Point Austin: What Works

A good time to think about the best uses of community, democracy, and government

"...I had planned an inevitably dry but engaging examination of the remaining open questions in the city of Austin..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Column by Michael King

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Austin Stories

"...Public support for the City Council's recent resolution against unilateral U.S. military action against..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Beyond City Limits

"...burgs as actual villages. Volente, on the north shore of Lake Travis, already lies within the city of Austin's..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature

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Austin Stories

"...Naked City congratulates state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos after the birth of..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature

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Austin Stories

"...The dogs of West Austin howled with happiness last week after neighbors..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Austin Stories

"...register all over the place: grocery stores, libraries, post offices, and government agencies, or online at www.traviscountytax.org. Call 854-9473..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Sense of the Census

Census 2000 has some interesting things to say about the future of Austin -- and Austinites

"...numbers thus tabulated have already been used to draw Austin's congressional and legislative and ill-fated single-member City Council districts...."

May 31, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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News shorts

"...the Warehouse District is apparently driving the brewpub out of the neighborhood. Unconfirmed reports have the building's owner wanting..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Mostly local scuttlebutt, with trips to Cuba and Denver

"...Clean Campaigns for Austin's fight for the right to petition voters in major..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

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Local Austin news and gossip

"...buy up Rainey Street en masse has fallen through, Austin über-landlords Perry Lorenz and Robert Knight have weighed in..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Big City Blues

Although it has three of the 10 largest cities in the United States, Texas is still largely a state of home-rule cities. A brief look at the prospects for a real urban policy in Texas.

"...For decades, the state of Texas had a very straightforward relationship with its cities:..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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CAMPO prepares to undergo a controversial peer review of its transportation planning process.

"...It sounds perfectly innocuous: "an independent quality-assurance peer-review of overall transportation planning and decision making in the CAMPO..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Top Tens of 1997 Council Watch

Top Ten Quotes Heard Around City Hall

"...a two year old named Cooper who is living proof -- and it wouldn't take a DNA test to..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Austin Strikes Out

Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995

"...the Lege all spring, a police "riot" in East Austin in February, a federal court ruling against the city..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Rawdawg

Inside the controversial run club like none other in Austin

"...may sound like a lively club scene in Downtown Austin. But this isn’t nightlife. This is one of Austin’s..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Lauren Peck

A Dozen of the Most Disturbing Legal Actions Ken Paxton Took in 2024

All suits and no empathy makes Pax the bane of our existence

"...thing. His legal actions are a whole other can of worms. Here we’ve compiled an incomplete list of some..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Features Feature by Chronicle staff

Point in Time Count of Homeless Austinites Returns

City to run census after two years

"...two years, volunteers will head out into the streets of Austin early Saturday morning, looking under highway overpasses, scouring..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

We Have an Issue: Why Austin?

Scratching our heads over the University of Austin, and celebrating the spirit of creativity and curiousity already alive in our city

"...Huh? That was the first reaction many of us had when news broke on Monday that a..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Eighth Street Survivors Still Wait for Resolution From the City and APD

Sixteen months later, civil and criminal cases move slowly

"...To the Austin Police Department, the thousands of people who gathered Downtown..."

Sept. 29, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Two APD Officers Indicted for Murder in 2019 Shooting of Mauris DeSilva

Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response

"...A Travis County grand jury has indicted two Austin police officers for first-degree murder in the fatal shooting..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...Can you hear it? The sound of applause? Coming not from some ersatz arts space on..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hit Brewery Row to Choose Your Own Austin FC Home Match Beer Adventure

How to get a little matchy-matchy with the city's first top-tier sports club and its many superb beer options

"...luxury dumpster Los Angeles, or in the junior-barbecue whistle-stop of Kansas City, but when the city’s first top-tier sports..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Anti-Lockdown Evangelist Sean Feucht Had No Permit for Saturday’s Concert on Austin Parkland

City "exploring options" to hold organizers accountable

"...Fest. Saturday’s Let Us Worship concert on the shores of Lady Bird Lake saw hundreds of overwhelmingly maskless attendees..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Origins of a Green Identity Dives into the Growth of a Community

KLRU and Living Springs celebrate Austin's eco-pioneers

"...Gov. Elisha Pease. A.J. Zilker. Roberta Crenshaw. Lovers of public green spaces whose names are memorialized on parks..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives

Rally, march celebrates Austin’s Black queer and trans communities

"...local orgs are uniting to host a Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives this Fri.-Sun., June 26-28, in..."

June 25, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

ACL Live Postpones Fourth of July Concert Days After Announcement

Five-stage fest called off as Austin moves into Stage 4 Alert

"...after the announcement that ACL Live would reopen portions of its venue to host the five-stage Red, White &..."

June 17, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Cancellation “Devastating” for Grassroots Austin Music Businesses

Coronavirus shutdown impacts all levels of Austin music

"...Even before news of South by Southwest's cancellation broke, Rock N Roll Rentals..."

March 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Eight Ways to Celebrate Chanukah in Austin

One for each night of the Festival of Lights

"...the holidays around the corner, we've compiled a list of some of Austin's must-see stops. Perfect for the chosen..."

Dec. 19, 2019 Events Post by Saskia Henn

Austin Film Society Announces Opening of New Creative Media Center

Former National Guard armory will provide sound stage, office space

"...a big day for independent film and television in Austin as the Austin Film Society has announced the completion..."

Nov. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prop B Campaigns Exchange Charges of Being "Republican"

As election day nears both sides of the debate trade barbs

"...has nearly ended (Friday, Nov. 1, 7pm). One point of contention is whose supporters are more or less “Republican.”..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Post by Michael King

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