UNC acts like a public university; and the Bushites “save” endangered species by killing them.

"...beyond their own reach. Surveys show that the rapidly rising cost of attending college (up 200% in the past..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Chronicle Endorsements

Chronicle Endorsements, May 4 election

"...to face in the next few years: adapting to rising statewide standards in curriculum and accountability, and seeing to..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements

Chronicle Endorsements, May 4 election

"...to face in the next few years: adapting to rising statewide standards in curriculum and accountability, and seeing to..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...1974. On a whim, Dan and I came to Texas for Willie Nelson's Fourth of July picnic. We decided..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

Naked City

The council votes 6-1, with Daryl Slusher opposed, to re-form the board of the First Step Corporation, the entity charged with distributing scholarship funds in the infamous Cedar Avenue settlement.

"...are affiliated with Austin Community College, the University of Texas, and Huston-Tillotson College, and the hope is that plaintiffs..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

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Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...say that an entire movement imploded because of the actions of three people...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...I had to have her, this plaster warrior mermaid rising from the rubbish of the U-HAUL self-storage trash dumpster...."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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Mueller re-development is a rip-off and "affordable housing" is a sham.

"...recent Tech issue). In response, the beneficiaries of the rising cost of living throw up their hands, roll their..."

July 7, 2000 Column

Billy Shakes, Superstar

"...Stage, Ruled by Guess Who," March 18, 1999) to Texas Monthly ("Shakespeare in Lufkin," May 1999) to, well, this..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

East-West Dissent

Neighborhood Concerns

"...been reckless in its disregard for those displaced by rising property values, citing speculation control and rent control as..."

April 23, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

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