The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...Senate campaign in U.S. history. According to their Ethics Commission disclosure filings, at last count (October 11), both campaigns..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

It Ain't Mayberry

Sheriff Candidates Focus on Prisons and Patrol

"...his and Keel's successful battle with the Travis County commissioner's Court to increase staffing levels. "Since I've been in..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Advocates Overwhelmingly Oppose Expanding Juvenile Jail Campus

They say services shouldn’t be tied to incarceration

"...approval look bleak, however. A unanimous wall of social justice advocates have come out against it...."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Odds and Ends from the 86th Lege Session

Progress made for rape survivors, Beer-to-Go passes, and more

"...sexual assault, supports survivors, and tracks cases within the criminal justice system. Of note, Rep. Donna Howard's HB 1590,..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

House Hunting

Underdog Stella Roland challenges incumbent Dawnna Dukes to represent East Austin in the Texas House of Representatives.

"...policies and appointments on a couple of obscure state commissions, including the Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Commission, charged with creating..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Burying the Past

Judge rules that George W. Bush doesn't have to testify in whistleblower lawsuit.

"...been a tumultuous week for the Texas Funeral Service Commission. On Monday, Travis County District Court Judge John Dietz..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Council and Advocates Balk at New Municipal Court Security Force

Would a proposed a stand-alone City Marshal Office be unmarshaled?

"...City Council members and criminal justice advocates were caught off guard this week by..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sen. Kirk Watson on the 86th Texas Legislature

“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”

"...I saw the creation of a commission [the Texas Commission on Public School Finance] last session..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Happy Fourth!

Feel good about America, but not too good

"...that Arizona's referendum creation of an independent, nonpartisan redistricting commission is not unconstitutional...."

July 3, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Budget Breakdown

"...the Public Integrity Unit. V – Public Safety and Criminal Justice..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Judge To Review Willingham Case

Baird sets hearing for Oct. 6-7

"...opinion of expert Craig Beyler, whom the Forensic Science Commission hired last year to review the case. Days before..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Revenge of the Cyborgs

Speech may be free, but justice costs real money

"...this week in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case – which struck down virtually all restrictions on..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...by the JEHT Foun­da­tion, which since 2000 has supported criminal justice reform work. No more, though, since JEHT's funders..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...jail statistics released Dec. 11 by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The new BJS numbers for..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature

Is The Interim Over Already?

Speaker Craddick hands out the interim committee appointments.

"...members of the committee from the Senate, while Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Water Development Board, and Parks..."

Sept. 27, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

No G-Strings Attached

U.S. Supreme Court ruling requires nude dancers to wear pasties and g-strings, but Austin won't be making any changes.

"...strip clubs and sexually oriented businesses by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, a research arm of the U.S...."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...faces three opponents: consultant Amy Wong Mok, city planning commissioner Ray S. Vrudhula, and perennial candidate Jennifer L. Gale...."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature

Seven Candidates Vie for the Future of District 4

Special election decides who will complete Greg Casar's term at City Hall

"...• José "Chito" Vela, a immigration and criminal defense attorney, former planning commissioner, and 2018 candidate for..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Advocates Call on City, County to Protect Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Education, health, housing, justice addressed by list of demands

"...Advocates from a large group of local social justice and advocacy organizations are calling on city and county..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Pearl Moen: Out of Jail Already?

Your parole hearing hardly means you’re out on parole

"...is aggravated kidnapping, injury to a child, sexual assault, criminal solicitation, or "any felony where a deadly weapon was..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

News Roundup: Arrests, Assaults, and Assholes

When city politics get dirty

"...In this week's news roundup: A Criminal Court judge is shot at her home by an..."

Nov. 9, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Hair Analysis: The Root of the Evidence Problem

Texas takes on first-in-the-nation statewide case review

"...The Texas Forensic Science Commission voted unanimously Friday morning to move forward with a..."

Jan. 13, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Lone Star Love for Rudy

Ranking state Republicans continue to sign off on the Giuliani campaign

"...Combs became his state campaign chair: now Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams joins as vice-chair. But the big..."

Oct. 18, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Ticker: Someone Has to Pay the Post-Storm Electric Bill

The price is right?

"...do damage at the Capitol. On Tuesday, Public Utility Commission Chairman (and sole remaining member) Arthur D'Andrea was fired..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Guide to the Panels Working to Change APD

Safety in numbers

"...and Natasha Harper-Madison are the other members. Public Safety Commission..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"...Dee Harrison, a retired Texas Depart­ment of Criminal Justice employee, is also running for the D6 seat...."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Cadet Training Delayed as APD Continues Reckoning With Charges of Racism

More investigations and audits for the Austin Police

"...from OPO and the city's Equity Office, a racial justice expert, an APD lieut­enant who oversees cadet training (Eve..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sexual Assault and the City

District Judge Lee Yeakel will hear arguments on whether to dismiss the class action suit filed by rape survivors against the city

"...the suit seeks to install sweeping changes to Austin's criminal justice system to better support survivors. The defendants filed..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Headlines

"...an African American Cultural Heritage District by the Texas Commission on the Arts, one of seven communities to secure..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature

Legeland Update

Sunset shuffles, forensic fights, defections and campaign filings

"...of LHB, she stays on the powerful Sunset Advisory Commission. A month after Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made his..."

Nov. 12, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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