Whitley Sinks, Voting Rights Don't

Abbott's SoS nominee resigns as extreme voter suppression bill tanks

"...polls and given Attor­ney General Ken Paxton, himself under felony indictment, direct access to state voter rolls. Civil rights..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Travis County D.A. Kicks Off Reelection Bid

Margaret Moore says Travis County can be both “safe and progressive”

"...moving almost all such cases out of state jail felony courts. "We're not done," she continued. "You're going to..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Fossil Fuel Monstrosity

"...the construction of fossil fuel infrastructure into a third-degree felony. How convenient for the primary builders of the Permian..."

May 21, 2019 Postmarks

Texas Secretary of State Gets Schooled on Voting Rights

Meanwhile, a hefty TV ad targets voter suppression bill

"...on their voter registration forms with a state jail felony, harshly penalizing what are often innocent errors. SB 9..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Public Defender Proposal Submitted to the State

Judges sign off on county application for funding of PDO

"...order to continue serving 70% of the misdemeanor and felony indigent defenses (with the PDO handling 30%)...."

May 13, 2019 News Post by Michael King

County Pushes Public Defender Plan Forward

Commissioners Court votes to proceed with indigent defense office – but not everybody's happy about it

"...with the latter handling roughly 30% of the county's felony and misdemeanor offenses...."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Commissioners Court to Decide Next Step in Proposed Public Defender’s Office

May 7 vote scheduled to approve grant proposal to fund new indigent defense office

"...positions total), eventually handling about 30% of misdemeanor and felony cases in Travis County. Over that time, the TIDC..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Earth Day Redux

Early showers stretch timeline for Earth Day celebrations

"...could make protesting on "critical infrastructure property" a second-degree felony with up to 20 years in prison, plus a..."

April 26, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Debunking Five Anti-Choice Lies This Session

No wonder why repro rights groups are using the mantra “Lies Into Laws”

"...Offending doctors could be slapped with a third degree felony, face a lawsuit, and a civil penalty of at..."

April 24, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Is Democracy Slipping off the Lege?

"...projects (aka eminent domain ploys) by mercilessly throwing second-degree felony charges, the equivalent of a murderer or rapist, at..."

April 24, 2019 Postmarks

Bill That Could Put Up Barriers to Voting Passes Texas Senate

"...from a class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony. Groups including the Texas Civil Rights Project and MOVE..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Support Remains for a Travis County Public Defenders' Office

Local judges, community leaders on what needs to happen to create a new office

"...An often-mentioned goal was for 30% of local felony and misdemeanor cases to be handled by a PD..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Travis County Revisits Creating Public Defenders’ Office

Legal panel ponders questions pondered many times before

"...reiterated by Eckhardt Monday night, is for 30% of felony and misdemeanor cases to be handled by public defenders...."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Death Watch: One Man Spared, Another Set to Die

Mark Robertson seeks stay due to racist lawyer

"...controversial "law of parties," which holds accomplices to a felony murder responsible even if they took no part in..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas Plan to Continue Their Antics

Proposed Flow Meter Bill could burden craft breweries

"...in the “Gun Rack State” where it is a felony for a wife to open her husband’s mail, this..."

March 7, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Lege Lines: A Win for Brewers, a Scam for Paxtons, and More

This bill's for you

"...Securities Board. Failure to do so is currently a felony – one of several for which Ken Paxton was..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: “Show Us Your Papers”

The Whitley fiasco and the persistence of voter suppression

"...He cautioned, "People taking the effort to commit a felony on a voter registration card" – and thus signing..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Four Suspects Charged in Brutal Assault on Gay Couple

Austin police are investigating the case as a potential hate crime

"...that event, the four suspects will then face first-degree felony charges and longer prison time...."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Second Arrest Made in Suspected Hate Crime

Quinn O’Connor has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault

"...If approved by the grand jury, the second degree felony charges will be bumped up to first degree...."

Feb. 12, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Georgetown Man Charged in Attack on Gay Couple Downtown

Frank Macias being charged with two counts of aggravated assault

"...charged with two counts of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, but the case is still being investigated as a..."

Feb. 12, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Zack Carlson Cracks the Vault on Terror Tuesdays at the Drafthouse

Wild and weird movie expert on the underground horror phenom

"...was arrested at the airport on a third degree felony charge for terrorism just a couple months later. But..."

Jan. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin at Large: Get Out of Jail, Free

In the purple light of a new Texas, cash bail looks mighty ugly

"...this past weekend filed a similar action to target felony arrests. It's not just that they won, but how..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Band of Masked Thugs

"...at the arts venue. Both are now charged with felony assault of a senior citizen. They punched and knocked..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Postmarks

Defunding the Paxton Case

Court guts pay for special prosecutors trying AG for fraud

"...Paxton's path toward trial on felony counts of securities fraud has been stalled since December..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Community, Policing

City, police union, activists arrive at compromise with new four-year contract

"...difference." She would have preferred that people with prior felony convictions not be banned from serving on whatever oversight..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

C.A. + D.A. = C.D.A.?

County may send attorney merger to Lege

"..."Each year, there are something like 4,000 defendants with felony and misdemeanor cases; under a merged structure, just one..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Election Ticker: Last Chance for Controversy

E-Day is tomorrow! Here's the latest news before it's too late.

"...lawyer can’t seem to follow the law himself: Under felony indictment, Paxton could wind up behind bars for up..."

Nov. 5, 2018 News Post by News Staff

Dawnna Dukes Takes Statesman, D.A.s to Court

Outgoing state rep seeks $7.8 million in damages

"...and financial hardship." While Dukes was charged with 13 felony counts related to financial improprieties, the charges were dropped..."

Nov. 2, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Election Ticker: Early Voting Begins Monday

Victory for voting rights, political parties (the fun kind), the latest endorsements

"...2015 grand jury indictment and subsequent arrest on three felony counts, including two counts of fraud. The charges could..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Consolidate the Prosecutors

District attorney, county attorney propose path for prosecutorial revamp

"...new Travis County Criminal District Attorney would prosecute both felony offenses and misdemeanors. Moore and Escamilla have been plotting..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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