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So You Want to Be in Pictures
Lege gives creative industries incentive to live
"...managed to get all $60 million requested for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program into the budget (in..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film News
We're No. 1! We're No. 1!
"...movies," but the city – and the state of Texas as a whole – amassed a paltry $300,000 from..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

District 47
"...in the Republican primary in District 47 of the Texas Legislature are among Travis County's most controversial figures. Each..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl
"...the need for a compact city, and for better facilities for cyclists and pedestrians. It scaled back previous plans..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Meet the Candidate: John Sisson
Sheriff candidate calls for end to S-Comm
"...After a brief run as an investigator with the Texas Workforce Commission, he became a deputy in Precinct 3..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

AISD Bonds: Moving Parts
Half a percent of registered voters cast ballots on first day of early voting
"...On April 25, AISD Executive Director of Facilities Paul Turner announced that he is retiring to spend..."

May 3, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Anyone Heard of Conflict of Interest?
Jay Kimbrough is TYC conservator now, but where was he in 2005 and 2006?
"...confirmed by the Senate as conservator of the embattled Texas Youth Commission, but it wasn't unanimous: Sen. Eliot Shapleigh,..."

March 29, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Oops!
Our latest batch
"...to "54 prisons and state jails" and to the "Texas Youth Authority." There are actually more than 100 state..."

July 23, 2004 Column

City Lifts Boil Water Notice
Here's what you need to know before using your tap water
"...place on Monday, Oct. 22, following recent flooding. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has cleared Austin tap water..."

Oct. 28, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Headlines
"...board of trustees is scheduled to receive the controversial facilities master plan at its March 28 meeting. The final..."

March 25, 2011 News Feature

Can (or Will) the Lege Fix TYC?
The Joint Select Committee on the Texas Youth Commission meets for the first time today - but will they tackle the problem, or the symptoms?
"...Joint Select Committee on Operation and Management of the Texas Youth Commission will be holding its first meeting today..."

March 8, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City
Beyond City Limits
"...issue recently with the expansion of several local industrial facilities. -- M.C.M...."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature

Day Trips
River Inn Resort near Hunt is a perfect fall getaway.
"...lots of outdoor activities, the resort also offers conference facilities that can hold up to 150 occupants. The Gallops..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Labors - Night Falls
Austin's Day Labor Site Attracts Drugs, Criminals
"...the time, it seemed like a good idea. The Texas Employment Commission (TEC) set up an office on the..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature

Greenbacks for Green Space
City moves to make development pay more for parks
"...chronically short on funds to improve the parks and facilities that the city already owns, and it struggles to..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19
There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad
"...information is available, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are estimated to account for up to 80% of..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Keeping Busy
Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment
"...Al Armendariz, Texas' highest environmental official until last spring, moved to Austin..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

'Completing Communities'
A conversation with Kathie Tovo
"...Joint Subcommittee, and then it wound to the Planning Commission. It's basically a tool that's going to help decision-makers..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City
"...an appeal on the constitutionality of lethal injection, presiding Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon "the Execu­tion­er" Keller..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature

City Hall's Bumpy Road
Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?
"...Larsen's e-mail made its way to the inbox of Texas Monthly Publisher Mike Levy, who each morning drives from..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia
City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service
"...was a charter member of the 1967 Human Relations Commission during the Civil Rights movement. In 1972, he became..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History
Moving forward sometimes requires looking back
"..."A City Plan for Austin, Texas," prepared for the City Plan Commission in 1928, most..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Talking Trash
A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.
"...but in far southeast Travis County, at locally owned Texas Disposal Systems' site in Creedmoor.) Both landfills are located..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Bush's Xmas Stocking: Burning Coal?
New state and federal regulations threaten the Clean Air Act
"...On Dec. 19, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission voted to change the factors..."

Dec. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

God's Steward at the TNRCC
In Barry McBee's Environment, Politics and Religion Mix
"...often than either of his two colleagues on the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) which he chairs --..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City
"...troops have suffered in decades." – Paul Burka on TexasMonthly.com, calling for Republican Rep. Tom Craddick to resign as..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature

A New Jail for Travis County?
County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry
"...By late March it seemed that the Travis County Commissioners Court was open to the advocates' concerns when it..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Getting to Zero
Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?
"...it's about 10 miles from the Capitol to the Texas Disposal Systems landfill, where Austin's city-collected residential trash goes..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Shape of Things to Come
What will the arts in Austin look like in 10 years? CreateAustin has a good idea – in fact, it has 10.
"...social support for individual artists, tourism, tax districts, cultural facilities, public art, philanthropy – all of it has been..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Endorsements
Travis County Bond Election
"...and citizens' groups promoted the parks plan, and the commissioners responded, with the most common refrain being, "We only..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

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