D.A. Indicts 19 Austin Police for Assault in 2020 BLM Protest Response

Charges for 8th St. shootings send shockwaves among law enforcement

"...protesters over the weekend of May 30-31, 2020. Police union president Ken Casaday has put the number at 19;..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Post by Brant Bingamon

AISD Teachers Keep Planning Time; Admin Layoffs Likely

7 of 8 just won’t do

"...plan laid out by Ramos, hourly pay for classified employees such as bus drivers would increase to a minimum..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

A Lively Crowd Seeks the Open House District 51 Seat

The Southeast Seven

"...is a front-runner in the seven-candidate Democratic primary for Texas House District 51. It's a race without an incumbent,..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...In Union There Is Strength: Employees at Integral Care, Travis County's..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature

AISD Copes With Post-COVID Life

With falling enrollment, budget woes, and “behavioral events” maybe the kids aren’t alright

"...Central Texas high school bathrooms were in the spotlight again last..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

As Early Voting Ends, Here's What We're Watching in Austin's Nov. 2 Election

Proposition A PACs finance reports and what's on the ballot for outlying areas

"...The Fair­ness Project, a nonprofit supporting progressive local and state ballot measures such as Medicaid expansion in Florida, Oklahoma,..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison and Austin Sanders

Battle Over APD Staffing Gets Louder

Election Ticker: Battle over APD staffing gets louder

"...from that marquee race on the local ballot. EMS Union Says “Nope”..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Yay, Nay Campaigns on Proposition A Get Underway

Ballot initiative centered on APD staffing finds friends and foes

"...those opposing the initiative, including U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, state Reps. Eddie Rodriguez and Celia..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: A Balanced Budget, Without Much Drama

But many hours of deliberation over two days on the dais

"...tax break,” Council Member Greg Casar wrote in a statement following the vote...."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Texas Dems Go to Court to Block Abbott's Funding Veto

Filing says governor's defunding of Lege is invalid

"...18 issued his stunt veto of funding for the Texas Legis­lature in the upcoming biennial budget, to "punish" the..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New AISD Budget Leans Into Boosting Enrollment

The school district is nervously eyeing the numbers looking for signs of recovery

"...while expenses stayed high and COVID-related spending piled up. State funding for Texas school districts is generally tied to..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

State Employee Unions Look Askance at Texas Lege’s Pension Changes

Unions give a hard pass on cash balance plan proposed in Senate Bill 321

"...The 87th Texas Legislature's proposal to shore up the state's pension fund..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

"Strong-Mayor" Proposal Divides Austin's Progressives

Power to the people?

"...deplore, the fact that bureaucratic civil service protections in Texas state law make it impossible to simply fire the..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Drive to Unionize the Statesman Newsroom Prevails

Strength in numbers

"...Wednesday, Feb. 24, the editorial staff at the Austin American-Statesman voted 36-12 to form a union, becoming the third..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Jose Benjamin Montaño

Austin at Large: To Shame the Strong

Let the congregation sing: “For God’s sake, give more power to the people”

"...privilege, the leveling of all people into a common state of freedom through salvation, sheep of the same flock...."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: A Strong-Mayor Sweet Spot?

Advocates throw some salt on the pleasant-tasting "pro-democracy" reform plan

"...in the country," at the vanguard of pushback against Texas' dismal legacy of voter suppression and disenfranchisement. The most..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Qmmunity: 2020's Biggest Queer and Trans Stories

Looking back on a rollercoaster of a year

"...biggest stories in the LGBTQmmunity – locally, across the state, and nationwide – were either outright losses or wins..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Stage 4 Risk of COVID-19 Shapes Austin's Holiday

No-virus November

"...Health, and St. David's HealthCare issued their first joint statement on hospital capacity in the Austin metro area since..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

AISD, Union Still at Odds Over In-Person Teaching

Employees look for creative solutions, but have yet to see any

"...legal action. Education Austin President Ken Zarifis said the union's legal team would be filing a letter with AISD..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

For Many AISD Teachers, It's Career vs. Family

AISD forces reluctant teachers to return to campus

"...unless they refuse to come back, as the teacher union suggests might happen...."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

About That AISD Waiver

Following backlash, confusion, district will seek TEA waiver to extend virtual learning, phase in classroom instruction after Oct. 5

"...an update on whether she would apply for a Texas Education Agency waiver that, if granted, would extend virtual..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Opinion – Protecting Texas Alone: The UT System Has Failed Our Community

Underpaid at UT, a graduate student worker advocacy group, urgently calls for COVID protections

"...Classes have begun at the University of Texas at Austin and the school's administration has failed to..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Underpaid@UT

’Horns Return; COVID to Follow?

The University of Texas community braces for impact as the fall semester gets underway

"...their first day of classes at the University of Texas at Austin – some online, some in­ person; some..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

AISD Delays School Year Until September 8

First eight weeks of classes could be mostly remote

"...on-campus instruction during this time. In order to meet state requirements for yearly instructional time, the new calendar adds..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Local K-12 Educators Look at Ways to Start the School Year as COVID-19 Looms

Put on your thinking cap

"...School district leaders all over Texas are scrambling to figure out how to plan for..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Aaricka Washington

Lights, Camera, Safety: Film and TV Production Is Coming Back to Texas

Now producers and unions are making sure no one gets sick

"...as safe as possible. That's what's happening in the Texas film, television, and commercial industries, as producers and unions..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

March 2020 Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the Democratic primary?

"...compilation of Democratic Primary candidate endorsements from area clubs, unions, and professional organizations in contested races in the March..."

Feb. 4, 2020 News Post

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...blocks to artists advancing their careers. The Chronicle and Statesman do a great job, but each only have a..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott

Who runs the world? Secretaries, spies, and survivors in Lara Prescott's debut novel

"...the 1950s, where myriad plans to undermine the Soviet Union are being hatched – the newest one being to..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...EMS receiving the smaller raises dictated by their current union contracts. Health care costs for employees and retirees have..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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