At the Capitol, Texas Tries to Catch Up With Cannabis

From medical use to decriminalization to legalization, marijuana seems to have bipartisan support, so what's taking so long?

"...a drug conviction that can limit access to jobs, housing, student loans, or open-carry gun permits. Austin, the stoner's..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

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"...job of the City Council to meddle in the affairs of private citizens or businesses to end this bullshit?..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...comes before the Austin City Council tonight; expect affordable housing activists in force. See "TOD."..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

New Kid on the Block

Neighborhood Services office aims to help neighborhoods help themselves

"...projects, there were no limits on what issues were fair game for neighborhood planning. So Chestnut, even more so..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

You Don't Need Money, Just a Little Bit a Month...

1996 AISD Bond Election

"...an opportunity, and offered up his land at a fair price, which was complete with infrastructure and ready to..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Askinosie in Austin

Chocolate maker comes to share his sweet love of the art and people

"...of reverence, savoring and deep appreciation. He pays above fair trade prices and involves the farmers in profit sharing,..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• 'SECOND CHANCE' FOR IMMIGRANTS Last Thursday, national immigration leaders held a..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"..."This is our chance!" said Oveisi. "The city has said, 'We want to..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...dumps; we have the tank farms; we have low-income housing; we have halfway houses, gravel pits. ... You name..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...it started, and its coverage is generous and rarely unfair. I just wanted Chron fans to have another take..."

July 29, 2005 Column

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"...Give Nader a Chance..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column

Dancing About Architecture

A recap of favorite SXSW venues that no longer exist, a few festival hot tips, some non-festival tips, a celebrity-sightings checklist.

"...firm and blocks and blocks worth of generic apartment housing for its myriad data technicians. Mind you, the city..."

March 17, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...with people I admire, but I don't get the chance to interact with them." Monday: At Sea..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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Off The Desk:

"...visiting neighborhood association meetings all month, offering folks a chance to evaluate images of housing, businesses, and streetscapes, and..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...Colombians wrote on Bandcamp about their Cause & Effect: "Chance or fate are names for a cosmic law not..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...as "Alternative 2," which took out an entire affordable housing complex, oops. (One of those displaced is the Chronicle..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election

Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot

"...years about its goals and should have a real chance to achieve them. Rather than resorting to behind-the-­dais dealmaking..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Austin at Large: The Center of Attention, Again

Austin continues its golden-child ways as the rest of America goes pear-shaped

"...the "trends" in real estate, and thus in urban affairs, have been turned completely upside down...."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Shortchanged

A lot of belt tightening and creative thinking make getting by with low dollars possible for AISD

"..."perfect storm." Under the state's school finance system, expensive housing means AISD is classified as a Chapter 41 district...."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Urban Rail: Which Way to Connect?

Project Connect recommends a rail corridor – and transit advocates board opposing trains

"...and Social Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and an executive committee member of Aus­tin­ites for Urban..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Ott Future?

Did Marc Ott make the grade this year?

"...city attorney Smith, the controversial reassignment of former Neighborhood Housing and Com­mun­ity Development head Mar­ga­ret Shaw, and the recent..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Farewell to Allan

Eastside parents watch AISD and IDEA dismantle their neighborhood school

"...vaporized to make way for IDEA. "It doesn't seem fair," she said...."

June 1, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sex Offenders Exposed

Are sex offender laws causing more harm than good?

"...among the ranks of Texas Voices, to earn a chance to escape the list...."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...school is: Everybody's equal, all Americans have the same chances, we're all afforded the same opportunities. And at the..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Letters at 3AM

We may come to regret there are so few intelligent conservative voices making themselves heard

"...their own people – because, paradoxically, that's their only chance to stay in power. Refuse to legislate. Reject stimuli...."

March 27, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Elementaries Spared Axe

Forgione withdraws long-fought-about proposal to close Becker and Oak Springs elementaries

"...concerns that the process had so far not been fair to the Becker and Oak Springs stakeholders, and didn't..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Luv Doc Recommends: Sixth Street for Bourbon Street Benefit Concert

Sixth Street, Thursday, September 15, 2005

"...you hail from the heartland, you have a better chance negotiating a fair bar tab in Tijuana. If you’re..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...APD Officer John Coffey as she allegedly attacked a housing authority employee with a knife. Coffey had been cleared..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...strong emphasis on the arts in recent issues. Robert Faires' piece detailing the effect of the economy on the..."

June 27, 2003 Column

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"...I would like to take this chance to thank all the fascists posing as our council..."

May 16, 2003 Column

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