Bill of the Week: Bracing for a School Choice Battle

Senate Bill 176 would create "parental empowerment accounts"

"...Senate Bill 176, filed by Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston – a..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Bill of the Week: House Bill 2474

Bill would require additional reporting of vaccine-preventable diseases

"...House Bill 2474..."

May 22, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

TCRP Hands TYC Mom Civil Rights Nod

Texas Civil Rights Project awards abuse-case whistle-blower.

"...the very people meant to protect them, a lot of parents would want the issue to go away. But..."

Oct. 22, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Writes of Spring

"...sensitive" willow right in his own bedroom. The parts of his body that do remain are nothing but unidentifiable..."

April 9, 1999 Books Review

After Filing Bill Forcing Schools to Out LGBTQ Kids, Legislator Bullies Media

Sen. Konni Burton's SB 242 isn't being misreported; it's anti-trans

"...Worth, has gone on the attack over press coverage of her bill...."

Nov. 21, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...to say, "There is no end to the amount of good you can do if you don't seek the..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Bathroom Bill Flushed to Senate

Despite 21 hours of testimony, SB 6 goes to chamber floor

"...a story Tuesday night about the problems with Senate Bill 6...."

March 8, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Student-Athlete Bill Slithers Through the Lege

SB 29 voted out of committee for full Texas Senate vote

"...Senate Bill 29, one of many anti-trans student-athlete bills filed this..."

April 2, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Marathon House Debate Yields “Show Me Your Papers” Sanctuary Cities Bill

Amendment lets cops question detainees' immigration status

"...House at around 3am approved an even harsher version of the so-called “sanctuary cities” bill than what was originally..."

April 27, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Sweeping Religious Freedom Bill Heads to Senate

The Senate State Affairs Committee approves a license to discriminate

"...Senate State Affairs Committee sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to the full Senate Monday evening, March 25, after..."

March 26, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

New to Town? Here Are Nine of the Biggest News Stories Affecting Locals.

A primer on Austin politics

"...Austin, where you’re either re-acclimating to the increasing chaos of life in an ever-growing metropolis or getting your first..."

Aug. 30, 2018 News Post by News Staff

The Wicked Sounds of Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Comes to Austin

Honky-tonk yes, but there ain’t no tears in her beer

"...allowed to listen to anything that had any semblance of a strong rhythm,” recalls Sarah Shook of her childhood,..."

Jan. 17, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

The State of Trans Health Care

Gender affirming care in Austin is improving. But by how much? And how far must it still go?

"...empower the transgender community at a time when LGBTQ rights were still unsupported by the general population. This was..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The War on Women’s Rights Wages On

The Senate continues its attacks on abortion

"...Affairs unanimously voted on Feb. 27 to send a bill to the full Senate that allows physicians to withhold..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Battle of the Bathroom Bigots

Austin's "bathroom bill" aims to protect rather than demonize trans residents

"...Paula Buls has experienced firsthand the impact of the current right-wing campaign against transgender rights. Buls, a..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...Karen Johle arrived home from work on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, her youngest son, 13-year-old Christopher Brownlee..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lege Lines: Kill Bill(s)

Abbott vetoes more than 40 bills

"...have slept in late on Saturday. By the end of a last-minute killing spree, Abbott had put a red..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his wife Staci bought a 10.8-acre plot..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

The Courage of Dawnna Dukes

State representative discredits claims that abortion leads to mental health problems

"...In a political context of increasing restrictions on reproductive health, women lawmakers have begun..."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Picture This: The Lege on Women's Rights

A list of anti-abortion bills of the 78th Legislature

"...Woodlands, and Steve Ogden, R-Bryan): amendment to the appropriations bill (HB 1) denying public funding to any family-planning organization..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...announced Tuesday, March 1, a return to Stage 3 of the area's COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines, and suggested the area..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature

The Tides of March

Ready for a blue wave in November's midterms? That'll depend on the race.

"...unseat – or at least, shake the throne – of the reigning Republican emperor. Someone who's polished, with enough..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Religious Refusal Bill Prepped to Grant Texans License to Discriminate

"Sincerely held" nonsense at the Senate

"...Committee on State Affairs sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to the full Senate Monday evening, March 25, after..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Bill Starts Moving With Quorum Restored

Plus, queer film fest aGLIFF kicks off hybrid festival and more queer events

"...Legislature established a quorum last week following the return of certain House Democrats, anti-trans legislation Senate Bill 2 began..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Campaign, Legislators Back Bill to Repeal Anti-Abortion Law

"Trust. Respect. Access" campaign hosts lobby day at Capitol

"...convince legislators to support, or at least thoughtfully consider, bills that would increase access to women’s health care and..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Letters at 3AM: A Paradox of Oligarchy

'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government

"...Think not? Examine two game-changing pieces of legislation: the federal government's Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944..."

May 21, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...Bowl is a place that prompts a good stirring of intellect. The fleeting nature of earthly beauty and happiness,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Elementary Rights

Clearing the Red Tape

"...According to Rolando Piña, president of GENA and longtime neighborhood activist, the group's efforts are..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature by Melissa Sattley

Beware of Failing Rock

An Austin Couple Says Their Insurer Let Them Down

"...scared little girl who didn't want to go out of her house. Before, she'd always been an outdoorsy, gregarious..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Abbott Flirts With Endorsing School Vouchers

Primary challengers pressure the governor from the right

"...speech last week in Lewisville to tout a parental bill of rights was expected to be a full-throated endorsement..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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