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Our readers talk back.

"...for all, organic gasoline to quench our thirsts, a minority government run by Sir General Ashcroft, and free rides..."

March 8, 2002 Column

AISD De-Magnetized?

A proposal to move AISD's Liberal Arts Academy to LBJ High School almost certainly means resegregation for Johnston High School, its former home.

"...it will abruptly make magnet students a new LBJ majority. According to several sources at AISD, it appears that..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Candidate Gus Garcia takes on the school district

"...two decades, he says, "The district has gone from majority to minority" -- that is, the student body is..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Bush League lambasting, locally-grown concerns, and a side of jazz.

"...remedial courses for kids with marginal college skills." The majority of the students who have taken and passed Dual..."

June 22, 2001 Column

University High

Community colleges are pushing "college credit" courses for high school students -- but the education is in doubt.

"...to 50% per year. (ACC, however, still teaches the majority of its dual credit classes on its own campuses.)..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

The City Council prepares to decide how much information about Austin Energy's finances and operations will be kept out of the public view when deregulation comes in 2002.

"...Mitchell of the Central Texas ACLU -- submitted a minority report calling for a list of competitive matters reduced..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Signed and Sealed

With Bradley Out of the Way, Council Turns Attention to Stratus

"...Garcia and Jackie Goodman, were part of the four-vote majority. "If it weren't for the courage of these two..."

March 31, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Take the Money and Run

Travel and Payroll

"...Bush got after he briefly visited a conference for minority journalists in Seattle. Bush had been invited to the..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

On The Lege

Cue the Fat Lady

"...$100 million in new grants designed to attract qualified minority students -- as many as 29,000 in the next..."

June 4, 1999 News Column

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The Sweet Science

"...knowledge limited to the antics of a very small minority's (read: Tyson, King, Spinks) stupid antics, and the occasional..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column

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Don't Dissolve District

"...was created in 1987 and ratified by an 80% majority of the voters in southern Travis and northern Hays..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Home-Grown Workers

Is Austin's Job Boom Trickling Down to the People?

"...priceless to city public relations officials. But for the majority of employees who work in the local high-tech sector..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Law of the Land

The Present: Has Hopwood Changed the World?

"...institutions legally banned by the courts. Two years later, minority communities throughout the nation are still reeling from the..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Nicole Kleman

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the city council willing to go in guaranteeing that minority businesses get a fair share of contract dollars in..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature

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It Was a Drum Machine

"...group of liberals who are upset that women and minority men have positions of power for the first time..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Column

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Chronicle Kills Poster Art

"...blacks were looked upon with disgust by a vast majority and were the targets of lynch mobs at worst..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Column

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Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...do with drug use, juvenile crime, teen-age pregnancy rates, minority drop-out rates, job security, unaffordable health care and child..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

News Boss

"...achieved disproportionate control over Austin's politics, as if the majority of voters weren't supposed to actually be in control...."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Temporary Coup

Bruce Todd Retreats

"...which partner in the joint venture would perform the majority of construction. Critics had complained that the venture wrongfully..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Eastside Community Organizations

"...allies over margaritas, but that's only because, in the majority culture, we're used to segregating our pursuits; there is..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

Study on Austin Murders Finds Random Shootings Rare. City Says Police Alternatives Can Help.

City collaborates with nonprofits to stop violence

"...studied were young Black men. And two, the vast majority of gun homicides occurred as the result of some..."

July 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Review: Deaf Austin Theatre’s Tiny Beautiful Things

Fostering connection through Cheryl Strayed’s advice columns

"...discomfort. Particularly if you’re used to being in the majority of a group, suddenly becoming a minority might feel..."

May 24, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Review: Austin Playhouse's The Norwegians

Revised revisiting of this dark comedy remains a guilty pleasure

"...For decades, the vast majority of characters on Broadway who identified as LGBTQIA+ were..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

A New Council With New Energy Aims to Get City Hall Unstuck

Change is coming, but how much?

"...Pool's preference for slow and steady planning, are definitely minority views on the new Council. New CMs Zohaib "Zo"..."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Good Riddance

With CodeNext finally dead, can we finally move ahead?

"...changes – essentially requiring approval by a City Council supermajority rather than a simple majority. The 18-page ruling, unanimous..."

March 25, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Round Rock ISD Drama Nears Climax

TEA superintendent investigation results to be revealed this week

"...that the state is circumventing the will of the majority and overstepping its role...."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

So You Want to Redistrict Austin?

The process – and what’s at stake – with redrawing our City Council districts

"...4, and 8. White residents make up the large majority of applicants so far, trailed by Hispanic/Latinx applicants. Other..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Lilli Hime

Eddie Rodriguez Ends Senate Campaign

"I have decided to forego the run-off for Senate …"

"...unofficially within a few hundred votes of winning a majority, with 49.7% of more than 119,000 votes. Rodriguez finished..."

July 27, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: New Math

Can CodeNEXT get to eight votes?

"...will be at least moderately palatable to a broad majority of the city, rather than a thin majority of..."

May 25, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

While Council's Away the Mayor Will Play

Council seeks to feast on the good of the land

"...Although the dais majority hadn't wanted to be shackled to conservative fiscal policies..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

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