Salt of the Earth

Local activists remember Cesar Chavez on the seventh anniversary of his death.

"...did. Chavez's influence on Austin is remarkable, considering that Texas is a right-to-work state with no allegiance to other..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Paul Ciavarri

AISD Board Votes to Give Superintendent Broadened Authority

Resolution lets Cruz take "immediate action" on COVID-19 response

"...Austin ISD’s Board of Trustees has granted Superintendent Paul Cruz authority to..."

March 14, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Texas Teachers Rally at Capitol for More Funding

Educators show qualified support for HB 3's "Texas Plan"

"...As the Texas House and Senate move forward with their plans to..."

March 12, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

State Agencies Asked for Savings

Speaker, Lt. Gov. looking to cut 2.5% from current general revenue budget

"...David Dewhurst and Speaker Joe Straus have asked all state agencies to find cuts from their current budgets so..."

Feb. 2, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Landmark Commission. Proponents will make their case before the State Board of Review on May 13...."

April 14, 2023 News Feature

Deep-Pocket Donors Fund Right-Wing School Board Candidates in the Austin Suburbs

Drama outside of town

"...by mask mandates and culture wars reinvigorated by the Texas Legislature, conservative activism has heated up in the suburbs..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

State Rep. Bucy Hosts Town Hall on Schools, Border Crisis

Freshman legislator praises bipartisan support for “Texas values”

"...school finance reform was the biggest accomplishment for the Texas Legislature in the past few decades, said state Rep...."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Megan Menchaca

Page Three: Hell in a Handbasket
or, the Worst of Austin

A week in the life of local government

"...certainly hitting the fan this week. From the Chamber of Concrete/Austin American-Statesman war on public education to the eternal..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Nick Barbaro

Opinion: Let Go of Identity Politics and Vote

Turning Texas blue won't turn it into California

"...I went on one of my bimonthly pandemic walks with my dad the other..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Column by Anna Near

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Texas House Advances Ambitious School Finance Bill

Teachers’ union celebrates shedding of merit pay provision

"...The House Public Education Committee passed a committee substitute for the big school..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Top 10 State Stories

Not even an expensive trial lawyer could save Tom DeLay

"...jury convicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of money laundering and conspiracy, in connection with his Texans..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

The Texas Accent

Texas Writers Month in Its Fifth Year

"...Above is this year's Texas Writer's Month poster: all previous posters appear throughout this..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Symposium on Early Texas Art

Texas art isn't an oxymoron, and the members of CASETA will gladly tell you why

"...modernist combines, the Port Arthur native got a lot of people to stop thinking of Texas art as an..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...More than a dozen major news organizations including The Texas Tribune and CNN filed a lawsuit against the Texas..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last three, or..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

In the Name of Ann Richards

AISD's School for Young Women Leaders is a district showcase – does its glittering reputation hide a darker side for teachers and students?

"...a story about the hard-drinking, hard-talking, silver-haired pit fighter of Texas politics. But she believed in redemption. She once..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Education vs. Education Austin

School district suddenly goes wobbly on longstanding relationship with faculty-staff union

"...2011, was supposed to be a big day for Education Austin. The union was expecting to celebrate the start..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

We're 49th! ... Or Just Seventh of 10

Union and Austin ISD argue over teacher pay – and what to do about it

"...When it comes to education, Texans are used to being at the bottom of..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...something is changing. In fact, over the last couple of years, the campus has seen double-digit improvements in test..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board Postpones Union Vote

Trustees report almost $100 million in district savings by working with Education Austin

"...The Austin ISD board of trustees may have a hundred million reasons to..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

State of Texas Requiring AISD to Eliminate Specific Goals for Economically Disadvantaged Black Students

Austin ISD’s official goals to be "retooled"

"...The Texas Education Agency monitor era is underway at Austin ISD...."

Nov. 17, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Signs of Trouble and of Hope at Mendez Middle School

In-district charter seeks to turn around a campus’ longtime struggles

"...taken over by an in-district charter – the first of its kind in the Austin Independent School District –..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rep. Vikki Goodwin on the 86th Texas Legislature

“I worry when people talk about property tax caps [and not] where the revenue is going to come from instead”

"...Vikki Goodwin (HD-47), in her first run for office, unseated GOP Rep. Paul Workman in November to represent..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Top 10 Education Stories

School finance lawsuits, AISD board shakeup, and more

"...1) AISD Board Shake-up In a brutal election that saw the birth..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Education Funding May Require Special Session

Lawmakers at impasse over school finance

"...most years around mid-May, independent school districts around the state are refining their draft budgets for the upcoming school..."

May 20, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Louis Malfaro and 18 Years of AISD Politics

The teachers' union veteran looks back as he moves forward

"...23, Louis Malfaro addressed the Austin Independent School District board of trustees for the last time as president of..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

ACC Board Elections: Meet the Candidates

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

"...Elections for three seats on the Austin Community College board of trustees are coming up on May 8 (early..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...grown accustomed to the parking cones, forklifts, and sounds of rapid construction. But in Feb­ru­ary, that clatter should end,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Perry Poisons Education Funding

How will Texas schools fare without federal education money?

"...could unravel the current fight between the U.S. Department of Education and Gov. Rick Perry over emergency public school..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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