Postmarks

Nonprofit Needs

"...universe gave us KOOP as a gift and a test. I see it as a test because it requires..."

March 19, 1999 Column

Zeroing in on No Tolerance

Texas Schools Target Drugs and Violence

"...February to legislators considering a "zero tolerance" policy on drugs, weapons, violence, and profanity in schools. Also present was..."

May 12, 1995 News Feature by Andrea Barnett

Travis County Primary Candidates Jockey to Champion Criminal Justice Change

A closer look at the heated District Attorney, County Attorney, and County Court at Law races

"...retribution, reducing arrests and imprisonment for nonviolent offenses (especially drug possession), promoting restorative justice, etc. ... shading into "wraparound..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Raves for Marc Savlov's recent article on Ecstasy.

"...9]. I am by no means an abuser of drugs, but I was there in the Eighties at Hall's..."

June 23, 2000 Column

Austin Slowly Gets the COVID-19 Testing Data It Needs

Knowledge is power

"...thing that hasn't changed enough is the availability of testing for the novel coronavirus that causes the deadly and..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Raich Still Fighting for Medi-Pot Rights

Medical marijuana patient - not to mention its fiercest advocate - Angel Raich, back in federal court

"...doctrine of medical necessity prohibit the feds from using drug laws to ban Raich's state-sanctioned medi-pot use. The three-judge..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Rape saga redux and other local imbroglios.

"...APD afraid of? If Glore had been raped, the test would show it. If she hadn't been raped, the..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column

Money Worries

Austin's AIDS Funding Is Decent, For Now

"...to ease his pain, and has started a new drug regimen. And he has struggled with how to tell..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Geoff Mulvihill

Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Testosterone Festival

Palmer Events Center, Saturday, August 15, 2009

"...could pick up a couple of ounces of pure testosterone at this weekend's Texas Testosterone Festival, think again. To..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report

Choosing a Veep; and The Deliberate Deceit of Drug Ads

"...What about governors? The problem there is the "who test." Names like Pawlenty, Sanford, Crist, and Daniels have been..."

March 14, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Another Side of Travis Heights

In a South Austin apartment complex, residents organize for change

"...an unattractive, graffiti-scrawled complex with maintenance problems and notorious drug-dealing activity. According to the principal of nearby Travis Heights..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Reefer Madness

If the DEA has its way, hemp-farming will go to seed

"...The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has just one day left to file..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Labor Woes at Cap Metro

Capital Metro service hangs in the balance at 11-hour union negotiations

"...retired employees and no changes to the current employee drug testing policy, which requires that all employees must come..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Scanlines

"...a big belly-flop. Its by-the-numbers rendering of the psychedelic drug experience was an anachronistic coda to the fine old..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Fighting outdated technology and time, Voyager's flight-team pursues humankind’s greatest exploration. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Thousand Cuts

Lives on the line as press freedoms are threatened in Duterte's Philippines

"...Cuts, and the tools of this inversion have been test-driven in the Philippines before being imported to the Northern..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Guard

A daffy, delightful Irish yarn capped by fabulous performances by Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.

"...an inside ally. Despite Boyle’s racist barbs designed to test Everett’s mettle, the FBI agent quickly realizes that Boyle..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

A CEO Perk for Perks; Why Not 'Drink Local'?

"...Protection Agency stringently regulates the public water systems, requiring tests several times a day for bacteria and other contaminants,..."

April 18, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...was pulled off of local road plans after vehement protests from environmentalists. Commissioner Karen Sonleitner and Hays Co. Commissioner..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Larry V. Lockney

"...said no when the local school district instituted mandatory drug testing for all its students. He refused to sign..."

Jan. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It Ain't Mayberry

Sheriff Candidates Focus on Prisons and Patrol

"...corrections officers she oversaw put her through a little test. As she stood by one of the cell blocks,..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

House Arrest

APD brass decided they had a problem with Officer Jermaine Hopkins – so they assigned him to stay-at-home duty until they could figure out what to do with him. That was a really bad idea.

"...was familiar with his history: He was a known drug user and probationer, and the Austin Police Department knew..."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...she was fired last year after she shot 18-year-old drug-investigation suspect Daniel Rocha. See p.19...."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...February, but have delayed for months. After weeks of protest, the workers kept things peppy through variation – one..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...rehabilitation, rather than prison time, for some minor, nonviolent drug offenses. Indeed, in the same editorial in which I..."

June 18, 2004 Column

When Good Food Goes Bad

"...and restaurants proliferate. Next to Laredo, Austin is the fastest-growing market in the state, with an increase in food..."

June 4, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Is K2 Unstoppable?

Rise in trips to the ER highlights prevalence of synthetic marijuana

"...after the DEA banned the original form of the drug nationwide in 2012. Marketed word-of-mouth by people looking to..."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Death Watch: Madness and Forensics

Two capital cases raise psychological and evidentiary issues

"...to steal his dad's wallet so he could buy drugs. Yowell, then 29, had an extensive history of mental..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Nathaniel and Li'l Nate

The two lives and untimely death of Nathaniel Sanders II

"...only to the robbery charge but also a second-degree drug possession charge – he'd been on deferred adjudication for..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...as on attendance rates, the number of student suspensions, test scores, and other factors. "Their sustained work over the..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

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