The Common Law

I have a new car, and it keeps breaking down all the time. I've heard about the Texas Lemon Law, but how do I know if the law can help me?

"...breaking down all the time. I've heard about the Texas Lemon Law, but how do I know if the..."

April 2, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

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Cars – the Texas Lemon Law (part 2)

"...Being sure your car qualifies as a lemon can actually be one of the most difficult parts..."

April 9, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law: Is My New Car a Lemon?

Shedding light on Texas' Lemon Law

"...it back from the shop. I've heard about the Texas Lemon Law, but how do I know if the..."

March 6, 2015 Column by Luke Ellis

Drink Texas This New Year

A guide to holiday boozing for the locavore

"...over the U.S. (including at The Austin Chronicle; see "Texas Gets Spirited Away," Dec. 28, 2007), Tito's wins or..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Eating Fresh in Texas

Local foodies are reveling in a festival of produce

"...the aroma signaling their arrival before they were spotted: Texas peaches are here. Smaller and less attractive than their..."

June 22, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

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I don't want this car

"...for another car. Am I really stuck with this lemon?..."

April 16, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

Thou Shalt Not Sue?

Van Orden's suit against the Ten Commandments is no slam-dunk.

"...D.C. homeless shelter the night before arguing First Amendment law before the nation's highest court...."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Lege Lines: Deliberately Discriminatory

Voter ID's future in Texas, without the DoJ

"...It's rare a lawyer drops what seems to be a winning argument. Yet..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...what happens to children left behind in the U.S., Texas organizer Valentina Guerrero said: "When my mother was deported,..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature

Election Wrap: Building a New House?

Texas Dems see a bright light at the end of a long, dark tunnel

"...A quick reminder: On Nov. 4, the Texas Democratic Party didn't take the state Legislature. The Republicans..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bakers Against Racism: Austin

D.C.-born initiative kneads up some tasty local support

"...well? Colby-Lynch – who “moved to Austin from East Texas with my husband three years ago and have never..."

June 15, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Supreme Entanglements

Homeless Austin lawyer Thomas Van Orden takes the state to court over the Ten Commandments

"...get the Ten Commandments removed from the state Capitol lawn. But is that because of who he is, and..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Season's Grazings

"...the severence of family ties. Since I'd moved to Texas from Philadelphia, my excuse to decline a holiday trip..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Food Feature

World Cup Cocktails

A drink for each of the 32 teams in the tournament

"...white brandy is made from grapes, plums, or apricots. Texas-based Dorćol Distillers is one of the first American distillers..."

June 8, 2018 Food Post by R.T. Frank

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...to play on more than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians on..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Is Sea Moss Austin’s Next Superfood?

The edible algae is riding a wave of popularity across town

"...her business Lott's Herbs & Remedies – the first Texas-based sea moss wholesaler and distributor – in 2020. The..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Food Feature by Hannah Uebele

Playback – SXSW Recap: Love, Hate, Garth & Trump

Final love / hate SXSW listicles

"...Mohawk with an unannounced reunion tour stop. The West Texas quintet powered through the recent defection of guitarist Jim..."

March 24, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: One Small Step

Gov. Rick Perry spares the life of Kenneth Foster

"...God bless the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. Rick Perry...."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...likes the skyline as it "sparkles in the hot Texas sun" (and smog ?), and admits "Austin as we..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Roots, Reckonings, and Resolutions

Roots

"...teenager he was playing in small towns around Central Texas -- Smithville, Taylor, Elgin, Lockhart -- and making something..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

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

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...speaker's platform to deliver a talk on the latest Texas and Austin developments in renewable energy. Smitty recalled, "the..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

UPDATED: Austin Aquarium Gets the Fisheye

Owners’ checkered past raises red flags; city says no animals on site

"...PETA's Delcianna Winders, director of capital animal law enforcement for the animal advocacy group, today sent a..."

Aug. 26, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Music Greats Overlooked

"...What began as a meaningful institution, the Chronicle's Texas Music Hall of Fame, is fast becoming an embarrassment..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Column

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...Sir Doug and the 13th Floor Elevators both escaped Texas in 1966 for San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, running from the..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...doesn't shave her legs. When thrown in with her Texas cousins, Terrell's boys, she wittily holds her own against..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Vista's New Brews, H-E-B's Celeb-Packed Grill, Mama Kong's Piggy Wings, and More …

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...recipes, and more drool-worthy content, spiced by a dozen Texas celebs (including Camila Alves McConaughey, Alex Bregman, Nastia Lutkin,..."

June 30, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Judy Willcott

Bread baking hobby led to successful local business

"..."I loved making bread; my mother-in-law was a bread baker and she taught me. I..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Film Flam

Up all night at ATX Television Fest, production news, & more

"...accolades in recent weeks. Austin-based TV production company The Texas Crew, which specializes in sports documentaries, took home prizes..."

May 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

End of the Line

The Passing of Grey Ghost

"...last of the barrelhouse piano players, a first- generation Texas bluesman. And as Tary Owens pointed out to the..."

July 26, 1996 Music Feature

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