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Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
What Happens Next?
As D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg serves her sentence, the county attorney takes on the civil lawsuit and the next steps
"...took the front mic on the floor of the Texas House late Friday morning, April 26, with a grave..."
May 3, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
The Yassine Sixth Street Noir
Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side
"...making any money? The feds and the state of Texas think they know...."
May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Prevailing Wage Doesn't Always Prevail
Carpenters union says workers are getting stiffed on state project
"...Workers may not have many rights in Texas, but one big plus is that it is a..."
Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Taking Back the House
Texas Democrats say this could be their November
"...Five seats. That's what it would take for the Texas Democratic Party to take back the Texas House of..."
Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
On the Lege
Texas and Sudan: In or Out?
"...Should the proposed policy also extend to the governor's Texas Enterprise Fund, which last week awarded an $8.5 million..."
Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
TYC Allegations: Not Just Abbott
Davis attack ad taps history of blind eyes turned to rape cases
"...years ignoring allegations of abuse at state juvenile correctional facilities. That the awkward part of this for Abbott? The..."
Sept. 17, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Perry Calls Indictments 'Farce'
At least Bobby Jindal has his back
"...The three-term governor of Texas and prospective 2016 presidential candidate was indicted yesterday by..."
Aug. 16, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Coleman: Perry Slow on State Schools
Legislative Study Group chair asks why governor has left fixing state residential facilities to legislature
"...school system (it's a misnomer: It's actually the residential facilities for people with developmental disabilities run by the Department..."
Feb. 5, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Jeff Wentworth's Summer Tour
San Antonio senator holding Jurisprudence committee meetings around state before next session
"...the home of the Evins Regional Juvenile Center, the Texas Youth Commission facility that was at the heart of..."
May 21, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Oops
"...we said that Bartlett Cocke was hired by the Texas Facilities Commission as the general contractor on the Dewitt..."
Jan. 27, 2012 Column
Five and a Half Things About Sheryl Cole's Re-Election Kick-Off
SMDs to education, the Capitol Complex to … lipstick?
"...racial conflagrations – see 2009’s collective freakout over the Texas Relays, or the dreadful Nathaniel Sanders II saga, for..."
Nov. 30, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Budget: Signed, Sealed, Deliverable
Texas House passed SB 1 142-2, now it heads to the governor
"...million in pre-K grants up, plus the provision of Texas grants for an extra 35,000 students. Similarly, Rep. John..."
May 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Cap Metro: The Quarter Cent Shuffle
Why Cap Metro takes a quarter-cent and then gives it back
"...leaders in the anti-transit camp included then Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty and Republican state Rep. Terry Keel of..."
April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
TYC Staff Gets Christmas Surprise
Youth jails end suspension of staff overtime pay
"...A small victory for the staff at the Texas Youth Commission: They're actually going to be getting paid..."
Nov. 28, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?
State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency
"...been devoted to reforming the battered, scandal-plagued, and discredited Texas Youth Commission. But as the relevant reform and financing..."
May 11, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Library Fails to Carry
Commission Votes for Local Over Regional
"...out to speak their minds at last month's Library Commission hearing. One after another they lined up to advise..."
Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole
An End to TYC's Problems ... and to TYC?
The Sunset Advisory Commission recommends drastic action to remedy the problems plaguing the Texas Youth Commission: dissolve the agency
"...School, run by the state's juvenile prison system, the Texas Youth Commission...."
Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Environmental Cage Match
After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?
"...to move here last year for an unusual reason: Texas' horrendous air pollution problem. A nationally respected Sierra Club..."
May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...• The Planning Commission intends to take another run at street connectivity. At..."
March 24, 2006 News Feature
The Race Is to the Swift
In Texas, livestock are better vaccinated than children.
"...carrying 34 immigrants of Middle Eastern origin, bound for Texas. Immediately upon their arrival, an obscure agency of state..."
May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax
The Greening of George W. Bush
An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.
"...little to clean up the air. An analysis of Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission pollution statistics, which was funded..."
Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose
Lone Stars Rising
The Lady Rancher: From Hogs to Boll Weevils
"...(see story), Combs, 52, will be the next agriculture commissioner. And that's not all bad. Combs is personable. She's..."
Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce
'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements
General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments
"...1: ... the continuation of the constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University on..."
Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature
'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements
General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments
"...1: ... the continuation of the constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University on..."
Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature
'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements
General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments
"...1: ... the continuation of the constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University on..."
Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature
Pete's Principle
Ex-Chamber Head Winstead Takes Us to the Toll Road
"...first ever Austin-San Antonio regional planning conference at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos -- that of the..."
May 22, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Convention was violated – so that his appeal in Texas courts can first proceed. See "Supremes Hold Off on..."
May 27, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Capitol Chronicle
The grandfathered pollution exemption celebrates its 30th birthday, and the Lege takes another look at cleaning up the air
"...Out in the East Texas county of Milam,..."
April 6, 2001 News Column by Michael King
The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started
Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes
"...sent to the youth prisons managed by the dysfunctional Texas Juvenile Justice Department. (Formerly known as the Texas Youth..."
