The Dead Walk by Night

Marathon meeting turns City Council members into zombies

"...– even though quite a number of that gross total had been postponed to another day. More than one..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Then There's This: Think Trees

Margret Hofmann's spirit lives within Austin's urban forest

"...of a camera. She had helped save this 700-year-old Live Oak surrounded by asphalt, and the look in Hofmann's..."

Feb. 10, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

City Hall Hustle: Do You Feel Lucky, PHHS?

Council committee takes next step in reorganizing social service funding

"...fluoride menace? Check. Territorial pissing matches over the city's live animal outcomes program? Ditto. But in the midst of..."

May 27, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Opposed to Executions

"...for Mr. King's excellent article [“Point Austin: Let David Live,” News, May 21]. My caveat: My boyfriend's murder in..."

May 21, 2010 Postmarks

Point Austin: Twilight of the Empire

Obama's expansion of the war leads nowhere

"...Obama's 2010 "surge" will bring the total to roughly 100,000 U.S. troops, or about the same..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Family Court Feud: Public Defenders for CPS Cases?

Two civil court judges hope to ensure better legal representation for indigent families

"...county about $1.3 million this fiscal year, covering a total of about 850 cases...."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Naked City

"...workforce or this community in any positive capacity." The request fell on deaf ears: The latest memorandum of understanding..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature

How Green Grows My County?

'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands

"...Shown in urgent red are the parcels that would deliver the greatest bang for our limited land-acquisition bucks. Areas..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...but a friendly couple found her a place to live at the Tejas Mobile Home Community near Austin-Bergstrom International..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature

Immigrant Detention Blues

Unknown number of immigrants languish in private detention center in Taylor; a small but growing group is working to make their situation public knowledge

"...under Israeli occupation, entered the U.S. legally. The family's requests for asylum, in which members described repeated beatings at..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

TV Eye

Say hello to my big (and black) friend

"...bodyguard and "best friend" Christopher "Big Black" Boykin. They live in Dyrdek's Hollywood digs, where their camera-worthy life is..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...computers and other electronics shipped overseas by U.S. recyclers, delivered obsolete Apple computer products to Apple's Barton Creek Mall..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Our readers talk back.

"...Ya gotta wonder how many cotton fields gave their lives to save the world from such a morbid view...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown stakeholders raise questions about policing ... the police

"...as a mecca for arts and entertainment, the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World." During a two-week period,..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...far more than most of us. If he should request help, those of us opposed to the war owe..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...MoPac/Slaughter tract, SR Ridge Corp., have made a broad request for information and documents from a host of city..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...the federal Dept. of Homeland Security (apparently at the request of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay). Attention has..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...of Jeff Carroll of LBJS Broadcasting in keeping SIMS alive. When I was ready to look for another beneficiary..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column

Warring Over Wimberley's Future

Developers, editors, and environmentalists battle over the future of Wimberley.

"...Back Wimberley campaign -- more than half of its total $2,887 reported in financial documents released April 3. O'Quinn..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...was right on the money. As a person who lives in Philadelphia and who has many friends in Austin..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

Work for Hire

The RIAA amends a copyright law that labels "sound recordings" as "work for hire" thus robbing most musicians of right to their masters.

"...November 29, it gave satellite carriers the right to deliver local broadcast signals to subscribers. That meant that services..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

On The Lege

Knocking Out Hate

"...a higher minimum may not seem like a lofty request, it is one fraught with political considerations, a fact..."

March 19, 1999 News Column

Council Takes Long Day's Journey Into Night

"...big victory for the city, as 20,000 Austin residents live within 1,000 feet of the line. Their fears about..."

March 5, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

SWTSU's Top Twenty Triumph

Saving Literature... One Writer at a Time

"...- from 50 in the late 1970s to a total of 208 last year. Critics blame the proliferation of..."

May 22, 1998 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Downtown Bound

City to Lease Downtown Lots to Residential Developers

"...city lands would form a small fraction of the total units already on the drafting table...."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Park and Ride

"...will free our elected officials from being pressured to "deliver" for special interest contributors once they are in office...."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...many paths of emotional discovery are embarked upon without delivering any true sense of arrival or even destination. The..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

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