Texas' Rickety Health Care System Heads for a Fiscal Cliff

As D.C. dollars dry up, millions of uninsured Texans see no signs of improvement

"...the Texas health care system is heading over a fiscal cliff, with the well-being of 1 in 5 Texans..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Cliff Notes: Happy New Deadline!

Congressional huffing and puffing finally yields a deal

"...hysteria, the U.S. House voted 257-167 to accept a "fiscal cliff" deal brokered in the Senate – where the..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Tribune Festival Notes

Legislative aftermath: Hard to run a state without revenue

"...GOP budget. Branch said education faces three major challenges: fiscal pressure of rising costs, the digital revolution, and accountability...."

Sept. 26, 2011 News Post by Michael King

Lege Notes: Taser talk and more

Stories from under the pink granite dome

"...fund, or, if it exceeds $12 million in a fiscal biennium, it would go to the general fund. The..."

March 2, 2007 News Column

Council Notes

City Council heads into the budget season, looking to restore previously cut services

"...in the same amount of revenue as the previous fiscal year, and the higher nominal rate, which is identical..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

For the first time, council members will have to say how much a proposal costs before they put it on the council agenda; and changes to the city's billboard ordinance draw debate, but the council postpones a decision.

"...Fiscal Fiasco..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...Austin City Council gave its final approval to a fiscal 2002 budget that had already been rendered worthless by..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...major environmental votes of the just-finished 107th Congress and notes how often members voted pro-environment. Among Austin-area incumbents, Lloyd..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk presented his proposed budget for fiscal year 2020, reaction on the street – as heard..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Our fiscal crisis is exactly the reason we need a City Council resolution on Iraq

"...Raul Alvarez. In a statement released last week, Slusher notes that "since taking office in 1996, I have consistently..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Mental Health Going to Jail

"...lodged opposition to HB 2929, likely due to its fiscal implications. The bill's fiscal note estimates it would cost..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 4/22/11

It's baaaaack!

"...convictions. Indeed, as Grits for Breakfast has noted, a zero-fiscal-impact note for outlawing not-pot, for example, is a load..."

April 22, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The council takes up recommendations from the Urban Transportation Commission, and considers a larger resolution to revamp the city's system of boards and commissions altogether.

"...Council Members Slusher and Will Wynn, that would require fiscal notes detailing how much agenda items would cost the..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Gov. Perry's Ham-Fisted Veto Pen Strikes Again

Lege coverage

"...for the Legislative Budget Board, the office that produces fiscal notes – the calculations of the running costs of..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege

Inaugural Notes

"...met our bond obligations and that's good for the fiscal health of the city of Austin," said Rylander, who..."

Jan. 22, 1999 News Column

Check Your Scopes

"Clean Austin" says Liveable City report supports Prop. 1; Liveable City says 'um ... no it doesn't.'

"...Clean Austin's trumpeting carefully elides some Liveable City sour notes. "Whether or not the proposed Open Government amendment passes,"..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Sins of Commission

Levy KO'd by Tovo as public safety assumes the position

"...citizens to get involved in city government." However, she notes, it would be positive "to see new perspectives on..."

July 15, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Blues for Clifford

Men are remembered not for what they had, but for what they gave

"...resulting budget shortfall, based on official revenue estimates (the fiscal notes to the school tax bills), will be $10.48..."

May 26, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Downtown de-vitalization, flying Ron Wilson, Hyde Park flood & Ed Herman speaks

"...the Austin-bashing brigades, has filed a companion bill. No fiscal notes yet, but it would be fun to see..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Tinkering With the Machinery of Death

The Texas Legislature moves slowly to consider alternatives to the death penalty

"...inmate later proven to be innocent. (Comparing the eventual fiscal notes for those two bills should also tell us..."

March 9, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...citizens may be caught off guard by Austin's new fiscal austerity when the tightest city budget in recent memory..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

"...in the city's hosting duties. From the beginning of fiscal year 2012 through May 7, 2013, council members waived..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Headlines

"...a one-year extension of unemployment benefits, thereby avoiding the "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts –..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...A as Council considers City Manager Spencer Cronk's proposed fiscal year 2021 budget. The events of early June could..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Total Utility

The pain and politics of raising electric rates as a means of controlling our destiny

"...and South Austin, where affordability is particularly key. He notes that Austin is getting more expensive, and while he's..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Shadows Over Bergstrom

The economic and security changes of the last two years set off ripples at Bergstrom Airport.

"...Bergstrom made nearly $14 million in net profit for fiscal 2001 -- which ended Sept. 30 -- and expected..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wreckless Recs?

Garza's Affordability Strategy Slides Into Uselessness

"...sentence therein reads "In 1995-96 [as part of that fiscal year's budget], Council approved the addition of a new..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf

The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks

"...28 years. Austin Parks Foundation Executive Director Charlie McCabe notes that while previous directors had their strengths, they did..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The city may go where it feared to tread last year -- tax hikes, layoffs, and cutting public safety budgets.

"...explaining why, because of my impolitic opinions about Austin's fiscal strategy, I could never join Daryl Slusher (here) or..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Bending the Rules

Getting arts funding from the City of Austin is a long, complicated game, and Austin Chronicle writers Robi Polgar, John Walch, and Mary Jane Garza have been following some of the players around the game board this year. In the final part of their four-part series, they critique the city arts funding process.

"...literature -- 186 expect funding from the city for fiscal year 1999-2000. But like one of those excruciatingly extended..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

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