Cream of the Crop

Ten Percent Plan Takes True Grit

"...photograph by Doug Potter In the wake of Hopwood, Texas's institutions of higher education are suffering under..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Top 10 Quotes of the Week

Notable quotables of 2012

"...1) "The gap between what was expected of [Gov. Rick Perry] and what he delivered ... makes..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature

Inside the Facebook Wars Dividing Thousands of AISD Parents

Who comes first in Austin schools?

"...city, students and teachers grappled with the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, switching multiple times a day between virtual and..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

'The Powerful Odor of Mendacity'

An interview with Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose, authors of Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America.

"...Last month Molly Ivins, the queen of Austin political columnists, and former Austin Chronicle Politics Editor..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Abbott Defies SCOTUS: After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to stop Texas from blocking Border..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature

Perry's Vaccination Order Raises Questions

Perry Orders HPV Vaccine

"...Some state lawmakers and Capitol observers are questioning Gov. Rick Perry’s surprise mandate requiring young girls to..."

Feb. 5, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Senate Bill 8: The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Supreme Court..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...and from that comes transformations, art that changes ways of working, ideas, and the community. The Austin Arts Hall..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'

"...your campaign that you're "a working-class guy with working-class values." What do you mean by that, and why do..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the front lines of the..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Ahead of Farm Bill, Rep. Casar Taps Central Texas Farmers for Input

Roundtable discussion urges quicker loans, more land access, and easier paperwork

"...and nutrition programs. At Farmshare in Cedar Creek last Thursday, in a roundtable discussion with local farmers, freshman Rep...."

April 21, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Ken Paxton Lies in Letter on Women's Health

"...A March 22 letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from Texas Attorney..."

March 30, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Eckhardt: The State of the County Is ...

Thursday address slams Lege, props up local entities

"...Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt’s State of the County address last Thursday evening may well have..."

Feb. 12, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

World Energy Week's Hometown Highlights

Events in Austin and Fredericksburg show off region's clean-energy champions

"...annual World Energy Engineering Congress and the fifth installment of the Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Festival anchored..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...100 labor, immigrant, environmental, disability, and social justice advocates outside the JW Marriott Hotel Downtown on Wed., Aug. 14...."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...local clinic, Nelson, whose last name was withheld by request, was well-versed in safer sex and harm-reduction practices. Then,..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...allow car traffic on Dirty Sixth – the stretch of Sixth Street between Congress Avenue and I-35 – may..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature

Where to Find Meal Services During Austin's School Closures

School districts distributing free meals for students, parents

"...As Texas schools prepare to shut down through April..."

March 21, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...grown accustomed to the parking cones, forklifts, and sounds of rapid construction. But in Feb­ru­ary, that clatter should end,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...Famous alums-to-be: Freddie Mendoza (l) and Elias Haslanger photograph by Shannon..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Children's Zone: Can Harlem Come to Austin?

Travis County groups are competing to become part of a grand experiment

"...Harlem Children's Zone in New York for using governmental, educational, and nonprofit groups in a coordinated program to break..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Does Business Really Hate Education?

It's way past time for some new voices on education policy

"...in funding proposals (yes, that's a "B"). The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a series of AISD candidate..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...to say, many Texans support them. Especially Republicans like U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, state Sen. Brandon Creighton, and Land..."

Jan. 31, 2025 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...by the Texas Legislature are mostly to blame, city officials said, but projected declines in overall property values throughout..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Me + U = $90M: News broke Tuesday that the city will have to pay a whopping..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature

The Tides of March

Ready for a blue wave in November's midterms? That'll depend on the race.

"...for state Democrats is finding the perfect candidate to unseat – or at least, shake the throne – of..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Space Cowboy Steve Miller's Not Joking

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist details the pompitous of musical education

"...Steve Miller's diamond career arcs from the postwar blues of the Fifties to his induction into the Rock &..."

July 22, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Discipline of Numbers

The Austin ISD crime and disciplinary statistics give a partial but confusing picture.

"...Protecting the nearly 78,000 kids of AISD is the whole community's job, but on a..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Soldier's Heart

Thousands of Iraq War veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system unready to help them

"...he saw Iraqi soldiers, dead and rotting, dangling out of their tanks. Once, Peterson's truck broke down and he..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Dan Frosch

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