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June 15, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer
Civics 101
Want to make a difference? Here's a good place to start.
"...STATE CAPITOL OCCUPATION All day. State Capitol lawn. For info,..."
Nov. 25, 2011 News Column
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Feb. 10-17
"...SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE Community organizers, scholars, and others discuss the state of social justice in the Americas. Thu.-Sat., Feb. 17-19...."
Feb. 11, 2011 News Column
The Sunday Survey: 8/22/10
Who said teachers need a living wage?
"...Meanwhile, speaking of historic structures, the State Preservation Board took the press corps on a guided..."
Aug. 22, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Legeland: Up On The Roof
Behind the scenes at the Texas State Capitol renovations [video]
"...Last December, the State Preservation Board took the capitol press corps on a..."
Aug. 19, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
End the Death Penalty Now
"...and was unable to attend the watch at the state Capitol to stop the execution of Reginald Blanton, I..."
Oct. 29, 2009 Postmarks
TYC, Now TRCC Sees Another Dawn
Home-builder regulators become builder licensers, ignoring Sunset Commission recommendations
"...The House voted out HB 2295, the TRCC Sunset..."
May 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Bipartisanship in the Budget
Isett, Anchia show that budget agreement don't just mean concessions
"...This wasn't some local investment they were trying to..."
April 20, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Respublica
Citizen's calendar, Jan. 15-22
"...support for an end to the violence. 2pm. Texas State Capitol, 1100 Congress. www.solidaritywithgaza.com...."
Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature
Noriega: Inching Toward Senate
Rick Noriega is officially thinking about thinking about running against John Cornyn.
"...morning he will formally announce in front of the Capitol that he’s filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission..."
July 11, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?
The latest on this year's big digs
"...Strategies Group to find a new space and real estate attorney Steve Drenner to negotiate a lease extension –..."
Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
The Hightower Report
How Things Work in Texas; and Giants Leeching on SBA
"...living in a publicly financed apartment located inside the state Capitol, just behind the House chamber. It was renovated..."
Aug. 4, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower
Gentle Disturbances
Creating ripples in public space with large-scale public art
"...the Avenue one fine day and find the Texas State Capitol completely covered in yellow fabric. I mean, completely..."
March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Naked City
Headlines
"...and mistake did not materially affect our conclusions." -- Statesman Managing Editor Fred Zipp, in the closest the daily..."
May 23, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Big Mischief
Like the protagonist in his latest novel, Miss Spellbinder's Point of View, novelist Edward Swift is still battling the "disease of the literal minded."
"...Both events are free and take place at the state Capitol building. Check www.texasbookfestival.org for more information...."
Nov. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith
World of Books
The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival takes place this weekend, and,
once again, it should prove to be the best use of the State Capitol all year
long.
"...will prove to be the best use of the State Capitol all year long. All Book Festival readings and..."
Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith
Getting the Joke
Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.
"...the Funniest Person in Austin contest hosted by the Capitol City Comedy Club. The contest attracts controversy like bare..."
June 30, 2000 Arts Feature
The Language of Light
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
"...Leibowitzes whose photographs are on exhibit in the Texas State Capitol Building (see below)...."
May 19, 2000 News Feature
Naked City
Action Items
"...today, Thursday, Sept. 16, in the Rotunda at the State Capitol. Austin state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos will host. Call..."
Sept. 17, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi
Public Notice
Home & Heart
"...and stones from the remains of the 1853 Texas Capitol which burned in 1881. We did not know that...."
Nov. 13, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer
Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing
Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services
"...other experiences women have undergone at some of the state's nearly 200 crisis pregnancy centers. Often using vague language..."
July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Evicted and Helpless
Disabled residents to be forced out of state supported living center
"...until she found refuge for Jason at the Austin State Supported Living Center (formerly the Austin State School) at..."
Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Riding the Pinwheel
The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters
"...He was waiting to testify against a really bad state Senate redistricting map that would unnecessarily carve up Travis..."
Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Grim History
Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery
"...and in the end a scholarly polemic about the state of American prisons in general...."
Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King
Campfire Horror Story
How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids
"...up," and she delivered the news. "I said, 'The state has decided that you're not safe here,'" Gaines recalled..."
Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Chronicle Endorsements for the November General Election
Our picks for the local, state, and national races you'll see on your ballot
"...depraved Republican regime, in D.C. and at our own Capitol, is actively destroying lives and communities and fortunes and..."
Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board
Sine Die at the 86th Texas Legislature
"...Eight of Austin's nine state representatives pose for photographs during the 86th Texas Legislature..."
May 28, 2019 Photo Gallery
Who Owns the Legislature’s Archives?
State Library Sunset bill lets lawmakers hold the keys
"...Stan Lambert, R-Abilene) is the reauthorization of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, following the agency's Sunset review...."
April 12, 2019 News Feature by Michael King
County Judge Sarah Eckhardt on Greg Abbott's Texas Hammer
“Local control had been a darling of the state for years, and now it has become the enemy”
"...Greg Abbott snatched some $1.5 million in criminal justice state grant funds back from Austin coffers this February in..."
Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Supreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Case This Week
HB 2 oral arguments start Wednesday
"...all centers around a law born in the Texas Capitol...."
