Fifth Circuit Extends Its Vote-By-Mail Order

Panel Says State Will Likely Prevail Against VBM Expansion

"...On Thursday, June 4, in a lengthy order, a three-judge panel..."

June 5, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Skinner Wins With Supremes

Death row inmate can sue for access to DNA evidence

"...The U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that Texas death row..."

March 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Doggett on 1/6: "I Continue to Think Our Democracy Hangs by a Thread"

Reflecting on the Big Lie, the Trump Coup, and what comes next

"...One year ago, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, had a really great view..."

Jan. 6, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins SXSW Speaker Roster

A$AP Rocky, Olivia Wilde, and the Fonz all join conference

"...Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been shaking up U.S. politics since her upset win last November; now she’s..."

Jan. 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Robert Ramos

Mexican national set for execution Wednesday night

"...prosecutors to not set an execution date, unless the U.S. Supreme Court grants a stay...."

Nov. 14, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

SB 4 Ruling Means Cities Can Prioritize Public Safety

Full hearing to permanently block law awaits in coming months

"...state’s crusade to inject fear in the immigrant community, U.S. Judge Orlando Garcia temporarily struck down major portions of..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Court Rules: Texas Voter ID Still Racist

Second ruling finds GOP deliberately suppressed minority vote

"...U.S. Federal District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos’s ruling is unflinching:..."

April 11, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Judge Blocks New Federal Overtime Rules

Rule won't go into effect Dec. 1 thanks to Paxton, 20-state coalition

"...In a blow to workers' rights today, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant of Sherman, Texas, temporarily struck..."

Nov. 22, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Salvation

Former Davidian David Thibodeau recounts life at Waco compound in new book, "A Place Called Waco."

"...David Thibodeau knows about salvation. On April 19, 1993,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The “Aid and Abet” Abortion Era Begins

Texas' "trigger law" banning abortion takes effect

"...Most Texans have been deprived their reproductive rights since..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Local Advocates Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas

A handful of Texas counties continue to resist SCOTUS

"...marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the recent historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling, some counties across Texas haven’t been..."

July 8, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Pct. 2 Candidates Face Off

Commissioner hopefuls tackle gun shows, immigration laws

"...The three contenders for the Democratic nomination came to..."

Dec. 11, 2013 News Post by Christopher Hooks

Craddick Praised for Leadership

Speaker in Chicago for American Legislative Exchange Council award

"...American Legislative Exchange Council for "Excellence in Leadership and Outstanding Service." Really...."

July 30, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Chronicle

A healthy death penalty, the Jenna and Barbara bust, and the Fannie Lou Hamer Project

"...(The June 8 column remains available in full at www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-06-08/pols_capitol.html.)..."

June 15, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Judge Strikes Down Texas Abortion Ban

Yeakel slams D&E ban as an "undue burden" on women

"...Texas abortion providers secured a victory today when U.S. Federal Judge Lee Yeakel struck down the state’s latest..."

Nov. 22, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Unmasking the Dread Pirate Roberts in Silk Road

Filmmaker Tiller Russell looks at the man behind the internet's black market

"...as the Silk Road: a secretive black market for drugs, guns, whatever, paid for with Bitcoin and shipped using..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

HB 2 Oral Arguments

Justices press both sides of Texas abortion law

"...They vowed to take it to the U.S. Supreme Court – and today they did...."

March 2, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Cave Murder: Court Grants Review

Pitonyak to argue that state withheld favorable evidence

"...On Monday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that Colton Pitonyak, convicted..."

March 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Doggett: Keep Hope Alive

Lloyd Doggett on Trump, the future, and the responsibility of citizens

"...Jan. 9, Chronicle staff writer Michael King spoke to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-San Antonio/Austin, by phone from Washington,..."

Jan. 12, 2017 News Post by Michael King

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...Late Thursday night, May 31, just two days before he died,..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Texas Goes Through With Wilson Execution

Supreme Court declines to intervene in case of man with IQ of 61

"...Despite the lingering questions about Marvin Lee Wilson's mental abilities, both Gov. Rick..."

Aug. 8, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Convicted Felon Tom DeLay

"The Hammer" guilty of money laundering

"...DeLay." Yes, a Travis County jury found the former U.S. House Majority Leader guilty of money laundering and conspiracy..."

Nov. 24, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Schwertner Sexting Probe: Inconclusive

State senator's refusal to cooperate hampers UT inquiry

"...a graduate student in August. While Schwertner and his attorneys proclaimed the senator exonerated, the report is in fact..."

Dec. 19, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin at Large: Carnival of the MAGAnimals

Baroque, sugar-soaked fantasies, fueled by copaganda, litter our streets

"...The last time I felt genuinely unsafe walking in the street – that is, the last..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Anatomy of a Lie

Alex Gibney dissects Lance Armstrong's doping scandal in new documentary

"...2009 readied for release when news broke that the U.S. Attorney's Office would launch a federal criminal investigation into..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Alex Gibney Untangles The Armstrong Lie

How a comeback documentary became something else entirely

"...Lance Armstrong’s 14-year insistence that he’d raced without performance-enhancing drugs, nearly never got made...."

Nov. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...reports and statements made by other APD officers, a U.S. Attorney, and other federal agents (who either cannot go..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who You Gonna Call? Dem-Busters!

A U.S. Dept. of Justice report chronicles the 'wacko' attempts to trace and trap the Killer Ds.

"...On Aug. 12, the U.S. Dept. of Justice issued its report on the extent..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

"...in a religious building. While unoccupied on a balmy Thursday afternoon, the inclusive space provides a spiritual refuge at..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Money to Burn

John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.

"...pride -- or maybe it's envy -- is Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, who is waging a political war..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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