Point Austin: Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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

"...the Central Lib­ra­ry, devoted to continuing discussion of aligning spending with Council's six declared "strategic outcomes": "safety," "health and..."

April 6, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Page Two: Up, Up, and Away

Do Obama's sky-high approval ratings and unprecedented support indicate unrealistic expectations?

"...politicians still seem undisturbed by the Bush administration's staggering spending spree of trillions of dollars, even though the country..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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It's time to celebrate the coming of South by Southwest and think about how we're going to pay for our roads

"...we're not willing to pay for the quality of government we want. How do we pay for the roads..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Louis Black

A New Social Order

Whither Equinomics?

"...the press that outlined $3.8 million in possible social spending for 1999-2000. Though the memo insisted otherwise on its..."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

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The Sweet Science

"...schools. She also described in detail how the Guatemalan government murdered her brothers — brothers who never existed! "Questioning..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column

Is the Constitution Just a Screenplay?

"...There is equal bipartisan agreement on the impossibility of spending such money on education, the environment, our shaky infrastructure,..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Q&A With City Manager Spencer Cronk

In his first sit-down interview with the Chronicle, Austin's CM discusses public safety, the budget, and next steps

"...lot of those may end up outside the city government; they could be more appropriate for a nonprofit or..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Put on Your Shrinking Caps

So why – let alone how – do we "need" to "reform" Texas property taxes?

"...power, effaced for most Texans any link between what government does and what it costs. Regardless of how, as..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City Budget: Something's Gotta Give

Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council

"...the city budget relies on local prosperity to sustain government funding, budget expectations become tighter and budgeting decisions more..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Perry vs. Texas Teachers

Is the governor standing between educators and federal stimulus money?

"...education funds again. Perry says this means the federal government is trying to deprive Texas students of more cash,..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Riding to the End of the Line

Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?

"...When the economy crashes – taking with it consumer spending and thus sales taxes – the effect on public..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AISD: Holes Plugged ... Temporarily

The 2009 AISD budget balances the books, but the financial future's not bright

"...By comparison to most local government agencies in this recessionary year, the Austin Inde­pendent School..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Stimulus Plan Better Than Some Think

"...do realize that many are concerned about possible wasteful spending from the stimulus. What you have to realize is..."

Feb. 28, 2009 Postmarks

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...city budget analysis in her campaign to depict city spending as out of control: She describes the ballooning city..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Comptroller Touts Her Open-Book Policy

Susan Combs holds up her agency as a model of state transparency

"...said she hopes she can cut down on accidental government waste and relieve some pressure on the state budget...."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Music of the Spheres

We cannot work together unless we can talk to each other

"...servants who work hard for local, state, or national government because they believe in service. The city manager's job..."

June 20, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...sidelong, half-accurate sneers from "News of the Weird" (under "Government in Action"), the AISD budget process is not without..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature

Who's Buying the Votes?

The C&E reports show whose money is funding which campaigns

"...in cash on hand, but as a consequence of spending fairly freely on media. (Martinez may get a few..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Election Notes

The C&E reports show whose money is funding which campaigns

"...in cash on hand, but as a consequence of spending fairly freely on media. (Martinez may get a few..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...family out of the U.S. because he (as a government servant) was ordered to do this by the White..."

July 9, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...what's been reported, it's certainly ironic that a purported open-government proponent is playing fast and loose with basic financial..."

April 4, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Man's rant about our fear being just what our government needs to pass yet more laws against terrorism and..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Column

The Can't-Miss Kid

The Man Behind the W.

"...Houston-based political action committee -- the Fund for Limited Government -- which later became Bush's presidential campaign organization. Bush,..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...when backed up by the fact that a similar spending quandary met the department almost exactly a year ago..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...a civic issue - whether or not a local governmental body should manage the Edwards Aquifer water supply. In..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Travis County Bond Propositions

"...does appear to be business as usual with RECA spending its money any way it likes as long as..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...the national music lecture circuit -- advising other city governments on how best to market their music scene --..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...The all-in pocketbook impact of the new budget's spending for the "typical" Austin resident homeowner is just shy..."

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

Funding Balance

Some Austin politicos think qualified candidates of average means are deterred from running due to low contribution limits

"...The rise in spending observed in the first 10-1 elections could very well..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Jack Craver

AISD's Underutilized Business

AISD weighs equity study to improve its limited program for minority- and women-owned firms

"...from big contracts. It's a vicious circle: For decades, government entities in Texas would not do business with them,..."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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