Point Austin: No Bill

Grand jury clears APD's Olsen, but questions remain

"...the Austin Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice are proceeding with additional inquiries, a standard procedural review..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...John McCarthy has received the first Doyle Valdez Social Justice Award. The award, named after the previous president of..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...his friends you shall know him: Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith announced this week that he has..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

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

"...HB 2054 (Wayne Christian, R-Center) would have forbidden additional financial benefits (negligible..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...exhibits significant anger toward me and Texans for Public Justice apparently because we supplied Travis County prosecutors with evidence..."

April 18, 2003 Column

Running to the Middle

Part II of the Chronicle's preview of the Nov. 5 general election

"...Texas Supreme Court (two for unexpired terms), including chief justice. Although the court has considerable influence on public policy,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature

Pioneer Spirit

"...$100,000 quota yet. Craig McDonald of Texans for Public Justice, a nonprofit, bi-partisan research organization that tracks the influence..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn

Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August

"...Johnny Limón stretched his involvement across affordable housing, environmental justice, and practically every other facet of life for Austin's..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

2019 Sees Decline in Texas Executions

Still, concerns of the fairness and accuracy of the state's death penalty system remain

"...and concerns demonstrates an uneven and arbitrary application of justice." Specifically, TCADP's report compares Rodney Reed, whose execution was..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Luv Doc: Quid Pro Quo

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

"...I have been going out with a wonderful new..."

June 10, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Sun to Set on Severely Disabled Patients

Austin State Supported Living Center cottages to be shuttered

"...of Aging and Disability Ser­vices by the Department of Justice in 2009, following reports of abuse and neglect at..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dave Van Ronk and a Bitter Chill

Remembering the folksinger who inspired 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

"...Rogers rode in on Trigger, his gun drawn; John Wayne waited by a road for the stagecoach. The moment..."

Dec. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

Budget Stretch Run

City money season at full speed – and the dollars are chasing the needs

"...(for rehabilitation services, where backlogs reverberate throughout the criminal justice system) to $8.1 million for new APD staff (83..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Lege Lines: The Score

How the 83rd did on water infrastructure, the budget, education, the environment, and transportation

"...and gas industry, new legislation (HB 788 by Rep. Wayne Smith) now shifts the responsibility of permitting for greenhouse..."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Mr. Woods Goes to Washington

UT grad student John Woods has a few ideas about reasonable gun control

"...or willing to listen. National Rifle Association Executive Director Wayne LaPierre has been widely castigated for his Dec. 21..."

Dec. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Clemency Sought for Veteran

Execution set for Feb. 22

"...Forty-two-year-old Timothy Wayne Adams was a military veteran and the father of..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

The 8th Circuit has ruled in favor of the DEA's opposition to hemp farming

"...applications, the state repealed that provision of the law. Wayne Hauge, a farmer from the northwestern part of the..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Column by Jordan Smith

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

"...Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Dave Holland, Chucho Valdés, Wayne Shorter...."

July 10, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Reefer Madness: Top 10 Joints

"...Farmers Dave Monson (a veteran Republican state lawmaker) and Wayne Hauge (a seed dealer and certified public accountant) argue..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Late Nights ... and Suspense

"...for 45 minutes I was right there with Bruce Wayne, tormented vigilante, even with all the improbabilities of his..."

July 8, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...bunch of out-of-work character actors. I’m calling the play Justice...."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Reefer Madness

North Dakota hemp farmers go to court to defend right to tell DEA to butt out of plans to grow nonnarcotic hemp plant

"...Dave Monson (also a veteran Republican state lawmaker) and Wayne Hauge (also a certified public accountant) – are seeking..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Life Is a Rhythm

Ground zero for Austin hip-hop: University Hills' 2-3

"...an expansion of its already diverse portfolio. Basswood's Tony Wayne identifies the current Northeast Austin sound as a natural..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Supremes Give Death Row Inmate Another Chance

Supreme Court orders new trial for South Carolina death row inmate, ruling state courts erred by excluding evidence that another man may have committed the crime

"...In a unanimous opinion authored by most-junior Justice Samuel Alito, the U.S. Supreme Court on May 2..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Election Donors

"...According to finance watchdog group Texans for Public Justice, 87 donors gave more than $100,000 apiece to candidates..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Robin Hood Goes to Court

The Lege punts, and the judge catches the school-finance football

"...refrain, borrowing the language of then Texas Supreme Court Justice John Cornyn (later AG, now U.S. senator) in the..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

The redistricting conference committee doesn't look like Texas, and Strayhorn gets slapped

"...6 (the putative deadline to enable a Department of Justice review of a new map in time for primary..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...Wayne Bell Preserving the architecture of the past has been..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shadows of the Past

A timeline of APD's troubles over the past 13 years

"...resigns to take a job with the Dept. of Justice and is replaced by interim Chief Bruce Mills. A..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dan Morales v. Harry Potter

Louis Dubose examines Dan Morales' "Rule 202" filing against a former colleague in the Texas tobacco litigation.

"...next 25 years. The five lawyers -- Walter Umphrey, Wayne Reaud, John Eddie Williams, John O'Quinn, and Harold Nix..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Louis Dubose

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