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Naked City
"...• The Texas Civil Rights Project filed an ethics complaint against Court..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature

Film News
Of informational pickets, $1.5 billion projects, and newborns
"...newborn son, Nick Drake O'Connell, seeking a milk fix?… Texas may be a right-to-work state, but that didn't stop..."

April 27, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Lege Notes
Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th
"...the creation of a general aviation airport in Central Texas. That suited Central Texas just fine, because Bergstrom had..."

April 15, 2005 News Column

Naked City
"...The Austin Central Labor Council (a coalition of five unions) endorsed Gregg Knaupe for Place 3; however, one ACLC..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Lowdown
Health care fight proves that The People can prevail; and what happened to Ranger George?
"...a $20 billion provision to provide emergency aid for states that are grappling daily with our nation's growing health..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

No Commitment Necessary
As the economy takes a dive, many high tech workers find themselves stuck on the temping treadmill
"...times to be a temp. Consider the 750 temporary employees whose jobs were eliminated by Applied Materials last month,..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Cash for Trash?
Privatizing the City's Garbage Pickup
"...If this were a union town, labor leaders would have lined up in protest..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Budget: Something's Gotta Give
Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council
"...– but the booming economy enjoyed by the Central Texas region over the last several years has begun to..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: The Legacy of Solidarity
Film of the 'Austin Chicano Huelga' recounts a city's transformation
"...culture and politics of the entire region. Retired Austin state Sen. Barrientos was introducing the documentary film Economy Furniture..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Column by Michael King

An Education Only a Boss Could Love
Public schools lurch a little closer to privatization with HB 2
"...bill introduced last week drew instant criticism from teachers unions, tempered praise from legislative leaders, cautious restraint from school..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Public Ed's Future Hangs in Balance
It's Teacher Appreciation Week, but you'd never know it at the Lege
"...to employment law, it is Teacher Appreciation Week in Texas. The bitter irony of the situation has not been..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City
"...it can provide valid scientific arguments to the contrary. State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, described the ruling as "further..."

April 6, 2007 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...at least a couple of weeks. Schroeder is seeking reinstatement to APD; she was fired last year after she..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...laundering in connection with campaign fundraising for the 2002 state legislative elections. See "Is the Hammer Nailed?"..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Quote of the Week: "The Court declares that the State's school finance system is financially inefficient, inadequate, and unsuitable,..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...recently returned from a trip to Peru with the Texas Women's Alliance. It was shortly after her return that..."

June 12, 1998 News Feature

Postmarks
Don't Dissolve District
"...of capture," the century-old doctrine followed in no other state but Texas that gives every landowner the right to..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...in his efforts to summarily fire thousands of federal employees. Attorneys from his administration asked the court on Monday..."

March 28, 2025 News Feature

The Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018
Days like these
"...Mike Clark-Madison FEB. 16: The Austin City Council adopts Texas' first ordinance to guarantee paid sick leave..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

School's Out, but AISD Pay Raise Talk Goes On
Debate over salary increase details carries on at AISD
"...around, it's not that the board blindly opposes the union's latest request. Trustee Robert Schneider said, "I strongly believe..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Pressley, Jackson, CapMetro, and more
How do you solve a problem like Laura?
"...latest episode of the Laura Pressley Fiasco, Saturday the Statesman repeated its misleading gloss of the District 4 Council..."

Nov. 17, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Naked City
New briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...Texas' iconic federal Judge William Wayne Justice died Tuesday, Oct...."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature

The Common Law
Laid Off and Never Got Paid?
"...The Texas Payday Law requires that your employer pay you all..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Column by Luke Ellis

Getting With the Program
Dukes files bill to shore up Texas film industry
"...push by Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, to reform the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program – is steaming through..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City
"...City Limits• On June 27, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information request for details pertinent..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...of Webb Elementary School after three years of "unacceptable" Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills scores, a redesign at..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...of you not en route to Dallas for the Texas-OU game – or already oiled in anticipation – get..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...• About 3,000 employees of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission were..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen
Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?
"...recommend you pick up a free copy of the Texas Film Commission's 2005 Texas Production Manual – all 348..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Our Bodies, Our Cities
Austin and Beyond
"...momentum, with legislative proposals pouring in from around the state on how Texas might limit cities' almost-unilateral ability to..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

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