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"...of paving the world one acre at a time, debt-free. It's probably just pocket change for her. Problem solved...."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

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"...all of our children. Pell Grants for middle-income college students were abolished by Phil Gramm when he first went..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Can Edison Pass the AISD Test?

AISD considers hiring Edison Schools Inc. for East Austin.

"...schools with a high percentage of minority and low-income students. Reviews of the 10-year-old company -- by researchers, parents,..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...at Carbondale. Louis Black was still ostensibly a graduate student, Nick Barbaro was more or less living at the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Joe Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 of student loan debt for some borrowers. The court's 6-3 decision..."

July 7, 2023 News Feature

Loans at the Lege

"...fact that Texas legislators like Ted Cruz are opposing student loan cancellation makes no sense. The state is crushed..."

Feb. 28, 2023 Postmarks

Saving Austin's Schools

Nobody gets everything they want, but AISD’s bond may give everybody something they really need

"...in East Austin, which is designed to hold 486 students, but only claimed 301 elementary-age kids in its attendance..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...my attention that you have failed to discharge the debt of which you were notified in the invoice mailed..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

An Unforeseen Cost

After a near-fatal hit-and-run, Elizabeth English struggles to rebuild her life

"...Three months ago, the 28-year-old University of Texas student was struck while riding her bicycle home from school...."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Chronicle Endorsements

"...single-payer health care, and free higher education for America's debt-saddled students. In an era of unprecedented income inequality, Sanders'..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature

Shortchanged

A lot of belt tightening and creative thinking make getting by with low dollars possible for AISD

"...from staff reductions due to reduced enrollment, with total student numbers forecast to be down by roughly 1,000 this..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ending Football

A chronology

"...the Longhorn football program – due to an ever-expanding debt burden...."

April 2, 2010 News Feature

AISD Takes a Tax Bite to Voters

School board hammers out a budget

"...Fund, paying for staff and operations; $72.8 million for debt service, which pays off bonds; and $34.3 million for..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pay for What You Get

"...someone graduated from college, you know that someone has debt. College isn't cheap (no, not even state school), and..."

Jan. 6, 2008 Postmarks

Concordia's Cruising

Concordia seals the deal on their new campus

"...the sale of the existing campus * Additional long-term debt * A major capital campaign Proceeds from the sale..."

March 30, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Letters at 3AM

No concept lies more firmly embedded in our national character than the notion that the U.S.A. is No. 1,' the greatest.' A number of facts reveal that we can no longer even consider ourselves among the Top 10 nations in the world.

"...to U.S. grad schools declined 28% last year. Foreign student enrollment on all levels fell for the first time..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...of the day occurred at Pease Elementary School, where students voted in a mock presidential election. The vote was..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...after Gary Bradley filed for bankruptcy, his $73 million debt to taxpayers still hangs in the form of a..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...a little sweat equity or take on a little debt above and beyond the "average cost of utilities." In..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...serve a second sentence after they have paid their debt to society. A small number go home: A 1984..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Post-election political rumblings , and Music Editor Raoul Hernandez takes it on the chin from Nina Simone fans.

"...Bush's large tax cut, Gore pays down the national debt and thereby saves billions of dollars now being wasted..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column

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Don't Shelve Smart Growth

"...read his columns. I think I owe him a debt of gratitude for helping me "keep the faith" ......"

July 2, 1999 Column

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Bush on Borderline

"...billion tax cut," to be applied against school district debt, would have an uneven effect based on debt, with..."

June 11, 1999 Column

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Helping Herb

"...Subsidizing sprawl is ruining our environment. Travis County debt has exploded to nearly $400 million, a gain of..."

March 6, 1998 Column

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...the breeze. A loose plot forms around Johnny's gambling debt to mob capo Tommy Tomatoes, a debt compounded by..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Fading Dreams

"...everywhere, is unaffordable, highly inflated and a joke to students like myself. I’ve always dreamt of college, a career,..."

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The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...meeting, the GLF registered to become an official UT student organization, which was denied by Assistant Dean of Students..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Beside the Point: Failing Our Teachers

Why won't we fund our schools?

"...as a way to make a living. Imagine a student emerging from college with five-figure debt and a computer..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Two Sides to His Story

Manuel Gonzales leads the nonprofit Austin Bat Cave into uncharted territory while readying for a rapid literary ascent of his own

"...first pages of House of Leaves, finds a graduate student tracking down a pair of anthropologists who have fabricated..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Second Round of Papi Tino's Culinary School Competition

Week Two: Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts

"...cooks like my husband don’t: a whole bunch of debt...."

Sept. 15, 2012 Food Post by Gracie Salem

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