Getting Their Due

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Debuts

"...Smith, screenwriter William Wittliff, and director Robert Benton. The Warren Skaaren Lifetime Achievement Award, named for the late screenwriter..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Readers' last gasps on light rail.

"...Austin's wonderful music scene, perhaps the City Council could commission one of our legendary bluesmen (or women) to write..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column

Encore!

The second annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Texas' finest contributors to cinema.

"...and Chong comedy duo, will accept the award. The Warren Skaaren Lifetime Achievement Award is being presented to the..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Budget Battles, Round One:

Austin firefighters start a blaze of their own in response to the department's controversial budget-cutting proposal.

"...-- and, pointedly and personally, at fire Chief Gary Warren -- by its firefighters, who descended on the council..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...the FLDS for years, intensifying since 2002, when 49-year-old Warren Jeffs assumed his authority as the sect's newest "prophet."..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two

Editor Louis Black praises the Texas Film Commission's marriage of art and commerce, finds the Austin American-Statesman's coverage of George W. Bush's European trip untrustworthy, and urges readers to vote in our annual "Best of Austin" poll.

"...led right to the doorstep of the Texas Film Commission...."

June 15, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Field of Dreamers

Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.

"...made up of the lieutenant governor, attorney general, land commissioner, comptroller, and speaker of the House, it doesn't take..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19

There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad

"...– it's very expensive," THCA president and CEO Kevin Warren told the Chronicle, adding that more testing would likely..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Naked City

Ann Kitchen bests Mandy Dealey in the Democratic primary for Texas House District 48, and Jill Warren heads into a runoff with fellow Republican Scott Loras.

"...the winner of a Republican runoff between attorneys Jill Warren and Scott Loras, who took in 34% and 24%..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Standing Rock’s Civil Disobedience Reaches West Texas

“It’s the Rio Grande. It’s sacred to many people."

"...to do business as Sunoco) and its CEO, Kelcy Warren. In late September, about 200 area residents from around..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Naked City

"...• The Planning Commission leapfrogged the city's affordable-housing task force Tuesday night, suggesting..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the lax and vague codes of the Texas Ethics Commission. ... We question whether it is really an independent,..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...at City Hall last week. In one room, Planning Commission heard a presentation from the Affordable Housing Incentives Task..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Esther's Follies juggler Warren Schwartz, aka Red Ryder, was found stabbed to death..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

The Showdown at Lick Creek

As once clear water runs dark, a community defends its natural heart

"...out of the Lick Creek pollution disaster, it's that Warren Stinson successfully contested his property tax bill and got..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Welcome to Tomstown

In the burgeoning Tomstown scandal, you can't tell the players or the plot without a program

"...those donations are fully disclosed to the Texas Ethics Commission. But the Election Code (Chapters 253 and 254) does..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...most important thing I bring to the Urban Transportation Commission, since the other commissioners, while all open-minded, well informed,..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Who You Gonna Call?

Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development

"...reporter to deliver that message for him, though. Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs has toured Brim's factory and touted it,..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...as of now are: Interim Austin Fire Chief Gary Warren; Assistant Chief Leslie Bunte; Gary L. Warren, director of..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...received a promise from Gov. Perry that the insurance commissioner would "monitor" the fees for fairness. Overriding blistering criticism..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...the local travel and tourist industry, which Hockenyos' study (commissioned by the city in 2001) estimates at about 10%...."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Can New Republic Studios Be a Game Changer for Austin?

Massive makeover could make Austin the new Atlanta for film

"...Founded in 2009 by Tommy G. Warren, the current facility has hosted multiple high-profile local films...."

Nov. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles

“It’s about all of us”

"...Big Bend had a bead on "shale tycoon" Kelcy Warren long before the multi-billionaire CEO of Energy Trans­fer inspired..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Naked City

With barely a week to go before the primary, District 48 candidates Mandy Dealey and Ann Kitchen square off with local TV ads; meanwhile, the Republican contenders sort themselves out.

"...support of many longtime environmentalists such as Electric Utility Commission member Shudde Fath, SOS Alliance chair Robin Rather, and..."

March 3, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Republican candidate for Precinct 2 on the Travis Co. Commissioners Court, this week made official his intention to run..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel is a wasted opportunity

"...including one by Beetlejuice co-writer and former Texas Film Commission Executive Director Warren Skaaren – were set in Paris..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less

The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town

"...corridor. We at the agency and the [Texas Transportation] Commission totally recognize the importance of I-35 not just to..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...Gov. Greg Abbott has named Dallas oil billionaire Kelcy Warren as one of four new appointees to the Texas..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Feature

The War on Women's Health

To attack Planned Parenthood, lawmakers undermine health care ... and promote more abortions

"...provided by DSHS and the Health and Human Services Commission that pertain to women's health care...."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• The taco wars rage on. The Planning Commission subcommittee on codes and ordinances met Monday to refine..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature

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