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Adler solicits public support for expanding official staff
"...today's proposal to “add additional staffing and resources for the Mayor and Council offices.” The proposal had a rocky..."
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Feb. 26, 2015 News Post by Michael King
News Roundup: Marriage (In)equality, Buehler, and the Mayor
Paxton vs. true love; Buehler civil suit dismissed; and more
"...News Roundup, A.G. Ken Paxton continues his fight against the wedded bliss of two Austin women; a judge throws..."
Feb. 23, 2015 News Post by the News Staff
DVDanger: 'The Vincent Price Collection'
The master of horror at the height of his Poe powers
"...It was that face and that voice. The high, arched eyebrow over an unnaturally long, handsome face...."
Nov. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation
To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question
"...Want to hear some good drinking stories? Ask theatre people. Between their research for playing soused characters, work..."
July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Working 'The Corner'
Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon
"...in his backyard when he heard someone walking up the gravel path toward his neighbor's house. Sherman lives on..."
July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith
A Quarrel With the Status Quo
Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.
"...Charlie Baird: Well, I'll tell you, honestly – and the reason I'm hesitant is because I think it sounds..."
Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature
Catastrophe and the Cure
Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album
"...Each member of Explosions in the Sky is branded with the same emblem: the black..."
July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Top of the Line
The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...For the 19th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics..."
May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Pressure Rising at the Water Utility
One manager forced out, another accused of harassment ... who's watching the valves?
"...On April 6, Perwez Moheet, deputy director of the Austin Water Utility, announced his retirement. It wasn't exactly..."
May 7, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Riding to the End of the Line
Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?
"...We suspect it will stick with the catchier "Dump the Pump," but over the next fiscal..."
Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Twisting in the Wind
Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done
"...troubles selling its latest batch of GreenChoice wind power, the utility announced plans to significantly lower the price, a..."
Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
The Never-Ending (Crime) Story
Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they're determined to find the 'unknown suspect' – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen
"...jail after spending nearly 10 years behind bars for the 1991 murders of four girls at a North Austin..."
July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith
The Webberville Conundrum
Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there
"...Back in the early Eighties, Dave and Joann Gunlock bought themselves a..."
June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols
The Insiders
Meet City Hall's local candidates for city manager
"...Mayor Will Wynn reports that immediately after the holidays, national personnel search firm Arcus will bring the..."
Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
We Were the Urban Pioneers
Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown
"...Think of the Puritan settlers, eking out a new life amid impossibly..."
March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
On the Lege
The Cervical Wars Part I: Perry, HPV, and the Politics of Cancer
"...With all the yelping from Republicans this week, you would have thought..."
Feb. 9, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
The Town Lake Variance Shuffle
The hike-and-bike trail, questionable developer tactics, and a potential windfall for urban parks all flow together on East Riverside Drive
"...– already under fire for being too close to the water – is pointing up some fascinating twists and..."
Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
The Real Crash Davis
Alan Zinter of the Round Rock Express still lives the big-league dream
"...thinks about quitting, Alan Zinter looks you straight in the eye, barely blinking, not a hint of a smile..."
Aug. 4, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass
Cream of the Crop
Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize the..."
May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
City of the Dead
Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery
"...I see you standing on the other side...."
April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Point Austin: Squeezing the Schools
Failing all its courses, the Lege sends a love note to Highland Park
"...First, let's dispense with the charade that Gov. Ricky's special session has anything to..."
July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King
A Place at the Long Table
The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later
"...peas, roasted red peppers, cornmeal, tofu, and cookbooks through the merchant's pavilion, past the barbecue stands, and into the..."
June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin
The DA Makes a Deal
They stole the Lege – will we get more in return than a sermon?
"..."Defendant further acknowledges that the basis for the Texas prohibition against..."
Dec. 17, 2004 News Column by Michael King
'Balancing' the Homeless
Proposed laws would recriminalize the usual suspects
"...At holiday time, there's no room at the inn – and soon there..."
Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Austin @ Large: The Metro Message
It’s not a ‘campaign,’ exactly, but what is the transit authority’s tune?
"...In the much-seen, much-discussed Capital Metro "outreach" ad featuring Willie Nelson,..."
June 25, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
The Rove M.O.
If you read this story, your career could be over by the end of the day: Michael Paradies Shoob examines 'Bush's Brain'
"...Rove. Hard to find a more compelling documentary subject: the Svengali-esque, ruthless, remorseless, cold-blooded but brilliant political puppet master..."
March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
The Lights Are On: Is Anybody Home?
Downtown's boom has busted, yet developers still build.
"...evening last summer, Tim Hendricks and Craig Jones took the company credit card and set off on a walking..."
Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith
More Places at the Table
The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.
"...liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last..."
May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Riding the Tech Titanic
Austin looks for recovery after the dot-com bust.
"...smart, we could have saved time by simply running the above haiku in place of the Chronicle news section..."
March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Inspiration of Jesus Chavez
Why a top-ranked boxer, jailed once and deported twice, became the subject of a documentary and a Fighter for the American Dream
"...In the 19th century, boxing was called "the gentleman's sport" or..."
