The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...a trend – or, perhaps, starting a new one. The Downtown real estate broker and his wife have been..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Talented Tenth

Complaints arise over the Top 10% law – because it's working too well

"...There's a Texas legislative corollary to the old saw, "No..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Farmers Insurance: Off the Hook Forever?

Internal memos suggest the insurer frequently mishandled claims -- and the state may not be able to investigate.

"...Internal Farmers Insurance Group claims audits, obtained by the Chronicle, suggest the company has..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Great $100 Lottery Scam

Texas Lottery pursues bearers of 'previously paid' but forgotten scratch-off tickets

"...Carrie Kuenzi were driving home from trivia night at the HighBall on Jan. 25, heading south on Manchaca Road,..."

June 8, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Farmers Memo: The Full Text

"...copy of my transmittal letter to Ray Olah with the Texas Attorney General Consumer Protection Division responding to the..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature

Page Two: Time for All Those Who Voted Their Conscience to Claim Their Credit in Trump’s Election?

Congratulations on feeling pure and noble. Guess where it got us.

"...Obviously every citizen has the right to decide who they are going to vote..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Death Watch: Texecutioners vs. the World

Capital case raises questions of international consular rights

"...Condoleezza Rice and to Attorney Gen­eral Michael Mukasey, thanking the pair for their written request of the month before...."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Breaking the Chain

Troubling questions persist in the Rodney Reed / Stacey Stites murder case.

"...On Feb. 13, the state Court of Criminal Appeals denied the writ of..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Baggage Claim

Paul Patton stars in this rom-com about a desperate-to-wed flight attendant that never achieves liftoff.

"...rom-com about a desperate-to-wed flight attendant never achieves liftoff. The story is based on writer/director David E. Talbert’s own..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Raw Deal

A survival guide to the raw-foods movement

"...Nothing gets a diet craze going like the movie-star stamp of approval. Once America hears that celebrities..."

May 5, 2006 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Did Farmers Insurance Keep Secrets From the State?

The insurer's lawyers advised keeping the "most troublesome claims" out of sight

"...An internal Farmers Insurance Group memo, obtained by the Chronicle, suggests the insurance company tried to keep "troublesome"..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Pepe’s the Least of It

IndyAustin accuses mayor, wife of conflicts profiting off office

"...Widely disgraced by their use of an anti-Semitic meme (Pepe the Frog) to..."

Nov. 2, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

The Common Law: Community Garden Squatter

Community garden squatter – can I adversely possess the abandoned lot next door?

"...Can I Adversely Possess the Abandoned Lot Next Door?..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Does an arbitration clause mean I have to arbitrate?

"...I paid in full and was supposed to receive the bed several months ago. The shipment never came and..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

Chronicle Endorsements for the March Primary Election

Here are the local, state, and national Dems we picked to represent us

"...Lots of action this cycle, as redistricting has changed the political map in ways that mostly work to Austin..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature

Dr. Van Boven Goes to the State's Highest Court

Beleaguered doctor appeals personally to clear his name

"...Sept. 29, Dr. Robert Van Boven represented himself before the Texas Supreme Court, presumably the final stand in his..."

Sept. 29, 2021 News Post by Michael King

The Eagle Huntress

Real-life heroine soars above tradition

"...this upbeat documentary about a 13-year-old Kazakh girl in the remote Altai Mountains who flouts centuries of tradition to..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Light Between Oceans

Gorgeous period melodrama fails to connect

"...When World War I-numbed Tom Sherbourne (Fassbender) takes the job of lighthouse keeper on the otherwise unoccupied Janus..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Charlie Baird and the Tobacco Lawyers

Reaud, Tigar denounce Baird D.A. campaign charges

"...rewarded by certain Dem attorneys for failing to investigate them a decade ago. The lawyers are striking back...."

May 26, 2012 News Post by Michael King

The Way

Emilio Estevez directs this film about a spiritual pilgrimage, which stars his father Martin Sheen.

"...Adapted from Jack Hitt's nonfiction book Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route Into..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Shadow of Oslo

How politicization drives presumptions in terror coverage

"...First there were the Oslo terror attacks. Then there was the..."

Aug. 1, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

McCracken: The Pwned Becomes the Pwner?

Square footage numbers vindicate McCraken?

"...As a follow-up to the Northcross square-footage debate, we got these numbers straight from..."

Feb. 13, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Filth and the Fury

"...cut just one proper album and failed miserably at their bombastically-stated goal of torching the fly-blown carcass of corporate..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Little Rascals

"...and Whoopi Goldberg. Kids will be kids. And that's the refreshing news about the Nineties version of Hollywood's original..."

Aug. 19, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...move forward on a plan to expand and redesign the Neal W. Kocurek Austin Convention Center, along with additional..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Color of Fire

The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

"...There was a time not so long ago when Austin's..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

What's the Max Bid on a Tank?

Feds find military surplus equipment being sold via ebay, Craigslist

"...That's the findings of a new General Audit Office report, called..."

April 11, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Raped by the Players

A lawsuit against an Austin dot-com firm reveals a world of fast times.

"...The jury's verdict was succinct, but contradictory: Yes, Lisa Capece..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...We're listening to the sound of a man kicking in a door...."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

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