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Democrats are settling on Tony Sanchez as their next gubernatorial candidate before anyone has an idea who he is.

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Carlos Fuentes says he can not imagine a world without Shakespeare and Cervantes, but it is impossible to imagine a Mexico without Fuentes.

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

Moody Anderson and His Western Warehouse

The new Nuevo Leon more than doubles the previous Nuevo Leon's space at 8,000 square feet. But it took quite a bit of work for the Davila family, the Nuevo Leon owners, to get there.

In a truncated meeting the Austin City Council votes to allow the Austin Film Society to use hangars at the disused Mueller airport as film production space.

Austinite old-school punker Dottie Farrell explains the meaning of the word 'splooge.'

City Coucil wants to cut a deal with Stratus Properties on the Barton Creek properties because they think House Bill 1704 gives them no other option.

Jacob's Well, one of the most prolific and celebrated springs in Central Texas, has stopped flowing.

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

The Triangle Square plan gets approved at council, raising questions from Eastside activists about the fate of similar projects in their neighborhoods.

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

Brenner contemplates the going and coming of oral gratification.

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

City makes some headway on synchronizing traffic lights

The Mary Moody Northen Theatre revival of Barefoot in the Park, Neil Simon's early comedy about newlyweds in a nosebleed-high love nest, can't disguise the shortcomings of Simon's script, but with the vitality that Director Melba Martinez and an expressive, animated cast bring to the production it's always pleasant just being in the characters' company.

In a marathon Planning Commission meeting, three neighborhood plans get approved while one, the controversial East Cesar Chavez plan, gets postponed after a lengthy and heated discussion.

Bob Bullock's final monument to himself, the Texas State History Museum, won't have many historical documents, but it promises to be entertaining.

With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make "good stuff" onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?

Rails have been turned to trails at Lake Mineral Wells State Park.

In a time when upscale restaurants most often crop up in high-traffic areas or clamoring urban districts, Zoot, a nine-year-old stalwart of the Austin scene, thrives on a sense of quiet seclusion and implied formality.

Steve Wertheimer prepares to open a second Continental Club -- in Houston.

East Timor. Campaign Finance Reform. Napster. Living Wages. Little Richard.

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