Citizen Mary

A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin

"...Our Springs Alliance is honoring her with a big "retirement" party Friday night at Austin City Limits. Arnold did,..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Hightower Lowdown

A business magazine gushes over the accounting practices of … Enron?; Bush gambles with your retirement money; and CEOs create "opportunity" by firing employees.

"...encouraging them to put nearly all of their 401(k) retirement funds in the company's own stock. Then when Enron's..."

Jan. 4, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Capitol Chronicle: A Profile in Courage

After 10 years in the Texas House, Glen Maxey retires and reflects. A profile of Austin's New Black Panther PartyA surprisingly small crowd turns out to demand safety guarantees from Longhorn Pipeline.

"...read this, Glen Maxey, D-Austin, will have announced his retirement from the Texas House of Representatives...."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Exhibitionism

Sandbox: Young at Heart

"...in just the right place. --Sarah Hepola Ladies in Retirement: Murder Most Quirky..."

July 16, 1999 Arts Review

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

The public, private, and secret lives of the folk icon

"...footage from the singer-songwriter’s purported 2018 Fare Thee Well retirement tour, though overall the documentary oddly provides only glimpses..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant

Locals continue to get coal for Christmas

"...For decades, Austinites have been calling for the closure..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Napoleon

Ridley Scott's superficial biopic is all strategy, no tactics

"...that, as Ridley Scott packs what could be his retirement years with passion projects, he's made the somewhat hagiographic..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indy's final adventure remembers the whip, forgets the charm

"...Then, the final blow: Harrison Ford went on his retirement tour, revisiting the characters that made him a household..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paint

Delightful throwback comedy with Owen Wilson as a Bob Ross-esque figure

"...decades. Each day, people around the state – bars, retirement homes, and amateur painters – tune in to watch..."

April 7, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

What State Police Patrolling Austin Means

Send in the troopers

"...Police Association expires on March 31. The Austin Police Retirement Association expects more than 70 APD retirements before the..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Creed III

Jordan and Majors hit hard in this first post-Stallone Rocky flick

"...Adonis’ new struggle comes in the midst of his retirement from boxing via Damian Anderson (Majors), a fellow kid..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Austin at Large: When Jesús Takes the Wheel

Garza sends several executives packing, brings on a host of City Hall veterans

"...supervised police Chief Joe Chacon – is taking his retirement, and that Jacque­lyn Yaft, the CEO of Austin-Bergstrom International..."

March 3, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Goes for Short-Term Police Deal, Ignores Union Noise

One year, last chance

"...it still has under the expiring agreement.) Officers approaching retirement may have the most to lose – tens of..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Not Good, Not Getting Better

Austin police learn the limits of their propaganda

"...provide the pay and benefit scales, and especially the retirement benefits, that are in the current contract, to avert..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

With Cronk Out of The Way, Council Goes For a One-Year Cop Deal

Decision allows voters to consider police oversight in May

"...Officers approaching retirement have even more to lose. We’re talking tens of..."

Feb. 16, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Inside the Last Days of City Manager Spencer Cronk

After dramatic days of extreme weather and backstabbing, Council lets Cronk go

"...suspect that scores of officers worried about losing major retirement benefits would put in for retirement...."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sources: City Manager Spencer Cronk Will Be Asked to Resign

Brazen police-contract gambit follows ice-storm SNAFUs

"...They suspect scores of officers worried about losing major retirement benefits would put in for retirement...."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Leather Magnolias: In the Chair at Daddy's and Scruff's

How two gay-owned barbershops are changing the face and faces of East Austin

"...about retiring from the business. To his shock, no retirement plan was available for overseas workers. "I had a..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Man Called Otto

Tom Hanks' "grumpy old man" phase stumbles with this discordant comedy about death

"...Walter Matthau era. I welcome it.) Recently forced into retirement and still reeling from his wife’s death six months..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Latest News From Austin Election Campaigns

District 5 and 8 candidate forums, Beto gets around, and so do local endorsements

"...APD union president [Ken Casaday, who just announced his retirement] tell me that implicit-bias training was exclusively given to..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Remembering Radio Legend John Aielli, 1946-2022

Longtime KUT and KUTX host was loved for his eccentric insights and eclectic taste

"...Austin's KUTX and KUT, since 1966. KUT/KUTX announced Aielli's retirement in September 2020 following a stroke earlier that year...."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Supremely Popular Radio Personality John Aielli Has Died

The beloved eccentric hosted KUT/KUTX show Eklektikos for 50 years

"...Austin's KUTX and KUT since 1966. KUT/KUTX announced Aielli’s retirement in September 2020 following a stroke earlier that year...."

July 31, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Facing Nolan

The life of baseball's (fairly) scandal-free hall of famer

"...first MLB game at age 19 to his 1993 retirement at 46 years old. During that time, he set..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Jasmine Lane

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig's last Bond adventure is a misfire

"...the roundly unloved Spectre finished, with Bond in seeming retirement with Madeleine Swann (Seydoux), and a lot of baggage..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Swan Song

Meandering story of nearing death flies on Udo Kier’s wings

"...the rest of his days on earth in a retirement facility, colorless and bored. He’s soon given the opportunity..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Queen Bees

Fast Times at the Assisted Living Facility ...

"...school never ends as Ellen Burstyn finds that a retirement community is as filled with cliques and hookups as..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review

APD "Reimagined" Training Academy Still a Work in Progress

Adoption of new curriculum for pilot cadet class scheduled for May 31

"...be paid from reserves set aside for Austin's police retirement fund, which is itself under financial strain that the..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Unpopular No. 2 Likely to Lead APD

Chief of Staff not popular within APD or with local justice advocates

"...uses accrued personal leave time ahead of his planned retirement on March 28. City Manager Spencer Cronk is expected..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

The 39th president's belief in the healing power of music

"...the rare political figure who is more recognizable in retirement – the adorable old man building homes for the..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

John Lewis: Good Trouble

The life of the indefatigable civil rights champion

"...waged all his adult life. Even today, at the way-past-retirement age of 80, he remains a moral compass on..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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