Grove PUD Neighbors Sue City

They say the city's interpretation of Texas' valid petition rights statute is wrong

"...court. They say the city's interpretation of Texas' valid petition rights statute – namely, that neighbors around formerly unzoned..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Big Bend Pipeline?

Conservation Alliance opposes international gas project

"...The Big Bend Conservation Alliance has launched a presidential petition drive to oppose the Trans Pecos Pipeline, a project..."

April 27, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Clean Is as Clean Does

When you signed that petition, did you get to read the fine print?

"...Proposed amendments can reach the ballot either by public petition or direct council action, and as of this writing..."

March 3, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Via 313 Workers Protest for COVID, Employment Protections

Staff claim management suspended them following petition

"...the suspension of four workers after they presented a petition to management...."

Jan. 9, 2022 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Save Austin Now Files Lawsuit Over Rejected Signatures

Invalid petition signatures kept SAN's mission to reverse decriminalization of homelessness off the ballot

"...Clerk Jannette Goodall "inappropriately" threw out signatures on its petition, which failed this past summer to meet the threshold..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Sign Right Here

TNC petition and Kitchen recall election recipes for pointless public expense, voter cynicism, and lousy government

"...Council that she and her staff had certified the petitions submitted by the coalition Ridesharing Works for Austin in..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Greens On The Ballot (For Now) UPDATED

TX supremes grant stay on earlier ruling

"...Green Party of Texas can certify their controversial ballot petition, thus getting their statewide candidates on to the November..."

July 2, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Battle Lines Drawn Over Convention Center Expansion

CM Jimmy Flannigan and AIBA ED Rebecca Melançon don't see eye to eye

"...forward with expanding the Austin Convention Center than a petition was created to halt that expansion...."

June 5, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Austin FC's New Neighbors Take Over Push to Put Soccer on the Ballot

Group looks to take anti-stadium petition to the polls

"...to put a stop to everyone's fun with a petition submitted last week that could force the stadium deal..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Strange Bedfellows, Stranger Politics

"Efficiency audit" petition campaign could use an independent audit

"...Last week the city clerk validated the petition circulated by the Citizens for an Accountable Austin PAC,..."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Grove Battle Grinds On

Valid petition suit of PUD neighbors dead for now

"...at Shoal Creek planned unit development had their valid petition lawsuit dismissed on jurisdictional grounds last week. Essentially, the..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Is Texas Breaking the Law?

State poised to execute another Mexican national

"...international law," attorney Sandra Babcock argues in a clemency petition filed this week with the Board of Pardons and..."

June 8, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

GOP Can't Greenwash TRM-PAC 2.0

Ballot manipulation plots exposed

"...on Thursday when Judge John Dietz ruled that a petition initiative by the Green Party of Texas was illegally..."

June 26, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Third Court of Appeals Rejects Convention Center Ballot Language

Unconventionalists win a round against Council

"...Third Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a petition filed by Nelson Linder that challenged the proposition ballot..."

Aug. 26, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Will Voters Give Soccer the Boot?

IndyAustin kicks off anti-stadium petition drive

"...political action committee IndyAustin has officially kicked off its petition drive to give voters a say on the deal..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Will Austin Vote on CodeNEXT?

Petition filed with City Clerk. But is it legal?

"...A petition to put CodeNEXT on the November 2018 ballot for..."

March 29, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Political and Business Leaders Oppose Lake Travis Wastewater Discharge

Leander and Granite Shoals have petitioned TCEQ to lift discharge ban

"...announced this morning that they stand opposed to a petition by the cities of Leander and Granite Shoals to..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

You Wanna Get Married? FINE. Stay Married.

Take the Prop 8 language apart and what do you see?

"...Check out this new online petition to Protect Marriage, Protect Children, Prohibit Divorce, a brilliant..."

Nov. 18, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Breaking: Second Lawsuit Filed Against Northcross Wal-Mart

Allandale Neighborhood Association joins in the legal battle against the supercenter at Northcross.

"...Northcross Mall is illegal. Sound familiar? While the ANA petition is independent of the lawsuit filed last week by..."

July 3, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

1,400-Acre Development Near Hamilton Pool Ignites Push to Protect Salamander

Environmentalists petition to list Pedernales River springs salamander as endangered species

"...and a group of environmental scientists have filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list..."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Pressley Pays Up

City Clerk announces recount on for 11am Tuesday

"...ruled that defeated District 4 candidate Laura Pressley's "Amended Petition for Recount" is "sufficient" – Pressley apparently kicked in..."

Jan. 5, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Then There's This: Save the Trees!

Groups aim to spare seven Downtown trees

"...a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/austinheritagetrees) with a link to a petition to save the trees. (For the record, I signed..."

June 1, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Crime After Crime

Emotionally powerful doc about the fight to free a domestic abuse survivor from jail

"...unique to California – incarcerated survivors of abuse can petition to have their cases reopened if their abuse wasn't..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Graves Sues for Innocence

Anthony Graves is seeking to have his name finally cleared

"...Lawyers for Anthony Graves have filed a petition seeking, once and for all, to have Graves declared..."

Feb. 28, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Pro-Choice Activists Deliver Petitions Against Fetal Burial Rule

Public comment period on rule ends Monday, Oct. 31

"...Reproductive health advocates marched two full boxes of petition signatures against a proposed rule that would force Texas..."

Oct. 27, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lester Bower Awaits Wednesday Execution

67-year-old has spent 31 years on death row

"...recent being tomorrow, June 3. Lester’s attorneys filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court..."

June 2, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

UPDATED: County Attorney Files New Lehmberg Removal Suit

Original petition dismissed

"...Attorney David Escamilla on Monday afternoon dismissed Kerry O'Brien's petition seeking Rosemary Lehmberg's removal from office...."

April 30, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Austin: City of Petitions

New Linda Curtis-fronted PAC has agendas for days

"...Last week I reported on various online petitions circulating concerning CodeNEXT, arguing that the land use code..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The (Longer) Road to CodeNEXT

Opponents would freeze the process via referendum

"...That would be the likely effect of an anti-CodeNEXT petition currently being circulated by IndyAustin, Community Not Com­mod­ity, and..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Inside Agitator

Fulani Follower Stokes Fires of Resentment and Reform

"...energy for pushing a populist governmental ideal as a petitioner and grassroots organizer on a host of issues, including..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

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