The AggreGAYtor: December 4

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...not contain a death sentence says David Bahati, the lawmaker who drafted the bill. Somehow he seems less than..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Just Say No!

Rick Perry's approach to sex education has helped Texas boost its teen pregnancy rate

"...KLRU studio in 2010, Evan Smith, editor of the Texas Tribune, put his chin in his hand and asked..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...working, but that has never been true of the Texas Film Commission. It's such good industry, filmmaking, because it's..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Why AISD Wants and Needs a $2.4 Billion Bond Program

Equity is not cheap

"...a $1.05 billion package, the largest ever in Central Texas at the time – was in 2017. The public..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society supports Texas filmmaking in myriad ways – workshops, work-in-progress screenings, mentorships..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

News Ticker: April 23

All the news that's fit to blog

"...on a witch hunt, and John Carona has some labor pains. Responsibility is on the News Ticker...."

April 23, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

High Tech vs. High Touch

The midwifery debate is not new in Austin -- a Chronicle reprint from June 18, 1993

"...situation at the East Austin clinic is occurring throughout Texas and the rest of the country: There is a..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...Night of the Living Dead (1968), Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), and..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Mr. Mom

More men are taking time off from work to enjoy fatherhood

"...in the right direction," Subramanian says of the pending laws. "Also, using temporary disability benefits is another way some..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...one can explain why three novels set in 19th-century Texas -- The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan,..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

3rd Court Halts Paid Sick Leave

City ordinance put on pause by soon-to-be-ex-judges

"...sick days a year, is a violation of the Texas Minimum Wage Act, ruled the Austin-based appeals court...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Americans With Disabilities Act Done Right

How do you defend against frivolous ADA lawsuits? Start a defense project.

"...New developments in the saga of Texas Civil Rights Project founder Jim Harrington and Omar Rosales,..."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The AggreGAYtor: September 16

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Russia backs down, labor steps up, and tranimals break loose, as your AggreGAYtor..."

Sept. 16, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Group Supports Canchola

"...Constable Maria Canchola. Specifically, Lugo was asked about her Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance in which the record shows..."

March 31, 2004 Postmarks

Postscripts

My Kind of Memoir

"...storytelling the author experienced while growing up in South Texas. In 1953, when she was only three years old,..."

July 23, 1999 Books Column

City Says No More DPS, Abbott Sends in More Troopers

Mayor Watson’s DPS gambit just got a lot messier

"...of Austin abruptly ended its controversial partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety Wednesday, but a day later,..."

July 14, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

March 2020 Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the Democratic primary?

"...Michael Cooper www.cooperfortexas.com ENDORSEMENTS: N/A..."

Feb. 4, 2020 News Post

Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...These episodes are three of the handful of Central Texas human trafficking cases that have made their way into..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the March primary?

"...Mike Siegel www.siegelfortexas.org ENDORSEMENTS: Texas AFL-CIO, Our Revolution Texas, West Austin Democrats,..."

Feb. 15, 2018 News Post

Understanding Prop A & B and the Policing Paradigm Shift on the Ballot

May vote could revolutionize civilian oversight

"...Police Association (APA) and their statewide counterpart, the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT). The outcome of the..."

April 20, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...appears dead on arrival. See "Cyclists Run Over Helmet Law Idea."..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...tradition of public service." – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas Headlines• Former first lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, who..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...adult sexual assault, and to her successful emphasis on collaboration among all area law enforcement agencies. And in a..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...provisions imposed by the Obama administration under the Fair Labor Standards Act, despite their ultimately being blocked by a..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...bills I have authored and that are now the law of this state are a matter of black-and-white record...."

April 18, 2003 Column

America the Brutal

Missed Information

"...be informed by letter, but because discussions about the law change SSI eligibility almost daily, the letters have temporarily..."

June 27, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The 10 Biggest Austin News Stories of 2024

A year of upheaval and settling dust

"...Lives Matter protester, and the state’s history of forced labor in prisons. Working chronologically, here are some of the..."

Dec. 13, 2024 News Feature by the News Team

Book Tour Confidential

"...When my latest novel, The Mother-in-Law Diaries, came out in January, my publisher presented me..."

May 21, 1999 Books Feature by Carol Dawson

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the "15-20 people" interviewed in the film — including lawyers, judges, social workers, and parents — signed releases. "This..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Feature

Postmarks

The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"...flabbergasted to read "Union's Due," Kevin Fullerton's article on labor lawyer David Van Os in the April 6 issue..."

April 13, 2001 Column

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