Bill of the Week: Texas GOP Targets Transgender Youth

Bill would ban certain treatment for trans kids

"...session (and there are dozens), it’s this one: House Bill 1686...."

March 28, 2023 News Post by Dex Wesley Parra

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 Quinlan

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

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...in the News section are accustomed to being bearers of bad news, but today we come bearing bad news..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

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

Surveying the Litany of Anti-Queer Bills Moving Through the Texas Legislature

The wave includes reboots of drag, book, and bathroom bans

"...Maxine LaQueene, a drag performer billing herself as “the suspiciously large woman of Austin,” traveled..."

May 9, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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

A Dozen of the Most Disturbing Legal Actions Ken Paxton Took in 2024

All suits and no empathy makes Pax the bane of our existence

"...thing. His legal actions are a whole other can of worms. Here we’ve compiled an incomplete list of some..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Features Feature by Chronicle staff

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

Opinion: House Bill 7 Will Not Only Endanger the Lives of Migrants, but of All Texans

HB 7 is dangerously far-reaching. But we should also be worried about what it doesn't say.

"...As families across Texas are reeling from a string of tragedies that have upended a sense of safety, the..."

May 26, 2023 Column by Hortencia Rodríguez Sandoval

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

Silver Linings at the Lege: Texas Moms to Get 12 Months of Free Health Care

And other good news from this legislative session

"...is always the case in the Texas Legislature, some of the best news out of this session is what..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

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

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...with some issues in Austin suburbs and the formation of municipal utility districts in the area. If you aren’t..."

March 28, 2025 News Feature

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

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

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Where's the BloodWe Are Blood, the sole provider of blood for 10 Central Texas counties, is suffering from..."

Sept. 15, 2023 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

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