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April 22, 2013 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer
The Call
Halle Berry plays a 911 phone operator who takes a call in which everything's on the line.
"...the “hive” – the nerve center of the city’s emergency-response operation – Jordan overhears an operator faltering on Casey’s..."
March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner
Jumping the Shark on Women's Health
For the sake of anti-abortion politics, the governor and the Legislature turned their backs on women's health care – with disastrous consequences. Is there any way to fix this mess?
"...passage of a "fetal pain bill" as a legislative emergency item – more urgent than public education, water planning,..."
Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Letters at 3AM: Obama, Nukes, and Us
President Barack Obama fudges the truth of his nuclear policies
"...radioactive discharges that rise to the level of an emergency." Millions of gallons of radioactive water do not rise..."
April 8, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura
Timing Is Everything
Events in Japan cast a long shadow
"...the earthquake in Japan triggered the world's worst nuclear emergency in 25 years, the nuclear industry had cause for..."
March 18, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
The People Care; the Problem Is the Government
"...Dear Editor, As a former emergency medical technician that worked for two years in a..."
June 14, 2010 Postmarks
Affordable Housing by the Numbers
Austin needs more housing to address homelessness
"...for those on the street, and not without reason: Emergency shelters like ARCH account for the lion's share of..."
March 5, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Ike and the 81st Lege
How did Galveston fare at the Capitol?
"...get?). Critics argued that the fund was intended for emergency spending like this, but the Legislature instead decided to..."
Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Local Agencies Still Responding to Ike
Red Cross tries to replenish coffers that were drained in 2008
"...response and its future commitments. Austin Independent School District emergency management coordinator Will O'Neill puts his view of the..."
Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...in the week, Louisiana and Florida declared states of emergency, and Gov. Rick Perry issued a disaster declaration for..."
Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature
Pet Evac: What You Should Know
They promise you lifelong devotion! Do NOT leave your pets at home during a disaster!
"...2 cats, one hamster, and a rat, has activated Emergency Pet Sheltering Services to assist with Hurricane Ike mandatory..."
Sept. 11, 2008 Emergency Post by Anne Harris
TV Storm Surge ... and the Demanding Life of a 'Statesman' Editor
What would we do without TV during a storm?
"...Austin Wednesday night, the National Weather Service triggered the emergency alert system to warn TV viewers of looming danger...."
May 23, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass
WilCo Sends Another One Packing
There's just no pleasing the Williamson Co. brass
"...and fireman, who rose up the international ranks of emergency communications over a 30-plus-year career to supervise the design..."
April 25, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland
Sony CDs Busted by AG
AG reaches settlements with Sony BMG and Internet-based digital-phone provider Vonage Holdings Corp.
"...service did not include immediate access to traditional 911 emergency-number service. According to Abbott, Vonage (and other similar Voice-Over-Internet..."
Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
WilCo 'Snit' Writ Large
Fight over whether county commissioners violated the law when they slashed Precinct 1 Constable Gary Griffin's budget moves to 3rd Court of Appeals
"...his decision to redeploy his officers, commissioners called an "emergency" meeting to radically slash the constable's budget. As Aleshire..."
Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...to tame the bureaucratic beast that is the Federal Emergency Management Agency housing-assistance reapplication process, the agency recently did..."
Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
"...Member Mike Martinez bestowed honors on CERT, the Community Emergency Response Team in charge of disaster-relief operations. CERT members..."
Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature
Morning-After Pill Approved
After years of wrangling and delays, FDA accepts a bid to make Plan B emergency contraceptives available for over-the-counter sales t o women 18 and older
"...24 finally approved a bid to make Plan B emergency contraceptives (the so-called "morning-after pill") available for over-the-counter sales..."
Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
After the Storm
Austin's Louisiana exiles remain suspended between before and after
"...125,000 of whom were in Texas, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates. FEMA recently pushed back the end-of-July..."
Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Hardcore Housing Limbo
FEMA's emergency rent assistance program for last year's hurricane evacuees comes to an end
"...been getting for several months now from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Come Aug. 1, 593 families will stop..."
July 28, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...HHSC's Web site, the federal government provides OTTANF (translation: emergency cash) to "families in crisis" who aren't already getting..."
July 7, 2006 News Feature
Hurricane Evacuees Take a Legal Blow
Emergency housing class-action suit against FEMA
dismissed
"...year on behalf of hurricane evacuees who claimed their emergency housing needs weren't being met by the Federal Emergency..."
June 23, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Politics Trumps Science on Birth Control
Office of Women's Health official resigns in protest, comes to Austin to speak out
"...When taken within 72 hours after unprotected sex, the emergency contraceptive Plan B can reduce the risk of pregnancy..."
Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch
Katrina Evacuees: Precarious Times at La Quinta
FEMA's new Dec. 1 cutoff deadline for picking up the tab of hurricane evacuees living in Texas hotels and motels leaves thousands of people in housing limbo
"...least according to FEMA. On Nov. 15, the Federal Emergency Management Agency abruptly announced that Nov. 30 is the..."
Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Council Notes: FEMA Makes Good – So Far
FEMA promises that we'll be reimbursed for our Katrina troubles
"...The Federal Emergency Management Agency may not be worth a damn (or..."
Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Austin-Travis Co. EMS dispatcher Julie Regier has been awarded Emergency Dispatcher of the Year honors by the National Academies..."
July 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"..."A perpetual state of national emergency allows unrestricted growth of government. The Party charges the..."
June 18, 2004 Column
Republican Concerns
"...orders and administrative mandates. "A perpetual state of national emergency allows unrestricted growth of government. The Party charges the..."
June 15, 2004 Postmarks
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...store for you and me -- the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA). No doubt, this bitter pill..."
Aug. 30, 2002 Column
The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King
The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.
"...for this story say that if there is an emergency, and they have to call someone, they want the..."
