Texas Platters

"...that story is well-known, and even if Hunter's low-down Texas blues aren't, Chicago blues beacon Alligator Records is working..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Review

Higher Education: A New Student’s Guide to Cannabis in Austin

The illegal but accessible drug

"...Marijuana has been illegal in Texas since 1931 and remains so 92 years later. We..."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ahead of Farm Bill, Rep. Casar Taps Central Texas Farmers for Input

Roundtable discussion urges quicker loans, more land access, and easier paperwork

"...The first farm bill was enacted in 1933 –..."

April 21, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Texas Lege Preview: The Lege Has More Cash Than It Wants

Unprecedented $30 billion (and counting) surplus puts conservatives in a bind

"...Not all of Texas' problems can be solved with money (like the incompetence..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Talkin’ Chicken With Jacques Pépin at the Texas Book Festival

The revered culinarian's latest book showcases paintings and stories of poultry and more

"...Culinary Center, which merged with the Institute of Culinary Education in 2020). Since the beginning of the pandemic, he..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

Op-Ed: Extinguishing Racism in Central Texas

Pflugerville Councilmember Rudy Metayer on how we can start rebuilding a broken society

"...But as a Black man in Texas, I also know the challenge...."

June 12, 2020 Column by Rudy Metayer

'Chronicle' Neglected Concordia University Texas

"...my surprise, there was no report from Concordia University Texas. Concordia has a current enrollment of more than 2,500..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Postmarks

War: Made in Texas?

"...The South -- especially Texas -- does big business as a major exporter of..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

University of Texas at El Paso

"...Ask the students and faculty of the University of Texas at El Paso what makes their M.F.A. creative writing..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Jessica Berthold

Texas Platters

"...Out there in the juke joints of East Texas and Louisiana, swamp country, only one type of music..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

Asylum Seeker in Texas Faces Deportation After Complying as Witness

With no criminal history, Trump order requires his prosecution

"...a U.S. magistrate judge for the Western District of Texas. Salinas requests that Bonilla be released. He says Bonilla..."

Feb. 27, 2025 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Group Calls for Legislative Action to Address Texas’ High Maternal Mortality Rate for Black Women

Black Mamas Community Collective says, “We must do better.”

"...On Monday, Feb. 25, during this year’s Texas Legislative Black Caucus Summit, the Black Mamas Community Collective..."

Feb. 26, 2019 News Post by Alex Puente

Point Austin: Texas Backward

County takes one small step toward sanity on gun control

"...trumpeting "local control" – unless the issue is public education, public safety, or women's reproductive rights...."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Texas Has High Ranking as Laughingstock

"...defenders of the faith at the State Board of Education, the persecution of minorities, and the hyperbole about “illegal”..."

Sept. 27, 2010 Postmarks

Texas Freedom Network Report

"...Download a pdf of the Texas Freedom Network report on sex education in Texas...."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature

As Big as Texas

The year and the decade in review

"...events we're reflecting on here are as big as Texas, but they sure seemed that way at the time...."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature

1997 Texas Legislature Press Bills

"...audits of any governmental body, including institutions of higher education...."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column

ISHIDA Dance Company Brings a European Dance Sensibility to Texas

Getting emotional and experimental with as long as there is in me

"...her own dramaturg, putting her degree in literature and education training to work on scripts and group discussions. Ishida..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

School Voucher Committee Isn't So Sure About a Possible Voucher System in Texas

Austin rep refuses to sign on to recommendations

"...The Select Committee on Educational Opportunity & Enrichment, as it was styled, did get..."

Aug. 17, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Council Approves Operator for First Trauma Recovery Center in Texas

Safety > punishment

"...to opening the first ever trauma recovery center in Texas – a resource that can be key to reducing..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rep. Eddie Rodriguez on the 86th Texas Legislature

“I’ll be working against issues that will unfairly treat Latinos in the state”

"...Public education is very important as well. I want to support..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Book Festival 2017: Tom Hanks
in Conversation With Lawrence Wright

When writing, the Oscar winner seeks moments of serendipity

"...down there, it stays there forever," Hanks told a Texas Book Festival audience of 1,200 at First Baptist Church..."

Nov. 6, 2017 Arts Post by Elizabeth Banicki

Joe Straus, Voice of Moderation in Texas Legislature, Won't Seek Re-Election

House speaker doesn't rule out future run for governor

"...His departure means the Texas Legislature has lost a much needed and increasingly rare..."

Oct. 25, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Dorćol Distilling Introduces Rakia to Central Texas

Serbian inspired apricot brandy defies expectations

"...Eastern European fruit brandy requires an introduction and some education: a brief lesson in geography, a reminder of what..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Texas House: Establishment Rules

Hinojosa and Workman fend off challengers

"...local union chiefs and activists, and with her father, Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hino­josa, working the crowd, Hinojosa..."

March 4, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council: Good for Austin Is Bad for Texas

Council ends 2012 with some last-minute business

"...Committee, aka CELOC, to apply to the state of Texas for funding from the state's Major Events Trust Fund..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

The Boxing Lesson, Digital Antique, and Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami

Instrumentalism

"...grace, leaning closer to the cinematic expressionism of My Education than Balmorhea's West Texas landscapes. "Taj Mahaal Monkees" showcases..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

'First Rock-Star President' Tours Texas, Opening Acts Suck

Bill Clinton spoke at UT as part of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Big whoop.

"...Children's Defense Fund and pushed for more comprehensive special education legislation. He noted that her first political job took..."

Feb. 28, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

More Education Is Needed

"...ask for an explanation for the conspiracy theorists’ dogmatism, Texas always being at the low end for voter turnout..."

July 10, 2007 Postmarks

Texas Legislature: A Beacon of Light?

"...have to worry about things like health care, quality education for children, crime, the 6,000 homeless people in Austin..."

May 5, 2005 Postmarks

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