No Parole for You!

"...parole decision inconsistencies. “If you’d just followed your own guidelines, we wouldn’t have a [prison] capacity problem right now,”..."

Nov. 15, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Opinion: The End of Copper Wire Landline Service Is Not Progress

The reliability and security that came with copper wire phone lines cannot be replaced by internet-based phone services

"...opinion pieces on any topic from the community. Find guidelines and tips at austinchronicle.com/opinion...."

March 3, 2023 Column by William Camden

Changing Directions

Community-based programs aim to redirect the 'school-to-prison pipeline'

"...development. The National Association of Youth Courts developed national guidelines with four general models – adult judge, youth judge,..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Dagny Zenovia

Naked City

"...measured at 4,000 times the levels in the EPA's risk-based assessment guidelines, "but these are not standards, so TCEQ..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature

A Whacked-Out System

Inmate's lawsuit focuses on secret and unreasonable Texas paroles

"...and other lawmakers charge has been violating the parole guidelines that the board itself devised. That pattern has contributed..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT

Gone to Texas ... for now

"...Dr. Mark Escott; ultimately, though, UT answers to state guidelines.)..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

Austin Restaurateurs Discuss Plans to Reopen (or Not)

Local restaurants on how they made the tough decision

"...plans. Some dining rooms are reopening within the new guidelines, some will remain closed even for takeout, but so..."

May 6, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

One Size Doesn't Fit All

City Land Code Revisions

"...the CPC. Heimsath envisions a code that creates broad guidelines for development, within which the "stakeholders" at the planning..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Bending the Rules

Getting arts funding from the City of Austin is a long, complicated game, and Austin Chronicle writers Robi Polgar, John Walch, and Mary Jane Garza have been following some of the players around the game board this year. In the final part of their four-part series, they critique the city arts funding process.

"..."I put that to the guidelines committee and we have a problem with 50% of..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...other than one operated by Seton," states Seton ERD guidelines. An Unholy Marriage?..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Cool Cities: AE Task Force

Austin Energy moves one step closer to a generation plan

"...a specific generation portfolio but on a set of guidelines for Austin Energy to follow (see "Energy Mix Highlights,"..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Mayor Bans Gatherings of 250+ People

New order aims to slow transmission of COVID-19

"...date for the original rules applies to the new guidelines, nor does it provide a specific end date. The..."

March 14, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

How and Why the City and County Chose to Cancel SXSW

Striking precarious, if unachievable, balance between protecting public health and avoiding economic calamity

"...for infectious diseases are in place," per the mass-gathering guidelines, the event is likely to be canceled...."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Latest on the Local Actions and Reactions to COVID-19

Health officials feel wary but ready

"...follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. Necessary precautions are taken based on their responses to..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

House of Cards

Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.

"...dozens of sites that score high according to LIHTC guidelines are passed by in favor of lower-scoring sites in..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Transgender Students and Parents Say the State Is Putting Children in Danger

Is Texas' refusal to implement a national mandate state-sponsored bullying?

"...filed suit on behalf of 13 states to block guidelines issued by the Obama administration that encourage school districts..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...and in response, DFPS wrote its first policy and guidelines for their use and hired its first-ever staff child..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

New Name, Same Game

S-Comm's end hasn't lessened the fear of deportation for Travis County's immigrants

"...Caceres points to the strict adherence under new PEP guidelines to a maximum 48-hour hold for detainees held by..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...when at all possible. At the very LEAST, CDC guidelines should be followed, and those have been scrapped. We..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...the FBI's failure to follow its own hostage negotiation guidelines during the 51-day standoff...."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...statutes are really the law or if they're just guidelines to be ignored when convenient," said Jim Marston, ED's..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...composting facilities, recycling stations, transfer stations, and landfills), provides guidelines for setbacks, and is intended to address a complex..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Too Sexy for AISD?

"...to consider a resolution calling for the adoption of guidelines from the Sex Information and Education Council of the..."

May 2, 1997 News Feature

Country Club PERCs

Political Economy Researchers Preach Laissez Faire

"...and other lending institutions would follow the same environmental guidelines when insuring or financing a project...."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Can Federal Funds Clear Up Local Water Problems?

Water quality is worst in marginalized communities

"...equal safe," and 13 contaminants found exceeded EWG's health guidelines. (Tim Williford, an executive at Texas Water Utilities, says..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Scarce COVID Vaccine for Health Workers on Its Way to Austin

The Austin area should receive 13,650 initial doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week

"...Vaccinating front-line hospital workers – who state and federal guidelines dictate will be the first to receive the vaccine..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...decision reveals an editorial break with the well-respected, progressive guidelines and moral and political principles that have been the..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Community Chest and Chance Rolled Into One

The Applicants

"...applicants, Jebo advises her panelists to read the city guidelines and devise a method that they feel comfortable with..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Feature

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...reporter that Texas (like all states) must follow federal guidelines regarding the applicable income levels and rent ceilings imposed..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Austin Begins to Descend – Again – From a COVID Surge Peak

Steady as the COVID goes

"...and county officials, Austin could consider returning local risk guidelines to Stage 4. Consortium modeling suggests hospitalizations and intensive-care..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

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