Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council prepares to decide which charter amendments go before the voters.

"...sensible, and even if they aren't, based on past practice charter amendments -- with the singular exception of single-member..."

March 15, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Bye Bye Bye: Texas' sweeping voting restrictions bill, Senate Bill 1, is set to go..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature

Beto's On His Way: "We've Got To Show Up, And That Means Coming to the Capitol on Sunday"

Weekend rally wraps up "Texas Drive for Democracy" tour

"...Drive for Democracy" campaign tour, holding town halls about voting rights. He has a few more stops in deep..."

June 18, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Judge Throws Out Texas Voter ID Law

Compares photo requirement to Jim Crow, poll tax

"...US Justice Department finding that the law violates the Voting Rights Act. It created a limited number of state-issued..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

LegeLines

Counting down the days, committee chairs, redistricting, and more

"...Democratic stronghold, with only 6,700 ballots cast in early voting by Jan. 21, it seems unlikely any one candidate..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to the Circus!

The redistricting fight and the grassroots politics of chaos

"...charged with reviewing the maps for compliance with the Voting Rights Act reject them, all those election plans could..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Too Late for Noriega?

Noriega gaining traction in last leg of race

"...week, he had a smart, well-rehearsed defense: "That political act was something that needed to be done to protect..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

On the Lege

The Lege week in court, in correspondence, and in West Texas

"...its two-thirds rule are potential violations of the federal Voting Rights Act (as well as the Bill of Rights)..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Austin at Large: One Step Forward, Two Steps ...

The Texas Democrats walk back their walkout amid hard feelings, flashes of hope

"...nor a whimper, but the faint ding-ding of the voting bell and the murmuring conversations on the floor of..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What's the Fix for Texas' Voter ID Law?

"Time is short" to implement a replacement for discriminatory photo ID requirement

"...Voter ID in Texas violates the Voting Rights Act, and the state must develop new rules..."

July 29, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...deficit will finally implode this session, due to three factors: 1) the ongoing national economic recession, 2) dogmatic resistance..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Court Reporter

At the Supreme Court Wednesday, it was all about Texas and the future

"...able to see the justices (the court is not exactly audience-friendly, and prestige pews were reserved and heavily guarded..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

On the Lege

The Democrats watch in shock and awe as the GOP mangles its own re-redistricting crusade

"...only Houstonian Martha Wong courted the speaker's wrath by voting with the Democrats...."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Michael King

As Data Drops, City Redistricting Panel Sprints

Nov. 1 is the deadline for Austin's ICRC to adopt new City Council district map

"...the commission's mapping expert, attorney George Korbel, who was subcontracted through the ICRC's general counsel, renowned civil rights lawyer..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

The Way Home

Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf

"...be willing to mount a political drama requiring 17 actors and running nearly three hours? Was there even a..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

News Ticker: June 19

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Senators are hell bent on turning back the abortion rights clock, they should have to suffer a few anachronisms..."

June 19, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Redistricting: 'Purposeful Discrimination'

The trampling of Travis County

"...will simply end up in court for violating minority rights under the Voting Rights Act. Dukes said SB 4..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Redistricting: GOP Has Lock – But Dems Have Key

Can Obama's DOJ thwart DeLay-style footwork?

"...2003 – except this time, the congressional redistricting will actually occur after the decennial census (when it is supposed..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...effect." – December 2003 staff memo of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, concluding that the..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Meanwhile, at the Supreme Court ...

"...of the state's U.S. House seats. This despite the fact that registered D's outnumber R's in Pennsylvania by nearly..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Lege

For the Senate Democrats, Labor Day was just another day (not) at the office.

"...sanctions on the minority Democrats. The suit alleges both actions violate the federal Voting Rights Act. Kazen referred the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Column by Michael King

The House Gives DeLay His Map

Republicans push redistricting through, public opinion be damned

"...mic to denounce the bill, calling it devastating to rights of minority and rural Texans; an unjustified GOP "power..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...month. The suit alleges that the BS/EACD violated the Voting Rights Act by failing to provide a sufficient number..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

"...overseeing President Johnson's Great Society programs and the civil rights mandates...."

Jan. 16, 1998 Column

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"..."dummymander" – highly engineered lines that no longer match facts on the ground as populations shift across them. Despite..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

District Races

Get ready for run-offs!

"...party Tuesday night was over before it began. In fact, the former assistant attorney general didn't even have a..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature

Headlines

"...on asking voters for a tax rate increase, instead voting to cover a projected $33 million shortfall out of..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...write to say that I disagree with Marc Savlov's reaction to The Passion of the Christ. In fact, let's..."

April 30, 2004 Column

Naked City

Sugar Land Congressman Tom DeLay takes on the Democrats' redistricting plan.

"...one of them. The exterminator from Sugar Land, de facto leader of the House Republicans, brought his Democrats-Must-Die act..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: The Whiplash Generation

On trying to maintain humane sanity in a dangerously insane era

"...work, home, chores, friends, family – only to be distracted hourly by the looming disaster burgeoning from D.C., with..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Column by Michael King

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