Policing Democracy

APA wants the courts to say whose law is the law of the land.

"...city charter amendment. While the Texas Election Code allows home-rule cities to "prescribe requirements" for city candidates, it then..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: You Kids Play Nice!

The idea of combining Austin and Travis County's governments seems like a good one, but never seems to gain any momentum.

"...limits except in the rarest circumstances. And counties, unlike home-rule cities, cannot make their own laws to govern land..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large

SOS & Smart Growth, and the candidates

"...place on the ballot for an office of a home-rule city, the minimum number of signatures that must appear..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Bringing Instant Runoff Voting to Austin may not be so instant, and HEB tries to Clean itself of petitioners.

"...wrong. It applies the wrong standard. Austin is a home-rule city, which means it's allowed to do anything with..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...public places, but there's another way to get the homeless off sidewalks in the Central Business District -- don't..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Co-op in Smoke

The fire that destroyed the Arrakis Co-op left more than embers in its wake.

"...destroying the building and leaving its 12 student residents homeless and possessing nothing but the charred remains of their..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Features Feature by Stuart Prestidge

Two Ways About It

"...cities, particularly the urban regions, to move beyond simple home rule and actually solve problems. The other would be..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Going Whole Hog

City Vows to Pare Down Pohl's PUD

"...performed by local legislative bodies, i.e., city councils, in home-rule cities like Austin - into an administrative one is..."

Jan. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dotting i's, Circling C's

Simplifying the Tortured History of Circle C

"...Circle C homeowners have argued during annexation hearings that this consent agreement..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Spanked All Over

Top Ten Environmental Stories of 1995

"...measures stripped the city of many of its powers. Home rule? What's that? If the Austin-bashing continues during the..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Austin Strikes Out

Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995

"...for Austin, and for the sanctity of the state's home rule laws. Powerful corporate forces, including Freeport-McMoRan and Gary..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Kick Me, I'm From Austin

Visiting the Lege, City Council, and Bergstrom

"...won't be pretty at all. Attacks on the city's home rule powers at the Legislature continue. Our own state..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Welcome to the Working Week-and-a-Half

A new federal provision mandating overtime pay for a new pool of salaried employees goes into effect in December. What does it mean, and how long will it last?

"...That's because a new federal overtime rule is set to go into effect Dec. 1 that..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Jack Craver

Circling the Hearses

State funeral regulators are dancing to the undertakers' tune – and that's bad news for consumers

"...on a federal regulation known simply as "the funeral rule." (The state of Texas has a nearly identical regulation.)..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

FEMA's Flood Tide

One stroke forward, two strokes back – hurricane victims tread rising bureaucratic waters

"...from a flood that decimates the city you call home. Now picture winding up in a place you know..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

In Search of Homosexual Activity

"...ACT relating to placing a child in a foster home or adoptive home...."

March 19, 1999 News Feature

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...added burden of navigating an obstacle course of onerous rules and regulations strategically crafted by anti-choice state lawmakers. [inset-1-right]..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Eight Wheels, Two Toe Stops: The Flat Track Top 10

Calling fouls and handing out points on the Roller Derby year

"...year for the Texas Rollergirls, with yet more sold-out home games, and a feel-good end to the season that..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...his own projects, Sánchez stayed put in Haxan's original home base of Florida, before moving to Maryland and returning..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pop Rocks

The World of Miss Universe

"...Michelle Rule is standing in her kitchen, one hand on the..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...than 5,000 people have now vowed to boycott Lowe's Home Centers Inc., according to the Save Our Springs Alliance,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...alarm. But Reyos doesn't try; he is not a rule-breaker – nor, despite his prison record, has he ever..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...has plagued the Nigerian government since England relinquished colonial rule in 1960, leaving a corrupt, puppet military dictatorship to..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

HB 2 Oral Arguments

Justices press both sides of Texas abortion law

"...2013 House Bill 2. It seeks to repeal a rule in place that requires physicians to obtain admitting privileges..."

March 2, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Weed Watch

North Dakota ag commissioner signs off on final version of proposed state rule that would allow farmers to obtain state approval to grow industrial hemp

"...off on the final version of a proposed state rule that would allow farmers there to obtain state approval..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Albuquerque or Bust!

The Texas Senate Democrats make a stand in New Mexico against congressional redistricting.

"...Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst agrees to restore the Senate rule requiring two-thirds of the senators to agree to bring..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...days when I was a columnist, there was a rule that everyone got one shot. I wrote a column,..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

Affirming Diversity in College Admissions

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

"...first choice if they would like to stay at home while studying. AISD Board President Kendall Pace said she..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...provide no improvement to women's safety. In fact, the rule will have the reverse effect – it will threaten..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...all three films in order, as I did, drives home not only how tightly constructed the trilogy is, but..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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