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City Hall Hustle: And So the Money Goes
Final City Budget Adoption Not Quite So Final
"...shouldn't be surprised a decision as big as the city's 2010 budget – which, despite its eyelid-drooping, number-crunching wonktitude,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City of Joy
"...off on one side or the other occasionally. In City of Joy the trick is the point. Swayze plays..."

April 17, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

City Staff Reports on Risks of Natural Gas Pipeline Through Edwards Aquifer
Council hears from Environmental Officer on Permian Highway Pipeline
"...On Aug. 28, the city’s Environmental Officer Christopher Herrington provided a memorandum to City..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Your City Is About To Be Gentrifucked
The Latino Comedy Project returns with a fierce new skewering
"...of course, and it’s no less inevitable in a city like ours. But when the change is driven by..."

May 31, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Lost City of Z
A futile quest for an extraordinary place
"...mad, but in the meandering historical drama The Lost City of Z, the lofty vision of 20th century British..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Page Two: Pay-to-Play City Politics
When it comes to Austin's independent businesses, the City too often is part of the problem
"...permits and process, of building and renovating, of a City that pays verbal tribute to its incredible independent business..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Meet Your New City Council, Austin!
Recapping the run-offs
"...concede just yet, it appears as though the new City Council is finally here, and it looks almost nothing..."

Dec. 17, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

City’s SXSW Survey Finds Little Worth Noting
General questions by ACE staff lead to general answers
"...notable takeaway from Wednesday’s second public meeting by the city’s Austin Center for Events (ACE) staff, which presented results..."

May 29, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

City Counseling: Sprinting to a Compromise
Council and joggers 'give a little bit' on street closures
"...City Council is used to marathon sessions, but this is..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Lower City
The toastiest summer on record is but an intermittently flickering 40-watt bulb compared to this positively incendiary sexual firestorm.
"...positively incendiary sexual firestorm that is Brazilian import Lower City. Now is as good a time as any to..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What's at Stake at City Hall?
City elections bring debate over people, priorities, and propositions
"...(and then ejects) term-limited incumbents, change comes to the City Council only incrementally. There are nominally four seats at..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City
Rick Green and Ken Armbrister push a flurry of bills creating special water and development districts -- including the reviled, though much-revised, "Bradley bill" -- through their respective chambers at the Legislature.
"...Given all that, why has there been so little to-do about Green's (and, in the other chamber, Ken..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

City of Angels
"...ever achieved on film. So, the question is: Is City of Angels a faithful reworking of Wings of Desire,..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ernest Cline Is Taking The Bridge to Bat City
Ready Player One author making kid lit debut
"...history for his debut children's novel, Bridge to Bat City, announced this morning...."

June 13, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Inside the New Cap City Comedy Club
Mary Lynn Rajskub gets opening night honors at new Domain site
"...also Austin's far-north outpost for laughs. Tuesday night, Cap City Comedy Club reopened at its new location with a..."

July 14, 2022 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Council Recap: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?
Two Southeast projects divide dais; APD’s state grants OK’d
"...At its Aug. 27 meeting, City Council approved several state grants to the Austin Police..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

LBJ Library Spotlights the Little House That Motown Built
Collection stars Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Supremes & more
"...until the autumnal equinox on Monday. Serendipitously, one tidy little housing of 11 CDs carries its summer jams into..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

City of Spirits
Austin is a town for the liquor-store sophisticate.
"...per year for 15 years. Not in Austin. Our little city by the river has an international reputation as..."

March 28, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Killing of Garrett Foster Shocks the City – and Galvanizes the Moment
Whether Foster raised his gun may never be known, but there can be little doubt about the driver's intentions
"...nothing could be heard but the hum of the city and the occasional passing car. Then a voice called..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

KGSR Rebrands as Austin City Limits Radio
New licensing deal will re-invent frequency’s format
"...that the radio station is officially rebranding as Austin City Limits Radio KGSR. Behind the name change, the iconic..."

Sept. 6, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Little Pink House
Courtroom drama makes dry property rights personal.
"...lawsuit” is a curious one, to be sure. But Little Pink House somehow finds a relatable emotional core to..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Little, So Big
Composer Nico Muhly's How Little You Are evokes the vastness of the West with a choir and 12 guitars
"...new musical composition should make sense to you. How Little You Are, commissioned by Texas Performing Arts and premiering..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin City Limits: This is 40
Birthday concert stretches four hours
"...ACL Live at the Moody Theater last night, Austin City Limits returned to its roots. No Coldplay. No Nine..."

June 27, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

State of the City Address
As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today
"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of Austin today...."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Sound of the City
Black Milk's Detroit "oomph"
"...“the older I get, the more I realize how little I know” way, the kind of intelligence that makes..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Sources: City Manager Spencer Cronk Will Be Asked to Resign
Brazen police-contract gambit follows ice-storm SNAFUs
"...City Manager Spencer Cronk successfully fended off passage of a..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget
Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?
"...City of Austin employees took center stage July 15 at..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Everything's Coming Up Green for City Employees in Better-Than-Expected Budget
Cronk: "We can be both lucky and good"
"...City of Austin employees took the spotlight today (Friday, July..."

July 15, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: It's a Long Way From City Hall to the Landfill
Tensions over trash, and wheeling and dealing to Save Muny
"...With relatively little friction on the dais, City Council at its Thursday,..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed
Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash
"...With a little help from Charles Dickens, Mayor Steve Adler delivered a..."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

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