SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...goes to a party at Shithouse and ends up spending the night with his sophomore RA who's had a..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Month-by-Month Guide to Election 2020 Madness

From local policy to the national election, we just want you to vote, OK?

"...action committees (beginning Feb. 13), and 48-hour disclosure of spending by candidates themselves (also after Feb. 13). You can..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Will Texas Patch Up TABC Before It Bursts?

If ever an agency needed to be scorched by the state’s Sunset Act, it’s the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion

"...manufacturers and retailers – preserving its power with free spending on "advocacy." And so brewpubs can't sell their own..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: Eric Johnson Prevails Over Racist Confederate Plaque

No more Confederate nonsense, Empower Texans gets a pass, and the first-ever LGBTQ Caucus

"...All Play Nice This Time: Bands, massive flags, and military flyovers marked Tuesday's inaugural ceremonies for re-elected Gov. Greg..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Need to Flip a Car or Burn a Building Down? Call EB3 Effects.

How brothers Everett and Craig Byrom went from building maintenance to making movies

"..."the intense focus on a project. Everybody getting super-tight, spending lots of hours hanging out, and then disbanding. That..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements

Recommendations for the county, state, and country

"...DREAM Act; closure of for-profit prisons; increases in infrastructure spending; curbing corporate money in politics; expanding family planning services;..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...times, held 228 instructional sessions, assisted 48 civil and military airports with controlling birds, conducted wildlife disease samplings, and..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...Abbott asked the Lege to more tightly limit state spending growth, and to impose similar restrictions on local jurisdictions...."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Point Austin: Welcome to Media World!

"Alternative" invasion conjures thoughts of contemporary journalism

"...(if not as urgent) as the country's seemingly endless military adventures...."

July 8, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Boogarins é Foda

Brazilian psych-pop foursome takes up residency at Hotel Vegas

"...can’t understand the complications of a whole country just spending some days there, right? And when you don’t even..."

June 30, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Ben Snakepit Releases His Manor Threat

New collection of diary comics debuts at Beerland this Saturday

"...And so we were like, if we’re gonna be spending this much money, we might as well be paying..."

June 8, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Selling Feminism One Box at a Time

Girl Scout cookies are arguably the most misunderstood foodstuff in American culture

"...girl and her parents, from canvassing in neighborhoods to spending hours shivering outside, flogging cookies at booths outside of..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Randall Stephens: 'I Can Handle the Job'

"...trade and get an education. I was interested in spending at least part of my day outdoors, and the..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Civics 101

"...GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST MILI­TARY SPENDING Progressive groups band together to protest the military budget..."

April 11, 2014 News Column

Fun and Games With Stratfor

APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'

"...the "intelligence industrial complex." Simi­lar to its sibling, the "military industrial complex" (as it was called by President Dwight..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...was first elected to this bench in 2010 after spending most of his career as a prosecutor. While we..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Here comes the border-industrial complex

"...tough time," admits one Washington insider, applauding a new spending proposal that "could help out."..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Cliff Diving

The practice of government by self-extortion

"...weakening the estate tax) in return for some stimulus spending and an extension of long-term unemployment benefits – a..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

A GOP Sampler: Primary Highlights

The Republican primary in a nuthouse ... er, nutshell

"...vs. former Rail­road Commissioner M. Williams, with R. Williams spending campaign money like a man who wants to buy..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

The Waiting Game

With its campus soon expanding, Austin Studios hopes city funds will take the facility to the next level

"...lot more space and potential. After five decades of military use, it's scarcely in a rentable condition, but with..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to the Circus!

The redistricting fight and the grassroots politics of chaos

"...only absentee voters on the county's mind; the 2010 Military and Over­seas Voter Empow­er­ment Act requires counties to ship..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Full Circle

The gospel according to Ruthie Foster

"...Even in the military, Foster couldn't escape the pull of her talent. After..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Budget in Plain Sight

Council adopts a budget with the sausage prepared in public

"...– by hiring 31 new cops instead of 47 and spending the savings on drug treatment and other police specialists..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Unraveling Afghanistan; and Bachmann's Earner Overdrive

"...Laden, who attacked America and was the reason our military went into Afghanistan...."

July 22, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

DIY 2011

Food-swapping, Kate Payne, and The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking

"...in the 1960s-70s, utopian ideals and defiance of the military-industrial complex generated food co-ops, back-to-the-land movements, communal living, organic..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Land of Confusion

Republicans looking for do-over in House District 48

"...house in Pflugerville to flip, and she had been spending her time between the two residences. Nixon asked about..."

Feb. 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Get in the Ring

Perry's refusal to meet challengers – and editorial boards – is all swagger, no sweat

"...accept federal money and for failing to use Texas military forces to secure the border, and she argued that..."

Oct. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, July 8-15

"...protest of the School of the Americas, the controversial military school in Fort Benning, Georgia, that trains Latin American..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature

Headlines

"...biennium with an additional 10% cut in general revenue spending. See "Poverty Knocks at Texas' Door."..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature

Rail a Great Investment

"...hundreds of billions of dollars that go into our military budget to defend Middle Eastern auto fuel sources, 2)..."

March 30, 2010 Postmarks

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