Qmmunity: The Gay Place Rides Again

Original Chron legend Kate X Messer talks "Qmmunity"/"The Gay Place" origins

"...there are kids who are coming down here from Waco, and coming up from Victoria, who want to know..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Booze We Choose: Seven and Up

Liquor in the front … of your favorite cabinet, of course

"...in an old welding shop under a bridge in Waco. For the next year, we replaced the roofing, knocked..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lege Lines: A New Path for State House Dems

The promise of new Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner

"...opposition. In taking over the caucus, Turner inherits a party that only holds 55 positions in a 150-seat chamber...."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Education Session

The Lege takes another run at patching school finance

"...R-Kingwood. On April 9, over the opposition of the Tea Party rump, the House passed his HB 4, establishing..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

84th Texas Legislative Session Begins

"...State Senator and Tea Party activist Konni Burton, R-Fort Worth, who replaces former..."

Jan. 14, 2015 Photo Gallery

Headlines

"...against challenging the 2014 commercial property tax roll, opting instead to study the issue. See "Then There's This."..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature

Top 10 Most Embarrassing Moments in Texas Politics

2013: The year Texas sent in the clowns

"...chambers when the shit hit the fan, he told Waco Tea Party President Toby Marie Walker that he had..."

Jan. 8, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Steve Stockman Enters Senate Race

Says Cornyn is too soft on Obamacare

"...Atty. Gen. Janet Reno of "premeditated murder" in the Waco Branch Davidian raid, comparing President Obama to Saddam Hussein,..."

Dec. 10, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Shit or Shinola? Dewhurst Puts His Foot in It

Lt. Gov. throws Texas DPS under the bus in an attempt to explain Tampongate

"...McCraw told Howard that the materials were not seized. Instead, he wrote, "a visitor had the option of storing..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Underfunded and Overtested

Save Texas Schools builds a groundswell for public education

"...of the budget cuts, it's been more dramatic elsewhere. "Waco shut down nine schools, Dallas closed 11," he said...."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Full Circle

The gospel according to Ruthie Foster

"...intuitive bass, and Russell Batiste's guiding percussion. It's a team gathered by producer John Chelew to push Foster's powerful..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...usual mix of Christian conservative/family values bills, sprinkled with tea party obsessions like nullifying federal health care reform and..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Four New Congressional Seats for Texas

Democrats demand better representation for minorities

"...to grow at a rapid rate, we will remain steadfast in our effort to uphold the low taxes, restrained..."

Dec. 21, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Culture Club

Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism

"...Behind him, the Waco Girls – at 1am this Saturday, just drummer Nick..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...in North Forest, and G.L. Wiley Middle School in Waco – faces the real threat of closure if test..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Point Austin: Supremes v. Texas

The future of U.S. politics may become, "Vote for Show, Map for Dough"

"...in this instance effectively synonymous with the state Republican Party – seconded by the George W. Bush Dept. of..."

March 10, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a brace of political heavy hitters for his campaign team: consultants David Butts and Mark Nathan, former Jennifer Kim..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

"...was also assaulted at the school by 16-year-old Marcus McTear. McTear is serving a 40-year determinate sentence for the..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Waco Express," Waco Brothers..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Dr Pepper, Texas

What makes the Dr Pepper in Dublin, Texas, so much better than that made anywhere else?

"...it arise? Dr Pepper was invented in 1891 in Waco, Texas, but the real genesis of Dr Pepper is..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Features Feature by David Lynch

Postmarks

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for accepting the third-party role to ensure that Bradley lives up to the..."

April 28, 2000 Column

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Puzzled by Oppel

"...Louis Black's editorial on the Steamboat situation misses the point ["Page Two," Vol. 18, No...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Column

From Leftist to Left-ish

The "Real" Garbage Can

"...that Davis describes as "defining votes, tough issues where party pressure affects members." The others include encryption, which pits..."

Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...bathed in sauce, served with a nice, cold iced tea that gets juices other than the salivary flowing. Especially..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Sxsw

"...roadhouse rhythms stick to your ribs like good chicken-fried steak. (Brazos Street Stage, 7pm) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature