Council Notes: Stack and Shuffle

Mayor worries that bond wish list doesn't anticipate SH 130

"...stretch, from I-35 in Georgetown down into Pflugerville and west into Round Rock, completed in under two years. "It's..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...Lofts, the 14-story residential tower at Fifth Street and West Avenue. They have recently had a blessed event in..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...against expanding water utility service to environmentally sensitive areas west and southwest of Austin, where the Lower Colorado River..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...unlike in Edison's proposal, can approve the group's cost-cutting recommendations. This way, AISD can still reap the benefit of..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...Thirty feet wide, the channel runs 14 miles, from Southwest Parkway Storage Tank on the outskirts of Austin to..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

War of Words

Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.

"...Commissioners Court formed a blue ribbon Committee to make recommendations for the plan, which eventually would be submitted to..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Buried Alive

The "Freedom Flotilla"

"...AA and anger management classes. His case file contains recommendations from corrections officers calling him "a model prisoner." Now,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown festivals cramp merchants' style

"...Street Cafe, The Ritz, Shakespeare's and Boar's Head on West Sixth, says that although he believes Pecan Street's cake..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature

Austin Studio Tour 2022 Is All Over the Map

The annual celebration of art expands to match its city's size

"...of afterparties rocking the town north, south, east, and west, besides...."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...a dustup March 17 in the courtyard of the West Fifth Street apartment building where he lives with his..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The West Orange-Cove CISD v. Neeley trial – i.e., the "Robin..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...the undercover agent, Tom Coleman, an itinerant lawman from West Texas with no prior experience in undercover narcotics work...."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Downtown Developments

"...lots on either side of Ninth Street, on the west side of the creek...."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...dry conditions and high winds. Texas, along with other Southwest states, has experienced lengthening periods of drought due to..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It

Shall we dive in?

"...is now center city (see map, below): Rosewood, Zaragoza, West Austin, Metz, Big and Little Stacy, Shipe, and Palm...."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Family Matters

Downtown dining with young ones doesn't have to be daunting

"...What follows are recommendations from our Downtown adventures. They're grouped by area in..."

June 11, 2010 Food Feature by Katherine Gregor

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...Denver City, Texas, the tiny Panhandle town 94 miles Northwest of Odessa where both men lived, so that Ryan..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sterling Lands' New Mission

Sterling Lands II and the Eastside Social Action Coalition fight for equity in Austin's public schools.

"...of Greater Calvary's chapel all the way over to West Sixth Street, where, as the official spokesman for a..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Downtown Bound

City to Lease Downtown Lots to Residential Developers

"...area, to transform some of the city's now-fallow property west of Congress into de rigeur "mixed-use residential communities." To..."

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

Queer Indie Video Game Showcase Is a Gaymer's Delight

Local video game showcase Fantastic Arcade supports indie queer games

"...make playing/finding queer games that much more accessible.” Coby West, a Games Y’all board member (and, admittedly, a friend..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Lege Lines: Kill Bill(s)

Abbott vetoes more than 40 bills

"...lauded its "admirable goal," but said lawmakers had rejected recommendations from his office to limit the protection to minors..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...you choose to be selective, the following are our recommendations; the most substantive Proposition is No. 6, the state..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature

Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'

The incumbent mayor defends his record

"...taxes – Austin property tax rates – are the lowest of any of the five major cities in Texas..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Will Texas Be Safe for Romeos and Juliets?

Senate committee recommends not implementing federal sex offender law

"...advice remains to be seen. Dallas Democratic Sen. Royce West has filed a bill (see "This Way to the..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...the east was no better than sprawl in the west. Conversely, many in what is now the middle of..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Art of Elections

Guzu Gallery show puts the pop in POPular Vote

"...at mid-primary fever pitch, but it coincides with the West Austin Studio Tour. Last year, Torres couldn't get the..."

May 13, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our recommendations for the May 8 elections

"...has considered the contested races and makes the following recommendations to Chronicle readers, along with notes on a couple..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Beyond City Limits

"...• Voters in West Texas' House District 81 will get to vote twice..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature

Beside the Point

Zoning and development action doesn't come any hotter and heavier than last week's City Council meeting.

"...saline-soaked discussion of the historic-or-not Henry Colley House in West Aus­tin. The latter, uncomfortably striving to balance the needs..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...Lady Bird Johnson died Wednesday at her home in West Lake Hills. She was 94...."

July 13, 2007 News Feature

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