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Austin-Travis County was the only city-county pair in Texas to beat its 2010 census response rate

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

Our readers talk back.

Austin ISD Schools grapple with high student turnover – and all its consequences

Cause Texas Ain't Takin' Care of You No More

Readers take us (and each other) to task over mistaken identites and misguided ideas.

How Midway Games dominated the arcade business

One woman’s farm and education mission

Your weekly horoscope, May 8-14

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

Welcome to the Black Parade

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

A British soap plucks the best bits from American teen shows to make for an addictive good time

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

Local schools see students not only eating all of their vegetables but growing them, too

The federal government benefits from undocumented workers, therefore something is owed those workers in return: justice

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

Sunflower

Austin's Coffeehouse Circuit

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

Now what kind of mother would take her kids to see a movie about juvenile delinquents serving time in a hard-labor prison camp? A smart one, if she's read Holes, Louis Sachar's wacky, wickedly funny children's book that makes the leap to the big screen this Friday.

A New Drug for a New Millennium

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond