Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to vote no later than Monday, Oct. 4. Travis County Tax Office Texas Secretary of State..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Daily Hustle: 6/16/10

Big ballin' at the budget forum

"...so far, only scheduled public forum on the 2011 budget yesterday. Some 100 people showed up, going from table..."

June 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Talking Travis: Dawnna Dukes

Legeland catches up with the state rep for district 46

"...The only Travis County state rep on the all-powerful House Appropriations Committee, she's..."

May 12, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Asked Again

Commissioners Court again considers a public defender's office

"...After years of starts and stops, Travis County will move forward once again on exploring the creation..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

APD

The APD drags its feet on cite-and-release law

"...Concerned about overcrowding in county jails and overburdened county budgets, state lawmakers last year..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Happy Times ... in Moderation

City budget preview projects strong economy, careful spending

"...message transmitted last Thursday by the city of Austin's budget staff, kicking off the Fiscal Year 2014 budgeting process..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Follow the Money

Final city budget discussions begin in earnest

"...week's formal presentation of the proposed city of Austin budget. Whether that's a good thing or not remains to..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Mo' Money

As the budget year ends, council reshuffles the last few cards

"...Is last week's budget adoption still not done?..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Dismantling Family Planning

Advocates say a state Senate budget rider would cripple delivery of health care to poor women

"...Family planning advocates are decrying a new state Senate budget rider that they say would dismantle a health care..."

March 17, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Into the Gap

The city manager's new budget squeezes city services that are already tight

"...the transmittal letter to her proposed fiscal 2003 city budget, "I am truly grateful for the expressions of solidarity..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...by Austin's new fiscal austerity when the tightest city budget in recent memory is released this summer, and they..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dollars Down to Earth

1995-96 City Budget Shoots for Balance

"...Nice fantasies, but then comes budget time, when the politicians and city staff finally have..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Public Notice: It Doesn't Get Easier

Council gets no rest after marathon budget sessions

"...It's all budget all the time this week down at City Hall;..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Bills of the Week: House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1

Texas Lege looks to finalize budget deal

"...only obligated to pass one bill, and that's the budget. The conference committee has reached some consensus on the..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Property Tax Angst Starts Early

Council ponders ‘surplus,’ raising exemption – and anti-tax backlash

"...move to consider spending some of a $14.2 million budget surplus is gathering backlash from anti-taxers...."

March 17, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Cinema of Possibilities

Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute

"...movies: The Glory Stompers; Dirty Mary, Crazy Harry; Jackson County Jail; Bucktown; Ghetto Freaks; Freebie and the Bean; The..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

A Day of Dickering

Bonds Take Center Stage Over Budget

"...the annual Long March toward adopting a new city budget. But as the day wore on, it appeared the..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Column

How to Jail the Poor

Travis County tries to fix its Driving While License Invalid issue

"...Two years ago in Travis County, 3,266 people got booked into the county's criminal justice..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Your Word Is Your Bond

Travis County moves toward broader pretrial release of the accused, but commercial bondsmen say it will never work

"...courtroom tucked into a basement corner of the Travis County Jail. This is the magistrate court, where the newly..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Courting Change

Travis County needs a new civil and family courthouse – and a new way of doing business

"...to turn the spread into its Downtown home. Travis County bought the block in late 2010, returning the land..."

May 4, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

'Everybody Loses'

Anti-abortion crusade will devastate health care

"...As of Friday afternoon, the Lege budget conferees have agreed to leave in place the nearly..."

May 27, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Sky's the Limit

County buys AMOA block for a new "hundred-year" courthouse

"...Building a new courthouse, says Travis County Judge John Dietz, is "really kind of a once-in-a-century..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Daily Hustle: 7/28/10 (Updated)

Big budget balanced

"...– City Manager Marc Ott, announcing his proposed 2011 budget won't increase property taxes to the rollback rate (the..."

July 28, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Back to School

Carstarphen and Austin ISD trustees wrestle over priorities, budget, and power

"...the district her own. When the board approves the budget for the 2010-2011 school year in August, it will..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Travis Co. selects finalists for the hospital district board

"...five could be the consensus appointee of both the county and the City Council, which expects to vote on..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Road Shows

Are County Bond Proposals Good for the Long Haul?

"...enough to tell when you had reached unincorporated Travis County -- the road narrowed to the two-lane farm-to-market variety,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

The Med School Solution

A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?

"...Sunday, Aug. 19, the presid­ent and CEO of Travis County Central Health, Patricia Young Brown, woke to find her..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

A Quarrel With the Status Quo

Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.

"...things to stay the same? When we were a county then of 100,000 or 200,000 and now we're over..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: You Kids Play Nice!

The idea of combining Austin and Travis County's governments seems like a good one, but never seems to gain any momentum.

"...Why can't the city and the county work together? Karen Sonleitner seems a little sick and..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Post Marks

Park and Ride

"...Proposition 2 and Proposition 4 in the upcoming Nov.4 county bond election...."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

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