Findings of Fact

The Dietz decision recounts at length the financial straits of the public schools

"...Back home in Texas, our reactionaries have a somewhat tougher task – getting..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Lege Opening Day: Users and Abusers

Scenes from the floor of the Texas House and Senate

"...You get opening day, Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the Texas Legislature. They came, they convened, they pontificated, and the..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...YES. This ratifies the transfer of ASU from the Texas State University System to the Texas Tech University System...."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...YES. This ratifies the transfer of ASU from the Texas State University System to the Texas Tech University System...."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...at zero, if you prefer), as Fort Worth middle school administrator Felix Alvarado was dropped from the primary ballot..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature

Supreme Court: Football or Fluff?

Supreme Court hears arguments in state's appeal of previous ruling that faulted Texas' method of funding schools

"...Solicitor General Ted Cruz were summing up the state's school finance case for reporters when the talk turned to..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Lege Notes

"...help themselves before shoring up the teachers' ailing pension system. In other work to be done, Perry ordered lawmakers..."

July 15, 2005 News Column

Taking Aim

With the 79th barely over, would-be officeholders jockey for position

"...Gov. Rick Perry will call a special session on school finance and property tax relief. The suspense – if..."

June 17, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Opening the Doors

As college access tightens, minority students and families, and educators, look for ways to help more students.

"...adviser René Sanchez's office at Lyndon B. Johnson High School this month -- a lot of college dreams about..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Top 10 Lege Stories

Wendy Davis' filibuster, redistricting, and the lottery fiasco

"...stringent abortion regulations. The hour seemed lost, right until Texas voters took back their chamber with a public outcry..."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 4 General Election

"...reserve the right to speak on other selected Central Texas races. We offer these endorsements to our readers equally..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• AISD announced the proposed closing of Webb Elementary School after three years of "unacceptable" Texas Assessment of Knowledge..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

Lege Notes

"...more gubernatorial than he has in prior attempts on school finance, unveiled his school funding plan during a news..."

June 24, 2005 News Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...A team from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools began a three-day "reaffirmation" visit to Austin Community College..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Edwards. But then again, Edwards – a darling of Texas Democrats – is a greedy trahl lawyer, so that..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to go to a beach to talk about public school finance, he could have gone to South Padre Island..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...YES. This ratifies the transfer of ASU from the Texas State University System to the Texas Tech University System...."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

Public Notice: Happy New Year?

Hoping for new starts at each level of government

"...Congress gets sworn in today in D.C., the new Texas Legislature takes over Tuesday, and the new City Coun­­cil..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Lege Lines: Peace in Straus' House

News from the saner chamber

"...special session will pass. Earlier this week, he told Texas Monthly that aside from passing any essential sunset legislation,..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Education Stories

The year in local education

"...John Dietz issued his long-awaited ruling on the state's school finance system, deeming it unconstitutional on multiple levels...."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What I Want to do With My Life

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero

"...Texas Capitol Nov. 30, 2007..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

Texas and Sudan: In or Out?

"...Should the proposed policy also extend to the governor's Texas Enterprise Fund, which last week awarded an $8.5 million..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

On the Lege

Lawmakers accomplish what they failed to do so many times – approve a new education funding package that doesn't look half bad on paper

"...Monday, the Legislature wrapped up a special session on school finance a day early, and Gov. Rick Perry declared,..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

Clouded Prospects

Lege special session opens with glowing rhetoric, uncertain goals

"...Under partly sunny skies last Thursday, a few dozen Texas businesspeople gathered on the front stoop of the Governor's..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Guv's '65 Percent' mandate called arbitrary and a distraction

"...Commissioner Shirley Neeley, to overhaul the state's financial accountability system for school districts. That includes the controversial rule that..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...pack it in until the Supreme Court rules on school finance, and Lite Gov. David Dewhurst and the Senate..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...after he misunderstood the reporter's final question about Perry's school finance plan. Later Perry apologized for the "inappropriate banter"..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Robbing Pedro to Pay … Highland Park?

The funds in the latest public ed bill appear much less than meets the eye

"...leadership is touting as the "Roadmap to Results" on school finance. As a nine-term legislator from El Paso, Haggerty's..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Gov. Rick Perry lies in Texans' faces about a school finance solution – and a fifth special session –..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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