Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...people familiar with Musk’s efforts, the Journal learned our local Daddy Warbucks secretly spent more than $650,000 attacking Garza..."

Sept. 20, 2024 News Feature

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

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

"...Center expansion would not only accommodate more and larger local, state, and national gatherings, but would also create new..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Major League

Pushed by mayor, City Council takes the leap

"...It's been a trying week on the local government front, as City Council griped their way through..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Soifer Helps Lead Abortion Fight

With more than 30 years of legal experience, Soifer is no stranger to social justice cases

"...When local attorney Jan Soifer picked up the phone and was..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Sounds Like a Plan

CAMPO's 2035 Plan reads like a dream of a different Central Texas

"...might lose your nerve to drive anywhere in the five-county area ....)..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Travis Co. commissioners passed an interim set of water quality..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Move over, Rover: The City Council passed new rules last week specifying how dogs can be tethered in..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

"...Travis County..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Post Marks

Muddying the Waters

"...Dear Editor: As a current Board member of Northwest Travis County MUD No.1, I sincerely appreciate Kayte VanScoy's attention..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...School Shooting Threat: Students at Lake Travis High School reported getting texts Tuesday from a person..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...a lifelong educator and protested to end segregation in local schools. She helped co-found St. James' Episcopal Church in..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature

Election Notes: Notes at the End of the Road

Just a few more days of this deluge

"...of $350 – the maximum amount per campaign finance rules – while Gallo had only reported one donation. Turns..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...article about those clearly homophobic, pepper-spray-armed grandmas in the local neighborhood watch? Come on, Diana Welch, get on it...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is entitled for abiding by city Fair Campaign Finance rules." This sentence contains two pieces of information, both wrong...."

June 3, 2005 Column

Naked City

"...Last week, officials from 12 local county and city governments signed the O3 (as in..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

News shorts

"...wasted no time setting up brewpub operations once the rules took effect in September 1993...."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...for drug charges, with thousands more waiting in the county jails. Prison was supposed to be a place for..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Postmarks

Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...Travis Williams..."

April 21, 2000 Column

Divine Intervention

What Price Salvation?

"...when you have a public facility following one religion's rules," says CCFC's Denise Shannon, an Austin resident who has..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

The Year in Politics

The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997

"...times for some Texans, including many right here in Travis County. Little surprise that after 60 years of bolstering..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...of these elders – my grandfather, my mother, former [Travis County] Commissioner Marcos de Leon, Paul [Hernandez], Frances Martinez..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Prop. 1 Campaign Switches Into High Gear

As more take sides on the Uber / Lyft debate, allegations of being bought out are traded

"...is often framed as a partisan battle, with the Travis County Democratic Party backing the Democratic City Council members..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Mac McCann

Funding Balance

Some Austin politicos think qualified candidates of average means are deterred from running due to low contribution limits

"...of campaign finance regulations working to overturn the city's rules in court, but it may be only a matter..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Jack Craver

10-1 Ticker... Run-Off Election Updates!

The end is near

"...Adler also said he would propose new open meeting rules to Travis County Attorney David Escamilla, who has enforced..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by the News Staff

Headlines

"...wear your Ted-dy Cruz-er masks as you support the local economy and the TABC on Sixth Street. Bike at..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature

Communication Breakdown

Does the closure of HausBar Farms spell trouble for the urban farming movement?

"...an urban farm. For everything from increased access to locally produced foods to reduced crime rates, many look to urban..."

April 12, 2013 Food Feature by Anna Toon

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...a labor subcontractor's violation of Federal Railroad Administration safety rules. Rail service would finally begin about a month later,..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...for the Nov. 7 election began this week, with Travis Co. totals higher than usual. For election coverage, see..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

WilCo Court Fight

Suit claims commissioners gutted constable's budget after it had already been adopted, in order to transfer mental-health duties from constable's precinct to sheriff's office

"...Co. Constable Gary Griffin a "liability," and should the county limit his powers? That's what County Attorney Jana Duty..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...assure colleagues that his proposed changes to House ethics rules are not targeting the Democrat and Travis Co. district..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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