City Counseling: At Council

City addresses loophole that denied benefits to employees' same-sex partners

"...faces a 71-item agenda, but it's largely composed of procedural items. The most contentious item is the South Shore..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...meeting at the Delco Center concerning the May 11 police shooting of Nathaniel Sanders II. The investigations are ongoing,..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature

Scott Panetti: Sane Enough to Execute?

Supremes' June 28 ruling in case of Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti concludes that law requires condemned inmates have some 'rational understanding' of why they're being executed in order to satisfy Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment

"...It "must be dismissed." Given Panetti's background and the procedural history of his case, one has to wonder if..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Endorsements

May 15 Election

"...table. The current meet-and-confer process (which both firefighters and police now use) has fewer strictly defined procedural parameters than..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature

Justice for HPD Lab Victim?

Josiah Sutton waits on state leaders to clear his name

"...testing conducted by the now-infamous and recently reorganized Houston Police Department crime lab. Although Sutton was exonerated and released..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

What They Saw at the 69th Lege

The issues facing Texas, then and (still) now

"...Many major stores were already ignoring the law, and police were reluctant to enforce it ("We decided we had..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

A Cop's Job Is to Move Forward in Danger

"...going to kill you ... period. That's no big police secret, that's the way it is and the way..."

Feb. 24, 2004 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of excluded evidence and argument, indicates the need for procedural reforms...."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...While city and police officials negotiate how to proceed with the Sophia King..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Local Austin news and gossip

"...issue. The boards and commissions say the problem is procedural, a reflection of the city's own very slow start..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

House Hunting

Underdog Stella Roland challenges incumbent Dawnna Dukes to represent East Austin in the Texas House of Representatives.

"...to the Austin Board of Realtors and the Austin Police Association. She has amassed a formidable war chest --..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Murder, Mayhem, and the Underbelly of Life

Friends in Low Places

"...and Regina. Kim signed a confession at the Austin Police Department stating that in the late morning of June..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Books Feature

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