Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns Gone Bad

Will the Uvalde massacre blame game drain all the energy from firearms reform?

"...and Texas have too many guns and we should think of ways to create incentives to lessen that number?..."

June 24, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Traffic Fatalities Rise While Serious Injuries Fall in Austin

The long road to zero

"...change in Austin wouldn't happen overnight, pointing to gradual progress in Sweden, the country that pioneered the Vision Zero..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Greg Casar and Eddie Rodriguez Fight for the Progressive Mantle in TX-35

The two candidates race to the left

"...left, each attempting to define themselves as the most progressive in the field. Different Shades of Blue..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Verde Report: Use the Force, Toto!

"...Josh Wolff said after the game. "We're making some progress, but we've got a lot of work to do..."

April 9, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...one, which create electrical activity captured by ultrasound. "I think Texas lawmakers are trying to capitalize on an emotional..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

APD Starts Shrinking

Council set to make cuts now, plan for more to come

"...the FY 21 budget is still a work in progress, and most advocacy groups are celebrating with caution. Only..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Qmmunity

Lewkin' at the Lege

"...of national efforts to roll back LGBTQ protections and progress. Personally, I want to throw my hands up –..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Rep. James Talarico on the 86th Texas Legislature

“There isn’t a blue or red way to fix public education – there’s only a right way”

"...the past few sessions. People are tired of incremental progress and it's time to pass something more comprehensive. And..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What Follows Five Years of Failure at Mendez Middle School?

Making the grade

"...in each of the three domains (Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps), and one that's a sum..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Breathing Room for the City Budget

Proposed FY 2019 city budget features sunnier projections

"...decide to go to the rollback rate." She praised progress on expanding fire service (new stations are proposed for..."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...unaddressed. In an emailed response, staff cited a two-year progress report, updated last September, tracking which of the 418..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

A Look at Women Leaders in the Kitchen and at Austin Food + Wine Festival

We chat with the other 25%

"...It made me really emotional because it made me think of how proud my grandmother would be of me...."

April 27, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Bag Ban

"...the few bag-ban success stories, we should boast the progress we have seen. Furthermore, a strong argument should be..."

April 2, 2018 Postmarks

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...They consist of 13 steps of coyote interactions that progress from observations, sightings, encounters, incidents, to attacks. Once a..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Lege Lines: Straus vs. the Extremists

Railroad Commission spat highlights the divide between right-wingers and House leadership

"...accountable while the GOP targets the undocumented ("Derailing Bipartisan Progress?" March 10). "There are 36 bills to punish immigrants,..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Page Two: Moving Forward by Falling Backward

Keep on keeping on

"...award grants to filmmakers. TFPF recipients would regularly present progress reports on their work to us on the AFS..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Who’s in the Pilot House?

Backlash against affordable housing deal spurs mayoral response

"...and what we did today not only makes real progress to provide affordable housing but to make sure that..."

Feb. 9, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...in," she says. "While the city and philanthropists are thinking about the park, let's think of some other good..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Food-o-File

Pizza and pastries

"...hospitality and great food in a casual atmosphere. We think those combined elements coupled with Rebel's unique feel and..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Do UT Frats Have a Race Problem?

Longtime Longhorn Sees some improvement; room for more

"...shown. While Reddick believes that some people have made progress and have tried to address institutional racism, he laments,..."

March 27, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Email From the Mayor

Adler solicits public support for expanding official staff

"...who wrote to the mayor (see below) saying he thinks expanding his staff – either through outside funding or..."

Feb. 26, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...since the (literal) rollout of the single-stream blue carts, progress has stalled. A series of benchmark goals along the..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Undercover Audio Reveals Anti-Abortion Tactics

Anti-abortion activists monitor and track providers, patients

"...The audio, from NARAL Pro-Choice Texas and Progress Texas, was recorded during a training session at the..."

Aug. 12, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

'Post Bullshit'

Gloria Steinem heralds the dawn of a new era

"...for the current state of very obvious backlash against progressive values, "And I find that hopeful...."

Sept. 6, 2012 News Post by Abby Johnston

Dr. Perry vs. Obamacare

Whatever Gov. Tough Guy says, Texas health care is about to get a federal upgrade

"...Think again. Even after Gov. Rick Perry unilaterally declared that..."

July 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Here Today ...

Choreographer Sharon Marroquín lets go through dance in order to live

"...says dancer and choreographer Sharon Marroquín. "We like to think that things are fixed, that situations, especially the good..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

Fela Kuti will still one day liberate Africa – through his son, Seun Kuti

"...the Afrobeat scion sees recent protests as proof of progress...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Welcome to the Circus!

The redistricting fight and the grassroots politics of chaos

"...the county level. Matt Glazer, executive director of statewide think tank Progress Texas, foresees chaos on the convention floor..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Freeway View

A fresh slap of paint and new ZIP code for Austin clubs

"...that evening and clubs are always a work in progress, as Chase Hoffberger relates in this issue's cover story,..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

City Chews on Food Scraps

Garbage disposals vs. composting

"...harder," she says. Still, Athens remains optimistic. "I do think that some of those cultural shifts are already starting..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

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