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Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
News Ticker: October 17
All the news that's fit to blog
"...we narrowly avoided the asteroid of doom, the entire Texas House and Senate delegations wish things would have happened..."
Oct. 17, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
News Ticker: September 10
All the news that's fit to blog
"...Despite all the huffing and puffing of state Republicans, Texas still has received a good chunk of change under..."
Sept. 10, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
The Life and Death of Schools
Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement
"...month to the belly of the education beast – Texas, the home of No Child Left Behind. On Sept...."
Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Schools: Under Siege
School districts around the state remember the Alamo
"...Kuhn of Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District in North Texas wrote, "I am besieged, by a hundred or more..."
March 4, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Republican SBOE Candidates Dodge Debates
Why all the debate hate?
"...Thanks to the Republican Party of Texas, what could have been some spirited debate last week..."
Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Nov. 5-12
"...about her life and promoting tolerance through education. 7pm. Texas Hillel, 2105 San Antonio...."
Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature
Early to Rise
Daniel Johnson loves early music's purity of sound and intimacy, and he's not alone
"...haul it out of the margins of the music textbooks. As with folk music around the same time, there..."
Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Happenings
September 6-12
"...Prison City: Life With the Death Penalty in Huntsville, Texas, for a discussion on capital punishment. 7pm. BookPeople, 603..."
Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...by the Supreme Court rejection of the state's South Texas map was submitted last Friday, and GOP leaders decided..."
July 21, 2006 News Feature
Terms of Engagement
If 'We Can't Make It Here,' then James McMurtry's in big trouble
"...There's fear and loathing in Crawford, Texas. You can see it in the brake lights of..."
Sept. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Lege or Circus?
A lack of democracy turns education 'reform' into an unfunny joke
"...acted Tuesday to spend nearly $300 million on new textbooks, freeing them from a warehouse where they too were..."
Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Lege Notes
Odds and ends – mostly odds – from beneath the pink granite dome
"...that includes a teacher pay raise, health insurance, and textbooks. Teachers groups have been privately lobbying to get this..."
Aug. 5, 2005 News Column
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Quote of the Week"We are not funding textbooks for schools. How on earth can we fund a..."
May 27, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
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Our readers talk back.
"...for regional development of environmentally sensitive land in Central Texas. A regional planning process, funded by LCRA itself along..."
Dec. 3, 2004 Column
Slash the State
In Texas, the social contract is now written in disappearing ink
"...shortsighted cuts on the present and future well-being of Texas citizens. These effects are catalogued in sobering detail in..."
Aug. 6, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Page Two
A few modest school-finance proposals
"...than coming out against a state income tax in Texas? Ignoring huge budget shortfalls, underfunded public education, and already..."
April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black
Arts Stalwarts
Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.
"...founded the Historic Sites and Restoration branch of the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife, was the first state..."
May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Naked City
"...increase among other regions in the state. But as Texas AFL-CIO Communications Director Ed Sills points out, data from..."
May 31, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Naked City
"...Democratic governor candidate Tony Sanchez released his education plan, "Texas Education Beyond Tomorrow." Highlights include pre-K programs for every..."
May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
A Primer on Peppers
The Fire Behind the 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival
"...that there was once a time, even here in Texas, when the subject of peppers was not hot. But..."
Aug. 24, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack
Our Bodies, Our Cities
Austin and Beyond
"...proposals pouring in from around the state on how Texas might limit cities' almost-unilateral ability to expand outside their..."
Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett
Election Aftermath
Bathing in Napalm
"...out with guys in gimme caps down at the Texas AFL-CIO. It was his victory party -- he had..."
Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature
Naked City
"...will be allowed to make two appointments to the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC) during his term. The..."
July 14, 1995 News Feature
Much Wine! Many Food! And Buzz Burger Debuts, Sway Goes West, It’s a Whole New Lunar Year, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...the Lunar New Year, as traditionally celebrated in what textbooks like to call the East Asian cultural sphere, and..."
Jan. 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Kelly Fearing
Remembering the pioneering and influential visual artist and teacher
"...undiscovered country. Kelly Fearing, who helped bring modernism to Texas in the 1940s and stayed on the vanguard of..."
March 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Creationist McLeroy Booted From SBOE Chair
Senate Dems successfully block Perry's nomination
"...violated state law when it rejected a set of textbooks because of ideological differences with them and that he..."
June 5, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Naked City
Watchdog group questions whether a public-school Bible course is purely academic
"...writing, and Revelations – such is the fare some Texas public high school students are receiving, and the Texas..."
Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...of the Stone Age, reading sexless high school health textbooks. Get plenty of rest, folks. See p.18...."
July 23, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
News Top Tens
"...from the state's top law enforcement office to a Texas jail cell. Once a spectacularly rising star in the..."
