Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...Seventh Street tunnel marked the height of the 100-year floodline. Columns of glowing, white LED tubes stood atop poles..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Opinion: Regenerative Agriculture Can Save the Southwest

We can end drought by restoring soil and local water cycles

"...failure just so that farmers could reap a crop insurance check. Often, dead soil blew in the wind among..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Column by Elizabeth Heilman

Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It

With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

"...Louis Shanks Furniture showroom, then after the Shoal Creek flood of ’80, they moved to Anderson Lane,” he explains,..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Lost Pines Found

How a handful of neighbors helped rebuild Bastrop County – one home at a time

"...be pouring in to the ravaged county. This anticipated flood of early cash relief, says Files, never arrived. But..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Bill of the Week

Senate Bill 72's biggest flaw is that it's too practical

"...D-Houston, to ban the use of credit scoring by insurance companies when making decisions about who to write a..."

Dec. 15, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Getting Wello

Join the fight for universal health care

"...my mother is "fully covered" by Medicare and other insurance. That's the nasty paradox explored in Michael Moore's engaging..."

July 6, 2007 News Column by Michael King

The Common Law

Hurricane Harvey – common legal questions

"...an unprecedented natural disaster — Hurricane Harvey. As the flood waters recede, folks from Corpus Christi to Houston to..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Column by Luke Ellis

Council: It Never Rains but It Pours

How moving quickly on buyouts for the nearly 300 Onion Creek homeowners went unresolved

"...fast as it can to address the most recent floods. That was the subject of Sunday's special-called meeting, which..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

State Theatre

The waters may be gone, but the State Theatre is still sunk in the aftermath of a June 13 water-main break that left the venue's stage, basement, and four rows of seats inundated

"...basement, and a quarter of its 300 seats inundated. Flood damage was so extensive that the theatre is still..."

June 23, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...public. The scope of the investigation would include mitigation, flood protection, early warning systems, evacuation procedures, life-saving techniques, law..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...taxes." Schoolteachers and school districts will be docked for insurance and pensions; underpaid Medicaid providers will be further dinged..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...or friends to help share costs, and no health insurance. She uses South Austin Health Center, a city public..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

TPPF Conference

Conservative conference points toward next Legislature

"...contractors) and government out of business (deregulation, private health insurance, and school vouchers). While the meeting was nominally for..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

The city makes plans to reduce ground-level ozone in order to comply with an EPA-mandated cleanup schedule.

"...Instituting use of Progressive Insurance's "Pay-as-you-drive" insurance policy. Under this policy, insurance rates are..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Public Notice: Think Global

Act local: Flooding and more

"...that indeed, it has been raining more, with greater flood risks...."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Best Disaster Practices

Guest blogger/fire survivor shares firsthand how to really help

"...use for those who want to help the current flood victims. Thank you for indulging these thoughts:..."

May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kelly Conrad Simon

Hurricane Katrina Legal Roundup

A by-no-means-exhaustive recap of recent Katrina-related legal activity

"...it can't be sued for the collapse of a flood wall and levee. ... Projects that fall under the..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Crunching Numbers And Kids at CPS

Has GOP fiscal austerity put children's and seniors' lives on the line?

"...across the board. Moreover, public schools and children's health insurance are already standing in line for emergency action next..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Playback – Sike Fest: Levitation Canceled

Levitation 2016, a bitter pill for all

"...the Eastside ranch, levitating empty tents, toppling porta-potties, and flooding small sections of the festival grounds...."

May 6, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...do federal and state funding, and how does the insurance scenario play into what you do?..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

The Food Issue: When Vegetables Aren't Enough

John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism,” and the Ideology of Food

"...Faces. Maybe Mackey’s dragon was the 1981 Memorial Day flood, when the store was nearly lost but (thanks to..."

June 12, 2013 Food Post by Michael King

Budget Games

As the economy improves, Council looks toward next year's budget

"...and Council needs to rely on all of this flood of information to set policy and make annual decisions..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...U.S. district judge began hearing the first of a flood of coming hurricane-related lawsuits by Gulf Coast homeowners against..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature

Fuzzy Budget Math at AISD

The latest proposed Austin ISD budget has new millions in found money

"...the other when it cut funding for teacher health insurance and mandated increased retirement contributions. Indeed, thanks to the..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Plans for the Future

The CodeNEXT process is upon us

"...health and vision screenings, glasses for children, immunizations, health insurance, information about housing, employment, education, prenatal support, and more...."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...Texas, large numbers of Louisiana residents have no health insurance, so a fair number of evacuees arrived in Austin..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Gael Force

Austin's Celtic tributaries feed into Austin Celtic Festival -- and the larger whole.

"...Three feet of floodwater had filled the shop overnight. Items moved off the..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Articulations

It may still be too hot to frolic in the noonday sun, but it's not too hot to put on a show to help someone in need, and that's what a number of Austin artists are up to this month, raising funds for flood victims in Houston and an Austin musician with a spinal cord injury.

"...The flood in Houston was also on the minds of flutist..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Postmarks

"...of the bonds is basics -- public safety, transportation, flood control, parks, libraries, water, and wastewater. Also, propositions 11&12..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column

Off the Desk:

Naked City

"...skirted city and state law by awarding his own insurance company a city subcontract, has thrown funding for the..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4     NEXT ›    4 »