Sweeping Religious Freedom Bill Heads to Senate

The Senate State Affairs Committee approves a license to discriminate

"...Senate State Affairs Committee sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to the full Senate Monday evening, March 25, after..."

March 26, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Historic Baker School Site Among Items on Final 2020 Council Agenda

School, pond, no house

"...case in which the new owners of the landmark Baker School – Alamo Draft­house co-founders Tim and Karrie League..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Religious Refusal Bill Prepped to Grant Texans License to Discriminate

"Sincerely held" nonsense at the Senate

"...Committee on State Affairs sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to the full Senate Monday evening, March 25, after..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker

"...Bo Svenson, Susan Tyrell, Julia Duffy, Marcia Lewis and Bill Paxton. Also known as Night Warning, this little known..."

Jan. 31, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cottage Industries

Eating locally never tasted so sweet

"...more immediate questions: Whither homemade? And can Texas' home bakers help divert corporate creep into our tasty treats and,..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Hot Night in the Lounge Room

Kasey Chambers leads the Australian invasion

"...Joined for most of the performance by Kasey’s father Bill on a variety of stringed things, they turned the..."

June 24, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Happiness

Solondz uncovers suburbia's dirty secrets.

"...Directed by: Todd Solondz. Starring: Jane Adams, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, Jared Harris, Philip Seymour..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men in Black 3

Josh Brolin's spooky good impersonation of the younger Tommy Lee Jones is the only fresh thing happening in this sequel.

"...Clement, Emma Thompson, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mike Colter, Alice Eve, Bill Hader and David Rasche...."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mighty Joe Young

"...Peter Firth, Regina King, David Paymer, Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton. Like Gus Van Sant's recent remake of Psycho,..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ms. Veteran America's Mission to End Female Veteran Homelessness

Molly Potter raises awareness for mental health issues

"...help because they don't self-identify as veterans, says Anna Baker, manager of the Texas Veterans Commission's Women Veterans Program...."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin.

"...would be unusable; neighborhood residents, including former Council Member Bill Spelman, said it would still allow some 250 parking..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Jazz Great John Scofield Endures

Guitarist and Miles Davis alum puts on a clinic Friday at Mohawk

"...without blurring the jazz core of his oeuvre. Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Medeski Martin & Wood all figure prominently...."

Oct. 3, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Killer Inside Me

Director Michael Winterbottom makes some fatal storytelling miscalculations in this screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel that stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson.

"...Winterbottom. Starring: Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman, Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, Tom Bower and..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...Ask Bill Haley...."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Kinsey

Kinsey enshrines the scientist at the expense of a more rigorous and more profound scrutiny.

"...Directed by: Bill Condon. Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Legislative Update

Passage of bills spells progress for local food movement

"...Texas House of Representatives has voted to pass House Bill 970. Widely known as the cottage foods bill and..."

May 8, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...jet airplane, why can't He help Bo with his Bill Ratliff problem? It might soon require a Higher Authority..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Anchia Makes an Overture

Amended version of bill would require both extra ID and substantial voter education and outreach

"...filed an amendment to SB 362, the voter ID bill, that could basically be described as a counter-offer. The..."

May 24, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Trawling Panthalassa

Sound Sorcerer Bill Laswell Takes Miles Davis

"...latest release is a "reconstruction and mix translation by Bill Laswell."..."

May 1, 1998 Music Feature by David Lynch

Shut the Front Door: Proposed Rules Threaten Cottage Food Operators

DSHS takes a bite out of Texas' celebrated Cottage Foods law

"...Back in November, we told you about local home bakers whose small businesses got a boost from Senate Bill..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Naked City

Texans for Public Justice criticizes a longstanding recruitment practice of big law firms -- paying hiring bonuses and other benefits to Supreme Court clerks who agree to join the firms after their clerkships.

"...a career being called a crook by some agitator?" Bill Willis asked. Willis is the longtime executive assistant ("sort..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Sound on Sound Review: Citizen

Plus the Hotelier, Sorority Noise, and Alex Napping

"...Control Room’s outdoor space Friday night, stacking a six-band bill mostly catering to an emo revival utopia...."

Nov. 11, 2017 Music Post by Libby Webster

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...Binary Marketing Machine (3), Asleep Dream Audience (4), the Bill Jeffreys (5), Peachcake (6), Naught for 3 (7), Yatagarsu..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...and given the nod to City Attorney Rex G. Baker III to execute the agreement with Cypress. The neighbors..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...pulling the plug on HB 3, his own tax bill, in the wake of the 79-62 defeat of HB..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Stillwater

Torn-from-the-headlines thriller never matches Matt Damon’s everyman

"...of the Amanda Knox case, follows American oil worker Bill Baker (Damon) on a trip to the French town..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...sided with the city in ruling a 1995 Austin-bashing bill unconstitutional. HB 3193 granted special powers and privileges to..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature

After All-Nighter, Senate Passes Voter ID

A marathon session delivers a GOP partisan priority

"...marathon 24-hour session, on Wed­nesday the Senate passed Senate Bill 362, which would require voters to show photo ID..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

'It All Leads Back to Texas'

Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network

"...Root, and by the end it's Halliburton and James Baker and Bush. Why do you think it was so..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Williamson County Injustice

Morton attorneys call for court of inquiry

"...through DNA to the 1988 murder of Debra Masters Baker, who, like Christine Morton, was bludgeoned to death in..."

Dec. 21, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

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