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April 3, 2009 News Feature
Shield Bill Back Again
The House will consider a journalist shield bill next week
"...For the third time in as many sessions, Texas..."
Feb. 27, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith
The Four-Day Weekend
Road and agency closures for Thanksgiving
"...All state agencies, city adminsitrative offices, libraries, city museums, recreation and..."
Nov. 26, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Nukes Not So Nice for Texas Groundwater
South Texans are banding together to demand tougher regulation of uranium mining
"...nationwide. Eight new reactors have been proposed around the state, adding to the four already in operation. Nukes are..."
Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Reconnect With Texas
"...foreign jerks. Evidence that America is in a constant state of prominence with big business calling the shots. The..."
Oct. 16, 2008 Postmarks
Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir
'Austin, 1972,' an excerpt from Joe Nick Patoski's new tome, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life
"...Austin was easily the most beautiful city in a state often dismissed by out-of-staters as plug ugly. Its older..."
April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski
Cobb Endorses Lehmberg
Former rival picks Earle's top assistant over Montford
"...created by retiring DA Ronnie Earle and funded by state lawmakers to hold elected officials accountable for protecting taxpayers..."
March 13, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols
Notes From a Rally
Barack Obama motivates the Austin crowd at his post-debate rally Friday.
"...From Brazos to Guadalupe, from the Capitol gates to the GoVision screen at the corner of..."
Feb. 23, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Spears Thinks Voter ID Is 'Reasonable'
Democratic voter registrar out of step with her party on issue
"...Assessor-Collector Nelda Wells Spears in the Democratic primary, former state Rep. Glen Maxey has criticized the 16-year incumbent –..."
Feb. 12, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols
TYC: Getting Better, Not Better
Texas Youth Commission ombudsman tells legislators: having the tools to fix TYC is not the same as it being fixed.
"..."I've been testifying before this committee, so long it's..."
Oct. 19, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Happenings
August 9-15
"...WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL DEDICATION CEREMONY The state formally dedicates the Texas World War II Memorial to..."
Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature
Bring Your Gun to Work Day! (No, Please Don't)
More concealed gun licenses, fewer safety instructors, and a new bill that extends the definition of self-defense to "shoot first."
"...Time to invest in body armor: Tuesday the House..."
March 22, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Before the Flood
In the struggle between local environmentalists and developers, Laura Dunn's documentary reminds us, Barton Springs was only the beginning
"...new Austin. A tower that's much larger than the state Capitol, a bank tower that's looming over the symbol..."
March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman
Marching for Educational Equality
Mothers Against Discriminatory Racism in Education and Society hopes to call attention to group's cause
"...of Guadalupe Church at 1206 E. Ninth to the state Capitol at 9am after a Mass. (If the thought..."
March 2, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Congress Avenue Bridge Named for Ann Richards
"...hard as diamonds,’ and it’s true. She moved from state house to board room with ease and grace, and..."
Nov. 15, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar
The Image Formed
Previewing the 12th Austin Film Festival
"...IMAX Theatre at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (1800 Congress)..."
Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature
So Much for the Founding Fathers' Dream
"...the Ten Commandments sit on the lawn of the state Capitol building, and now a ban on gay marriage..."
Nov. 14, 2005 Postmarks
UT a Players-Hata?
Burger joint on MLK threatened by university expansion plans
"...offer to buy the property, which they say would devastate them financially, and intend to fight the parking garage..."
July 1, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Naked City
Owners maintain operation is environmentally friendly
"...neighborhood and environmental groups on May 23 for a State Capitol rally opposing the TCEQ's permitting of facilities like..."
May 20, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Day Trips
The Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville puts the Texas criminal justice system into perspective
"...at times. Convict labor quarried the stone for the state Capitol and built the state railroad between Rusk and..."
May 6, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Lawmakers Pitch Income Tax, School Finance Reform Plan
Quixotes saddle up their horses
"...for the measure both in and out of the state Capitol. Members of the League of Women Voters of..."
March 18, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
News/Print
You ain't getting in to see Don DeLillo, so you might as
well read about Seymour Hersh, Laura Bush, and Eli
Wallach rolling around in the green, green grass
together. Get your mind out the gutter! It's the
Claiborne K.H. Smith connection.
"...reported in these pages and those of the Austin American-Statesman last week that former Chronicle Books Editor Clay Smith..."
Feb. 11, 2005 Books Column by Shawn Badgley
After a Fashion
Panties, heels, shoplifting, dog collars, and suffragettes
"...was allegedly caught shoplifting at By George. Different versions state that the transgression occurred at either the Lamar store..."
Aug. 20, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
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Our readers talk back.
"...faculty to supervise midwives," according to a Sept. 27 Statesman article, quoting UTMB's chairman of obstetrics and gynecology. Furthermore,..."
Nov. 21, 2003 Column
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: Smoke and Mirrors
The new Austin smoking ordinance is a solution in search of a problem.
"...on the ground here. (And, of course, in the state Capitol.) The most obvious loophole in the SIPPO --..."
April 11, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
A Regional Aquifer Alliance
"...to San Antonio has called on local, regional, and state leaders to overhaul existing measures in place to protect..."
March 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith
About AIDS
"...HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day. We are in a state of urgency. We have a common and familiar enemy,..."
Jan. 31, 2003 Column by Jennifer Herrera
Beds, Banks, and (Dirt) Bikers
"...with a proposed ban on off-road vehicles in the state's waterways. Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs is leading the charge..."
Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Happenings
"...E. Ninth. Speakers include Travis Co. Judge Sam Biscoe, state Rep. Elliott Naishtat, and others. For more info, call..."
Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature
Naked City
Beyond City Limits
"...last week, but Naked City finds our own Austin American-Statesman's take to be, uh, novel. The daily's day-after lead..."
