Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...taking the light rail from the Drag to Downtown for a night out. From simplistic to futuristic, the next..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Council Approves Operator for First Trauma Recovery Center in Texas

Safety > punishment

"...step closer to opening the first ever trauma recovery center in Texas – a resource that can be key..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

As the Region Booms, Farmers Struggle to Feed Austin Locally

As the region booms, farmers struggle to feed Austin locally

"...Gate Farms property in North­east Austin, which they've rented for 17 years, shrunk from 10 acres to 4 –..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”

"...just think any city in America would trade us [for that]." [inset-1-right]..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35

The road not taken

"...As questions, concerns, and cries for help from thousands of Austinites, including City Hall itself..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements for the November General Election

Our picks for the local, state, and national races you'll see on your ballot

"...recommendations earlier than in the past, since voting – for those of you using mail ballots – has already..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Public Notice: The Planning Stages

Land Use Commissioners, public swing into action on the LDC

"...It's been a busy week for those pondering the Land Devel­opment Code rewrite – city..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...to run on her record as a criminal justice reformer. She could point to her aggressive reorganization and rebuilding..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Wendy Davis Enters Congressional Race

Big names, money in local Congress races

"...a premature leak to the Statesman last week – former state Sen. Wendy Davis announced via a campaign video..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...how the next four years would actually play out. Efforts to quickly move the needle on hot-button city issues..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...Art Martinez de Vara of the Texas Local Government Center debated Proposition K, the November ballot measure that calls..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...to Laura Gor­sky and Breanne Wenke by crisis pregnancy center counselors during a March visit to the TruCare pregnancy..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Prop 7 Surprise

"...News, Oct. 27]. I know my colleagues at the Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) sent information to the..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Postmarks

Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers

The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large

"...spend his time. In these hallowed halls, legislators decide public policy. Semien's doctors recommended a different facility – a..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan

Sheriff Sally Hernandez Continues to Do "What’s Right"

Besieged by the state GOP, Hernandez shows no sign of backing down from her immigration policies

"...I had a future and I needed to look forward, not back," said Hernandez. "She believed in people having..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

City Budget: Something's Gotta Give

Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council

"...current city budget predicament has a fairly simple frame: For the coming fiscal year, 2018, costs are expected to..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: A Year Later

Twelve months after Mayor Steve Adler rolled out his plan to save live music and the arts, what's happened?

"...this was a new day. And so it was for the city's music and creative sectors. He had brought..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New City Council, New Battles

10-1 version 1.5 stares down the coming year at City Hall

"...It is not heavy agenda time for the new, 2017 City Council – the next regularly..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

City Council Clashes Over 2017 Budget

Competing ideas on how to spend $969 million

"...Although it's been out of the headlines for a week or two, City Council remains knee-deep in..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Supremes: Not Our Job to Fix School Finance

Long-awaited ruling says school funding system constitutional

"...on Friday the 13th, the ruling is terribly unlucky for the 600-plus school districts and multiple civil rights groups..."

May 13, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...Waller Creek Conservancy, opens tonight, Nov. 12, and runs for 10 days. (See "Illuminating Waller Creek," Nov. 13) Like..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...As Council prepared for the FY 2016 budget discussion, a number of groups..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Council Budget Afterthoughts

Council members offer post-approval thoughts on FY 2016 budget

"...thoughts on the new budget, and if their own priorities had been fulfilled/partially fulfilled/not fulfilled. Not all members responded;..."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: The Appraisal Scam

TCAD can't accurately appraise commercial properties – and the Lege likes it that way

"...unsurprising but emphatic thrust of the Property Tax Appraisal Forum held Tuesday at the First Unitarian Uni­ver­sal­ist Church, hosted..."

May 22, 2015 News Column by Michael King

The Education Session

The Lege takes another run at patching school finance

"...If there's a poster child for what's best about Texas school kids, she could be..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...higher in the fiscal year of 2014 than ever before; but the issue itself was hardly new. Thousands of..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...decade, the term was popularized on the stump in former Gov. Rick Perry's ill-fated 2012 presidential campaign, where its..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Measuring the 'Miracle'

"...the annual "Texas Kids Count," a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S.,..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature

Whitmire: Janek Must Go From Health and Human Services

Update: Second lawmaker call for resignation over contracts

"...claim another head. Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, has called for Health and Human Services Commission Executive Director Kyle Janek..."

Jan. 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...any other student organization on a typical college campus. Based at Huston-Tillotson University in central East Austin, the group..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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