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Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Guy Clark Biographer Tamara Saviano
“He shared things with me he didn’t share with other people”
"...wife Susanna, and Townes Van Zandt. April 7, the Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association honors Saviano and tributes Clark with..."
March 30, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman
Postscripts
Mixed Notes
"...hosted by the Center for Mexican American Studies, the Texas State Historical Association, and the Center for Studies in..."
Oct. 31, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith
Res Publica
Your good-citizen calendar for July 31-Aug. 7
"...the Austin Regional Group of the Sierra Club. 7pm. Texas State Teachers Association, 316 W. 12th, 476-5355, 877/ASK-TSTA. Free...."
Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature
Price of Justice and the Price of Gas
Judge cancels hearing in LULAC's attempt to block second step of the Texas Two-Step
"...on the League of United Latin American Citizens of Texas' attempt to put the kibosh on the precinct caucus..."
May 21, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Viva Bilingual Ed
Texas Not Likely to Follow California's Lead
"...by Jana Birchum Molly Ivins has often observed that Texas should function as a "National Laboratory for Bad Government."..."
June 12, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi
Home From Home
Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return
"...deaf or blind; many are in wheelchairs. As in Texas, large numbers of Louisiana residents have no health insurance,..."
Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...dispel the myth of the separation of church and state." – Texas Republican Party platform, adopted June 3 in..."
June 9, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...burning down in Mexico has made its way into Texas. Cough, cough...."
May 13, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
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Our readers talk back.
"...little clout to point out what goes on in Texas state prisons and jails on a daily basis ["Beaten..."
July 12, 2002 Column
Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform
"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet
"...just over four weeks left to go, the 86th Texas Legislature is on track to send Gov. Greg Abbott..."
April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
The Perils of Big Data
The up- and downsides of student information collection
"...of $100 million, and with education partners in nine states, it was intended to give educators and administrators easy..."
March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Election 2004 Updates
The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas,
updated daily
"...the next election. But to the small group of teachers and parents gathered at Ridgetop Elementary School Friday afternoon..."
Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature
On The Lege
Knocking Out Hate
"...knockout. Loralei Gilliam, executive director of the American Family Association of Texas, was in a hearing room at the..."
March 19, 1999 News Column
Save Our Schools!
Texans advance on Capitol in bid to preserve public schools
"...As the 82nd Texas Legislature reaches its midpoint, lawmakers are facing a gut..."
March 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
New Akins Principal: Running from Ysleta?
Ysleta ISD board apologizes for actions of former Bel Air
High School Principal Daniel Girard, who is coming here to
head Akins High School
"...to Austin to head Akins High School in August. Teachers brought grievances against Girard last October, claiming he violated..."
June 29, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward
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Losing Our Lunch
"...I am the president of the Bouldin Critique Neighborhood Association, http://www.io.com/~bumper/bcna0101.htm for my membership I must clarify my actions..."
Feb. 12, 1999 Column
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.
"...Envision Central Texas released the results of its regional planning survey, and..."
Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Castle, senior vice president of human resources at Lubbock's State National Bank and president of the Lubbock Red Cross..."
Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature
Grandma vs. Cowboy
Can Strayhorn lasso Perry? Maybe the Lege will tell.
"...a navy blue windbreaker, dark slacks, and sensible shoes, state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn finally and officially opened her..."
June 24, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Putting Himself 'Out Here'
Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.
"...worlds and has won him plaudits from around the state, including the 1996 Texas Educational Theatre Association's award for..."
March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
Point Austin: On the Border and Elsewhere, Gov. Abbott Suffers the Little Children
Best governor in the nation? Depends on who you ask.
"...Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and state politics from a progressive perspective in his weekly column,..."
July 21, 2023 News Post by Michael King
West Side Showdown
The new political year begins with a four-way speed race for House District 48
"...The 2006 election cycle in Texas will be given an early test run Tuesday, Jan...."
Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...intemperate, America-hating Rahul Mahajan did the Green Party of Texas a severe disservice. Rahul's extraordinary stilted and simplistic political..."
Sept. 20, 2002 Column
Postmarks
The Chronicle endorsements (or lack thereof) under fire.
"...MADD, Heart of Texas Chapter..."
May 5, 2000 Column
Lege Lines: The Voters Speak, the Governor Listens
Abbott leaves the red-state red-meat back at the mansion
"...In his third State of the State address to the combined House and..."
Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
First Generation
The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
"...Austin for the arts to grow. Although Formosa, her estate in Hyde Park, was at that time on the..."
June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Tits for Tots
The governor rolls out his school finance plan, starring smoking, gambling, Desirée, and Ecstasy
"...bars would be enjoined to underwrite the education of Texas schoolchildren. Many municipalities currently waste buckets of public time..."
April 16, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Naked City
"...a final rejection by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Association of Business turned over documents requested by a..."
Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...last week's press conference in the wake of the Statesman use-of-force series...."
