Point Austin: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

City Hall begins budget prep with a fair-to-middling forecast

"...the forecast dust settles and Council has had a chance to ask questions and mull the projections. Most things..."

April 6, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Gimme Shelter

Austin's housing market is rough. It's even worse if you have a criminal record.

"...criminal justice reform advocates concerned about the barriers to housing faced by people with criminal records. They believed that..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Notes on Kamp: Easing the Stigma

Fair Chance ordinance is a good start in helping people with criminal records rejoin society

"...people with criminal records. If Council Member Greg Casar's Fair Chance Hiring resolution passes, private employers will have to..."

March 25, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

House of Cards

Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.

"...This year, the state's biggest affordable housing program was supposed to operate strictly by the book,..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Council: Labor Protections and Job Evaluations

Marc Ott's job performance goes up for debate this week

"...for construction workers and employees of subcontractors, and Casar's Fair Chance Hiring ordinance...."

April 1, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Getting Outside the Box

Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?

"...the nation in the number of incarcerated people, currently housing more than 200,000 inmates (Texas' overall population is 26..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...illegal use, Rep. James White (R-Woodville) favors a first chance intervention program. His HB 58 would allow a specialty..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Public Notice: Death of a Planner

John Fregonese tried to get us all to a better place

"...in Austin's CodeNEXT process primarily as the main affordable housing consultant, but his influence goes a lot deeper than..."

June 22, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...from Austin's bag ban to ride-hailing rules and affordable housing measures. And with a recently called special session, Abbott's..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Rent Rub

Working Poor Getting Stiffed on Housing Costs

"...Austin, the Skeens were locked out of comfortable, secure housing, joining an alarmingly large portion of the population being..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Council: Not Just STRs

Restore Rundberg, nondiscrimination also on the menu

"...November. CM Don Zim­mer­man ­– who seldom misses a chance to disparage the library as unnecessary – called the..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin: “Strong, Unique, and Special”

“State of the City” emphasizes change, permanence, independence

"...• Housing affordability: The mayor touched several times on the lack..."

Jan. 30, 2017 News Post by Michael King

10-1, Take Two

Five City Council incumbents up for re-election this November

"...Most recently, he was the lead sponsor of a "fair chance" ordinance (the first in a Southern city) intended..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Top 10 Labor Stories

"...allowed city subcontractors to pay less was closed. 3) Fair Chance Progresses..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

District 4: The Long Shots

Challengers face tough road against well-funded incumbent

"...living wages for city employees and contracted employees, the "fair chance" ordinance requiring equal employment opportunities for former offenders,..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

New to Town? Here Are Nine of the Biggest News Stories Affecting Locals.

A primer on Austin politics

"...to bone up on local candidates and choices. Your chance is coming Nov. 6, when what shapes up to..."

Aug. 30, 2018 News Post by News Staff

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...paid sick leave (still, sadly, blocked by the courts), fair-chance hiring, and LGBTQ nondiscrimination. But the relief at having..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Council: Plenty of Work, and Campaigns

November elections are coming soon

"...requests to issue bonds ($42 million total) to finance Housing Authority rehabilitation of affordable or multifamily housing units on..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

10-1, Take Two

Five City Council incumbents up for re-election this November

"...her votes exemplify that. She's a strong supporter of fair-chance hiring, living wages for city employees, and the city's..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Texas Hammer

Gov. Greg Abbott and cronies feasted on cities in 2017

"...of the year, targeting local ordinances regarding ridesharing; affordable housing; heritage tree safeguards; bag bans; short-term rentals; and LGBTQ..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...overtime provisions imposed by the Obama administration under the Fair Labor Standards Act, despite their ultimately being blocked by..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Casar Kicks Off

Campaigns rumble into gear – and Doggett talks House sit-in

"...with Garcia and then Doggett citing Casar’s work for fair chance hiring, livable wages, and affordable housing as hallmarks..."

June 27, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Sick Leave in Limbo

The waiting room

"...city bond – which includes historic investment in affordable housing – as well as Austin's fair chance hiring ordinance,..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...They promised us, through our questioning, where is new housing going to be – where it would be anticipated..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Getting to Affordability

Council sweats the small stuff

"...• Mayor Steve Adler's fairly flat statement that all new entitlements (such as upzonings)..."

April 12, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...council took $750,000 out of the meager $1 million Housing Trust fund for low-income housing to cover up the..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Hate Crimes and Punishment

The Gay Debate

"...killing, he is optimistic that his bill has a chance in 1999. "I hope that this gives us some..."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Feature by Janet Heimlich

Lee Leffingwell: 'Think Long-Range'

The incumbent mayor defends his record

"...Affordability – of course housing always comes up, and I think that we have..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

East Timor. Campaign Finance Reform. Napster. Living Wages. Little Richard.

"...that the agreement would never have been approved. Your fair treatment at least gave us an opportunity to negotiate..."

May 26, 2000 Column

Termagant Homosexuals...

"...Thomas and please be sure Mr. Elder gets a chance to address the points raised...."

May 23, 1997 Column

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