Search

541-570 of 1,000 results, sorted by relevance | sort by date
Counting the Felonies
A list of the persons and corporations indicted in the TRMPAC investigation, and the charges against them
"...illegal contributionsThird-degree felony Questerra Corp., Va.2 counts, illegal contribution ($50,000)Third-degree felony Westar Energy, Kan.Illegal contribution ($25,000)Third-degree felony Diversified Collection..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City
"...agreement with Lowe's, clearing the way for a new 162,000-square-foot store on environmentally sensitive land at Brodie and William..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

High Tech vs. High Touch
The midwifery debate is not new in Austin -- a Chronicle reprint from June 18, 1993
"...worse. According to the Texas Department of Health, some 100,000 women (31.6% of all pregnancies) received late or no..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The 'Mold Queen' Fights Back
Melinda Ballard beat the insurance companies in court. Now she's carrying her fight to the politicians and the public.
"...mold Stachybotrys took hold and began to devour her 12,000-square-foot Dripping Springs mansion. The mold and the consequent legal..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er
Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts
"...other hand: Will Wynn led the charge to get $150,000 for a city-funded skateboard park...."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Post Marks
Park and Ride
"...Proposition 2 authorizes $19,110,000 for the acquisition and initial development of two new..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

Funny Money
Campaign Finance Reform: Who Cares?
"...have changed since chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim handed out $10,000 checks to a number of senators inside the Texas..."

June 6, 1997 News Column by Robert Bryce

Paint By Numbers
Racial Divides in Austin's Public Arts Funding
"...either, spending money on administrative overhead and her own $30,000 salary -- not a lot, except that she didn't..."

June 28, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Crossing the Lines
Women Comic Strippers
"...Comics were produced in larger numbers then: I printed 10,000 copies of Dynamite Damsels. That was considered a solid..."

May 12, 1995 Books Feature by Kate X Messer

Assessing the Underwhelming Field of APD Chief Candidates
Nearly three dozen people applied. Will any make the cut?
"...force of about 1,600 officers in a city of 564,000 people. He joined MPD in 1996 and worked his..."

June 28, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin's Petition Tradition Is Up for Review
It could get a little harder to put an ordinance on a ballot
"...Austin address) to just 5% of qualified voters or 20,000, whichever number is smaller...."

March 14, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Election Ticker: Say It Ain’t So, Zo
Qadri explains his GOP gigs, Guerrero explains her housing views
"...in October, local journalist Jack Craver reported that about $120,000 of the then-$300,000 fundraising haul of the Watson-supporting Stand..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Greg Casar and Eddie Rodriguez Fight for the Progressive Mantle in TX-35
The two candidates race to the left
"...There are, however, still more than 300,000 residents of Bexar and Comal counties in the southern..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Yet Another Reason to Oppose Police Violence: It's Costing Us Millions of Dollars
Money for victims, perpetrators, and alternatives all comes from the same place
"...in settlements to victims of police violence, and another $800,000 to private law firms brought in to defend the..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?
What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general
"...connection are scant; the most obvious is a single $25,000 donation from Paul to Paxton's 2018 reelect, one of..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do
Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?
"...form of debt save mortgages. The average borrower owes $37,000. At ACC, Jobs of the Future..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System
Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"
"...hit a new peak this past May, with nearly 133,000 migrant arrests, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Does This Relationship Have a Future?
If dogs aren’t welcome on the Starship, I’m not going either
"...ever since they split off sometime in the last 50,000 years. (That interbreeding has continued so consistently, up to..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Fear & Loathing
Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine
"...more than $142 million, the agency's employees killed almost 77,000 coyotes, 407 black bears, more than 21,000 beavers, 997..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

City Council Clashes Over 2017 Budget
Competing ideas on how to spend $969 million
"...a similar 2% "performance-based" increase for the city's roughly 14,000 civilian employees. Employ­ee health insurance costs are expected to..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

'Statesman' Demagoguery on SXSW and Special Events
"...But to lump that in with the $481,000 for city services (largely police overtime) provided during SXSW,..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

On the Funding Front
Eleven area artists and cultural organizations earn support for 2011 projects
"...this year's 10 grantees, each of whom will receive $4,000 to create a project in 2011 ($3,500 for the..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Comp Plan Combo Platter
The comp plan process reaches critical density
"...comprehensive plan will determine how Austin absorbs an estimated 750,000 new residents and 300,000 new jobs over the next..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

City Budget Crunch
Our discount 'menu'
"...$250,000: Reduce overtime with flextime for uniformed positions...."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Where Did Austin's Affordable Housing Go?
A new study shows that middle-class families are being priced out of Central Austin
"...• Households earning $50,000 can afford 36% of the attached units (condos) on the..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Bicycle Thief
Police say James Clayton befriended – then ripped off – many Austin bicyclists
"...Clayton would be arrested in possession of more than $60,000 worth of bicycles and bicycle parts – most or..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript
Word for word, the whole shebang
"...people in Texas, Ohio and elsewhere. CLINTON: You know, 350,000 children in Texas get health care every month because..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Off the Record
The renovated Austin Music Hall breaks new ground; Brown Whörnet goes digital; and Roky Erickson rocks Austin City Limits with a little help from his friends
"...(pictured) last Friday during a walk-through. "I've already spent $260,000 on acceleration and overtime." O'Conner paints a promising portrait..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...buzz is a "short-term surge" of U.S. troops – 20,000 to 40,000 – to "secure" Baghdad (where much of..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature

Developing Stories
Big Box, Back Off!; Las Manitas Swirls On; and Bucking the City
"...written in the 1950s, a typical store was a 2,000-square-foot mom-and-pop operation, said Spelman; in the half-century since, "The..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

« 1    BACK    14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23     NEXT    34 »
One click gets you all the newsletters listed below

Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events

Keep up with happenings around town

Kevin Curtin's bimonthly cannabis musings

Austin's queerest news and events

Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news

Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin.   Support the Chronicle