Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Jayla Belton. Questions have been raised about possible police and prosecutorial misconduct, but Murray is still awaiting word from..."

April 9, 1999 News Feature

If You Build It ...

What Dreams May Come

"...the major new developments such as the Austin MarketPlace and Scott Young's proposed Museum Park office complex are scoring..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Steve Adler: 'New Way Forward'

"...crossroads. We need a new way forward that uses, and importantly, shares the growing economy in a way that..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...two recent articles about Georgetown ["Georgetown Smackdown," Aug. 17, and "Something Stinks," Sept. 14], I must make the following..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week

The week’s biggest news, in brief

"...to unseating Ted Cruz in a 2018 Senate race, and didn't come close at all in his brief campaign..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature

10-1 Ticker...

Election updates!

"...Of the 78 candidates running in the various City Council races, 26 have..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature

Questions About the County Budget

"...recent leadership in raising questions about the city’s budget and accountability [“Beside the Point,” News, Sept. 14]. Readers apparently..."

Sept. 18, 2007 Postmarks

Noise Ordinance for Pipelines Needed?

"...encountered groundwater during part of the pipe replacement process and had to turn to a horizontal drilling method to..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Headlines

"...includes the approval of a slew of new contracts and appointment of new municipal court judges; additionally, the future..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature

Headlines

"...resolution for staff to research options for "redevelopment, renovation, and activation" of the Exposition Center site, the return of..."

Nov. 2, 2018 News Feature

Special Session Specs

The basics of what's coming in this special session

"...How do they work? The governor issues a call and sets a date (this year, July 18) to reconvene..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House: Livin' on a Pair

Tracking the Travis delegation through the 82nd Lege

"...a pair of bills each out of the House and into the Senate before the Easter break, and that..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...with a dissenting green bloc (Laura Morrison, Bill Spelman, and Chris Riley) calling for an integrated water management plan..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature

Happenings

Nov. 15-21

"...Alison Weir shares her travels in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and photographer Alan Pogue presents photos from..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: Circle the Firing Squad

When you look for villains, look in the right direction

"...the presidential election results, we've found plenty of time and energy for one of our favorite occupations: blaming each..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Affordability Conundrum

If we want an affordable Austin, we'll have to afford it together

"...tax rate will effectively be raised by 5.1 percent and will raise taxes ... on a $100,000 home by..."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Council Watch

City Council members award themselves a raise; neighborhood residents protest looser rules governing backyard cottages; and the council approves a convention center parking lot on property whose owner doesn't want to sell.

"...authorizing a $3.5 million purchase of downtown real estate and hiking their own salaries by $15,000, but an item..."

May 19, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

Postscripts

Mixed Notes

"...As you've probably heard, President Clinton and Congress have recently signed an agreement to balance the..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

Opinion: Wildfires Are Coming to Central Texas. Be Prepared.

As we move into the summer, a drought has enveloped Texas, increasing the risk of wildfires in the Austin area

"...in Texas' recent history burned over 34,000 acres of land and killed two people, right down Highway 71 in..."

May 20, 2022 Column by Vi Burgess

Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy

As voting's become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights

"...two weeks away" from this past E-Day, DeBeauvoir said, "and I had intended to run down on [this past]..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What’s on City Council's Agenda This Week?

Council has its hands full. Here are some of the agenda items we're watching.

"...Capital Metro board meeting on Monday, work session Tuesday, and a regular voting meeting split across Wednesday and Thursday,..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: Not Just STRs

Restore Rundberg, nondiscrimination also on the menu

"...Report, which criticized Austin's code permit process as "cumbersome and conflicting." Rodney Gonzales, recently appointed director of the Devel­op­ment..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Are You Typical?

Council's first look at FY 2016 budget

"...The budget staff annually estimates the effect of tax and fee changes on the "typical homeowner" – generally defined..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: While the Cats Were Away

The stakeholders play

"...them to mobilize to oppose further regulations on STRs, and promising support, talking points, and T-shirts for owners to..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

In Fact Daily Takes a Nonprofit Leap

Politics newsletter hopes to take Texas Tribune model local

"...was formed by journeyman IFD reporter Mike Kanin (President and CEO of the foundation, under an independent board), who,..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Over Their Dead Bodies

The Texas Rangers want to expand – the dead will just have to move

"...In Texas, property and development rights trump even the dead. Sure, state Health..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

APD vs. Cyclists

Cops are cracking down on law-breaking bicyclists

"...purported increase in citizen complaints, violations observed by officers, and bike-related accidents. Meanwhile, reports of mass-ticketing and heightened police..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

More City, SoCo Cafe Fracas

After busting South Congress Cafe back in February 2005 for unpermitted construction of a decked rear patio and privacy fence that covered city sidewalk and right-of-way, city still at odds with eatery

"...a bite out of some $14 South Congress fajitas and getting recurring heartburn for the next two years. After..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Council Notes

What's ahead for this week's City Council meeting

"...The unseasonable heat and rolling blackouts must mean one thing – it's election..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Kicking Around the Bonds

T he Sisyphus bond committee just rolled the stone up the hill – be ready to duck

"...bond committee, add SH 130-related projects if it wishes, and otherwise adjust the overall package according to its own..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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