The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...grass behind her apartment at the Rosewood Courts housing project, where she was known and feared by residents and..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Naked City

"...EPA oversees the Construction General Permits issued for development projects in the watershed. SOS's petition alleges that new Bush-appointed..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...too "whiny" (that most horrible of sins) ["Postmarks: In Defense of the SIMS Foundation," April 5]. If not, he..."

April 19, 2002 Column

City Water Tunnel #3

If the Department of Environmental Protection hired someone to explain New York's City Water Tunnel #3, the largest non-defense public works project in the Western Hemisphere, that someone couldn't do a better job than performer Marty Pottenger, who delivers the truth of the project, as plain and raw as the earth that's being tunneled, as bright and ragged as the people tunneling.

"...About what it's like to work on the largest non-defense public works project in the Western Hemisphere. About what..."

March 8, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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Our readers talk back.

"...Committee, and others all spoke in favor of this project and the desperate need to provide housing for students..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...made by almost every anti-Villas letter writer that "this project will bring 700 cars into the neighborhood and only..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...roadway that will figure prominently into both the LIC project and the Seaholm Power Plant's conversion for public use...."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Our readers talk back.

"...are Enron's executives, who conned investors and their own workers by inflating their profits with hot air and creative..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...the Balkans, where I've been working on a photo project in Kosova and Macedonia. Just before I left the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...due to this union constitution. Read the United Steel Workers Constitution, Section II "Objects," number 2, where it states,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...and set off to get tipsy with my unknown co-workers. At the start of the already raucous party, I..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Neighbors vs. Neighbors

A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.

"...its work on the boilers was simply a "betterment project": "routine maintenance" to restore the system to its original..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...oversight at all. Those advocates -- notably the Sunshine Project for Police Accountability, the local chapter of the American..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

Political commentary on the career of Henry B. Gonzalez

"...yes, quixotic -- effort to save the once-model housing project doomed by its proximity to prime downtown real estate...."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...we are talking to Vignette in hopes that their project might complement our own, but we have not taken..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...lawsuits by affected neighborhoods threaten to "derail" the whole project after billions of tax dollars have been collected. Do..."

July 28, 2000 Column

Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...of saying: underpaid, overworked, and permanently cowed), and "knowledge workers," which include software engineers, CEOs, and -- surprise surprise..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...police were obtained illegally. The court agreed with Lacresha's defense attorneys that the girl was in state custody when..."

April 23, 1999 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...by indigenous residents and produced by the Chiapas Media Project -- will be shown in two upcoming screenings. The..."

April 9, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

VanScoy's Agenda Part 2

"...he had not gotten staffing for one of his projects, was acting out, and Ginger had too much loyalty..."

March 12, 1999 Column

On the Lege

Dumb and Dumber

"...close to $2 million on its part of the project.) That's not counting the time and money -- including..."

March 12, 1999 News Column

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The Sweet Science

"...Barton Springs salamander. The most controversial part of the project requires replacing the underwater pebble beach in the western..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column

Wallet and Spirit

Sickbed Fortune

"...however, the business magnates merely exchanged plaintiff money for defense money. They helped elect judges -- and later legislators..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...plan, said Mayor Kirk Watson, "raises the bar for projects in Austin and ... sets up a model for..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature

Postmarks

"...is the paper really supposed to be a "nightstand" project? Jesus, I remember it only used to take, oh,..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column

Aleshire the Agitator

Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Limelight

"...feeling that Aleshire engenders - not just among county workers, but among a cadre of local political players. But..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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Don't Dissolve District

"...on the front line of environmental protection: addressing construction projects, new subdivisions, industrial uses, agriculture needs, residential wells, and..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Mattox is Back

Former AG Rises From the Ashes

"...were ringing, the parking lot was full, and campaign workers were abuzz with the news that had hit the..."

March 6, 1998 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...has circulated a letter among councilmembers advising them that project will need zoning, subdivision plans, a site development permit,..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature

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Environs Observer

"...2222 and 360. If we add this development to projects already approved along this stretch, the developers' own estimates..."

July 25, 1997 Column

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