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Feb. 12, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders
Bill of the Week: Laying Pipe Across the State
Texas spending money on infrastructure? Not impossible.
"...money on new infrastructure investment, but he's suggesting that the state use the Rainy Day Fund to pay for..."
Jan. 19, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Enemy of the State
"...him or hate him, Tony Scott only steals from the best. Enemy of the State is littered with echoes..."
Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Day Trips & Beyond: Water Park Updates From Around the State
Daytripping in the age of a pandemic
"...It wouldn’t be summer without water parks. Around the state, parks with a water theme like SeaWorld in..."
June 19, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
So What's the State of the State?
Gov. Perry gives budget speech to joint House, Senate meeting
"...Gov. Rick Perry has just delivered his state of the state address to the gathered masses of..."
Jan. 27, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The State Claims No One Is Dying From 120+° F Heat in Prisons
Part 2: The state’s response to the prison heat crisis
"...The thermometer had been installed high up on the wall..."
Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
The State of Perry's Smile
Governor proposes less for arts, more for big business
"...out of touch with economic reality. But before yesterday's State of the State address, thin-skinned was not on that..."
Feb. 9, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The State of Naomi Shihab Nye
The well-traveled poet talks about loving Texas and being this year’s recipient of the Texas Book Festival’s Texas Writer Award
"...Naomi Shihab Nye fulfills the old saying about not being born in Texas but..."
Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker
Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks
From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?
"...proud to be a Texan. In July, shortly after state lawmakers reconvened for their special session, the local activist..."
Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Transgender Students and Parents Say the State Is Putting Children in Danger
Is Texas' refusal to implement a national mandate state-sponsored bullying?
"...After watching The Lion King at age 3, Gabriella Noriega, curled up..."
Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma
The State's Planned Parenthood Trap
Plans to ban PP from Women's Health may be a problem
"...Tomorrow (Thursday) the Health and Human Services Commission Medical Care Advisory Committee..."
June 8, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith
Art of the State
Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts
"...When Ricardo Hernandez started working with the Texas Commission on the Arts, Dolph Briscoe was in..."
Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Slash the State
In Texas, the social contract is now written in disappearing ink
"...A funny thing happened on the way to this column. Last week, I made an..."
Aug. 6, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Houston Sues the State Over “Death Star" Law
Lawsuit cities state overreach, vague language, and undue burden on cities
"...The city of Houston hopes to preempt the state's "Death..."
July 14, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
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
Van Boven vs. the Texas Medical Board: Now At the State's Highest Court
Hearing latest step in doctor's lengthy fight
"...Sept. 29, Dr. Robert Van Boven will appear before the Texas Supreme Court, in an appeal proceeding of his..."
Sept. 28, 2021 News Post by Michael King
Getting a Read on the State of Anti-State Bookstores
Brave New Books and Monkeywrench Books keep thinking outside the mainstream
"...Around the turn of the century, Slacker-era Austin was on its..."
Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Taylor Prewitt
Down Low Deconstructs the State Divide Part 2
Texas techno with Bill Converse
"...corner of Leper River Studio with Austin’s Bill Converse. The formidable electronic artist came of age via Michigan’s legendary..."
Sept. 10, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker
The State Education Agency Has Selected Austin’s Babysitters
The monitors are coming. Let’s pay them $125 an hour.
"...The Texas Education Agency has named the two monitors who..."
Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
No Religion of the State
"...Dear Editor, As the Christian right continues to amass political clout in this..."
May 11, 2005 Postmarks
The State of Ike
Perry's selective faith-based plaudits for Hurricane response
"...impression of Kevin Bacon in Animal House while discussing the Texas economy in yesterday's State of the State Address,..."
Jan. 28, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The State of Texas vs. Melissa
New documentary spotlight's the Lone Star State's death penalty fetish
"...“The State of Texas wants to kill me,” Melissa Lucio..."
Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff
The State's Planned Parenthood Trap
Rule would eliminate group from Women's Health Program
"...Today (Thursday) the state's Health and Human Services Commission's Medical Care Advisory..."
June 10, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus
And about that regional plan …?
"...A shining New Urbanist outpost: "a state-of-the-art, sustainable government campus that's among the best of its..."
May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Get the State out of the Marriage Business
"...Dear Editor, With the latest hue and cry from the religious right and..."
Oct. 28, 2005 Postmarks
Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program Could Be a Lifeline for the State Economy
From script to screen to jobs
"...of economic hardship, when tax revenues are falling and the state faces new expenses in the heat of the..."
Jan. 15, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
LegeLand: Firefighters Hosed by the State
Perry's slash-and-burn handiwork is visible for miles
"...of drought? It is a simple question, but as the bitter taste of smoke from the Central Texas fires..."
Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
How the State Can Save Money
"...Dear Editor, I have a suggestion on how the state can save more than $100,000 per year. The..."
May 18, 2011 Postmarks
State of the State
State Theatre reopens for a run of Christopher Titus' latest show
"...For almost five years, the State Theatre has been largely a shell, desperately in..."
Feb. 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Ike Update: The State Response
Preparations for landfall continue.
"...With Hurricane Ike looking Corpus Christi-bound, here's the quick highlights of the state's preparations:..."
