The Government Shutdown Hits

Affordable Care Act takes effect as Tea Party throttles government

"...too. The Tea Party's shutdown of the U.S. federal government is in effect...."

Oct. 1, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Giving City Hall the (Small) Business

Small Business Group raises some serious concerns about the city's finacial forecast – in between all the hand-wringing.

"...It's just too easy to poke fun at the Small Business Group. The pseudo-libertarians inveigh against needless government spending..."

May 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

New Plan Aims to Heal Insurance Ills of Small Biz

Nonprofit launches project to help small businesses provide health coverage

"...For his part, Wilke doesn't necessarily want the federal government swooping in and trying to solve the problem. "Frankly,..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature by Diana Welch

Point Austin: Drive-By Government

Abbott says Texas doesn't have to disclose companies' chemical stockpiles, but why are these chemicals in our neighborhoods in the first place?

"...has had a reputation as a defender of open government and open records, although significantly that "openness" is most..."

July 18, 2014 News Column by Michael King

The Small-Business Amendment

Why I'm going to vote for Prop. 2 (even though we endorsed against it)

"...of local and independent businesses, who see the city government as somewhere between uncaring and actively hostile: giving lip..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Against Affirmative Action, in Favor of Government Aid

"...care and assistance for all citizens, not just a small, segregated group. Obama's kind of thinking went out the..."

Sept. 23, 2008 Postmarks

'Reinventing Government'

A conversation with Louis Dubose about Tom DeLay and 'The Hammer'

"...who rose from the South Texas oil fields to small pest-control businessman, to Texas state representative, to become eventually..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Inside the Small Presses Driving Austin’s Literary Scene

Meet the local small presses committed to publishing diverse literature

"...up a local chapter of Red Light Lit, the small press and performance series her friend Jennifer Lewis launched..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

Page Two: Thinking Small

When Wal-Mart skates through the development process at Northcross, is it any wonder surrounding neighbors and indie businesses feel betrayed?

"...fundamental misconception at City Hall about the value of small and independent businesses to this city...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column by Nick Barbaro

Feds' Animal ID Program Raises Ruckus Among Small Farmers

National Animal Identification System favors factory farms over Ma and Pa

"...worries about how this could affect her and other small farmers in terms of loss of time and funds...."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Frank Rivera

First-Ever Appraisal District Election Is Small Battle in GOP-Dem War Over Taxation in Texas

Elected Dem- or GOP-backed candidates would have outsized power over district

"...looks like every year and how much revenue local governments have to work with. City Council members, county commissioners,..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Are Austin Restaurants Too Small To Fail?

No, they’ll fail – unless they get the support they need

"...and shelter-in-place orders disrupt the rhythms of daily life, small businesses have faced massive layoffs and a steep loss..."

March 23, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: Government by Committee

Tonight's Town Hall: First step in a "New Way Forward"

"...who complain regularly about transparency and accountability in city government can fit into the room, festivities will start at..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Big Wounds, Small Comforts

The early lessons of a backlash election

"...not thanking their unlucky stars – because digging state government out of a $20 billion to $25 billion ditch..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Insurance Industry Owns Our State Government

"...The insurance industry in Texas basically owns our state government. In 2004 a state audit uncovered the insurance industry..."

March 11, 2008 Postmarks

Point Austin: One Small Step

Gov. Rick Perry spares the life of Kenneth Foster

"...of the most Kafkaesque treatment ever inflicted by state government."..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Round Top Film Festival Offers Small-Town Charm and Big-Screen Enjoyment

RTFF brings screenings, schmoozing, and stars to east of Austin

"...their location. Telluride, how it started. It’s all these small locations that become something much bigger,” says Programming Director..."

Nov. 4, 2024 Screens Post by Roberto Soto

“Our House, Our Rules”: Austin Restaurants School the Governor on Limited Government

Local eateries make plain – mask requirements aren't going anywhere

"...in their comments but stood their ground. Here's a small sampling from Instagram...."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Jessi Cape

Point Austin: Government by Panic

The 'sequester' says more about our politics than our economy

"...failing that (as is likely), perhaps we can take small comfort in knowing that the effects of the wholesale..."

March 1, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Coyote Creek: Small Farm, Large Impact

Austin's growing web of local, organic, delicious

"...benefits, but actually describe products created with very little government regulation. This means food can be labeled “natural” with..."

April 25, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Freeport Wins Small

Thousands and Thousands of Dollars

"...George told the jurors that the fate of "democratic government in Austin" was in their hands. Changing rules and..."

May 19, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Starving the Beast

Doc exposes big money on campus

"...North Carolina, among others – are being savaged by small-government politicians eager to slash their state’s education budgets, crush..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: High Dive

As they abandon their platform, Republicans threaten to take government down with them

"...Moses and the Jews' 40-year trek through a relatively small area of desert..."

April 1, 2011 Column by Louis Black

We Have an Issue: Don’t Let Them Get Away With It

It's time to reckon with how our state government failed us – and if it was by design

"...in 2011. And it includes the people running the government who show very little interest in actual governance, and..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Opinion: Coronavirus Is Exposing the Threat the Texas GOP Poses to Public Health

Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez explains why a government that takes care of its people builds a healthier and safer country

"...has turned the cracks in the GOP philosophy of small government into fault lines. This pandemic has exposed that..."

March 27, 2020 Column by Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez

The Honorable Tater Salad

House declares April 27 Ron White Day

"...Small government conservatives will be glad there was no fiscal..."

April 27, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Who You Gonna Call?

Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development

"...So he ran through a long, withering gauntlet of government loan programs and came up short. "You wade so..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Thomas Frank's 21st Century Corruption Theory

A Q&A with the author of What's the Matter With Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

"...Crew: How Conservatives Rule, premising that the party of small government is anything but. The conservative objective "is not..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...newly conceived metropolis comprises hundreds of jurisdictions, great and small, whose goals and actions are often, shall we say,..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: What Works

A good time to think about the best uses of community, democracy, and government

"...quick, generous, and highly effective response of our city government, many hundreds of city employees, a brace of nonprofit..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Column by Michael King

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