Single-Member Districts: Where Now?

"...cities in the country (and the largest in the South) that elects all of its councilmembers with the at-large..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?

Texas’ tradition of forced labor lives on

"...On a 90-degree June day at Memorial Unit in Southeast Texas, the humidity makes the heat cling to your..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Austin Transit Partnership Needs Your Input as Project Connect Enters Its Trade-Offs Era

Turn this train around

"...But it's a stark change in approach for the Austin..."

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Infiltrators

Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage

"...a bold and elaborate scheme by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) to get him into Florida’s Broward Transitional..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...the spring of 2010. A Corpus Christi native and UT-Austin graduate, he's spent his entire professional career in the..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Changing Course

AISD shifts to community-based model for prepping younger kids for college

"...were here for orientation and I talked to them about being scholars, I told them to correct us when..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

No Mo' Money

Big-time radio fears tsunami; Dudley & Bob treads water

"..."It used to be a negotiating ploy" to talk about negotiations on the air, Dudley said. "It's evolved into..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Week: "The Court declares that the State's school finance system is financially inefficient, inadequate, and unsuitable, in violation of..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, who feels just terrible about the GOP's success at redistricting...."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is forced to plug up I-35 and MoPac to commute from the suburbs, the wealthy are logically building mansions..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Capitol Chronicle

Texans leap to the defense of Governor and President Bush

"...twentysomething financial gurus. And then there's that recent unpleasantness about Enron ... Global Crossing ... WorldCom ... Tyco ......"

Aug. 2, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...set straight as to what a traditional neighborhood is. But maybe there is more than one kind of traditional..."

July 30, 1999 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...The Texas Democratic Party's executive committee voted unanimously on Nov. 14 to oppose the..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...Metro's creative self-evaluation. The figures come from the horse's mouth. The transit authority will naturally paint itself in the..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Thanks, But No Thanks

Garcia Abandons an Agreement Some Say Never Existed

"...have, over the years, run for those two seats. But none of them have been elected. Or is it..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Rats Saving a Sinking Ship

America's Alternative Theatres Unite

"...Fifty people on a stage, slouching in chairs, clutching coffee cups, stifling yawns. On this summer morn they..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Arts Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...meddling in our democracy, trying to undermine District Attorney José Garza. Using Federal Communications Commission filings, corporate documents, and..."

Sept. 20, 2024 News Feature

In Politics to Win, Again and Again

Introducing the passionate people who get our local politicians elected

"...Two kinds of people work political campaigns, David Butts told us. There are those hitching a ride on..."

Sept. 13, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Hey Freshman: IG Follows to Fast-Track Your Immersion in Austin Music

Under-21 and underground rave resources on Instagram

"...The summer after my freshman year at UT-Austin, I obtained a fake ID realistic enough to only..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Getting off the Road

Rail will help, roads will help – but so will your decision not to drive today

"...Or you make your existing income go further, by cutting spending. Drop cable, cancel the gym membership, skip the..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Naked City

News and happenings around Austin and beyond

"...corrections. In Texas we'd lasso them and drag them out of there." – Guy Womack, attorney for reservist Charles..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...board member Fred Harless, endorsing (defending?) the agency's restrained commuter-rail plan. See "'All Systems Go!' Very, Very Slowly."..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...to both Hart InterCivic, the makers of the eSlate system, and to our own Travis Co. officials who are..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature

Capitol Chronicle

Hopwood lawyer Steven Wayne Smith aspires to the Texas Supreme Court.

"...who won the Hopwood lawsuit against the affirmative-action admissions system at the UT Law School (which, by the time..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

"...is true that my daughter's life was tragically short; but the rest of Sophia's life was certainly not the..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

University High

Community colleges are pushing "college credit" courses for high school students -- but the education is in doubt.

"...and wants to get some of the first-year work out of the way. She sits next to John, who..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

Don't Shelve Smart Growth

"...cars in these pages of late. His analysis points out that this debate is merely a symptom of the..."

July 2, 1999 Column

Slouching Toward Happy Hour

East Sixth & Thereabouts

"...weekdays from 4-7pm and features not only cheap drinks, but also half-price appetizers. Seafood lovers can get a fix..."

March 19, 1999 Food Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...illegal voter registration scam, more fitting of Chicago or South Texas, but there's nothing shady about the "Raise the..."

Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature

Fonte's Inferno

ACC's New Pres Faces the Hot Issues in East Austin

"...the savior of the perennially mixed-up Austin Community College. But if the post of ACC president is above all..."

June 6, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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