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GOP Politics Only at State Water Board
Employee fired for emails about Shea campaign
"...She was being terminated from her job with the Texas Water Development Board after six years of employment, allegedly..."

Dec. 18, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

TribFest Recap: Can Texas Plan Properly for Droughts and Floods to Come?
Are we "thinking as preciously about water as we can"?
"...the first question from Kiah Collier, reporter for The Texas Tribune and ProPublica and moderator of the “Parched” panel..."

Sept. 25, 2022 News Post by Lina Fisher

Can Federal Funds Clear Up Local Water Problems?
Water quality is worst in marginalized communities
"...the pipe connections came apart in his hands. "The water quality has always been terrible," he says. "It ruins..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Water Fall
Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow
"...know him would surely guess – working on his water report: a critical analysis, characteristically unsparing in detail, of..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Advocates Scrutinize Sweeping Senate Water Supply Bill’s Strategy
Environmental impacts still need to be assessed
"...Boosting the state's water supply is as complicated as you might expect...."

March 23, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Texas Lege Looks to Address Flooding and Drought Without Saying "Climate Change"
Dipping a toe into a pool of options – and money
"...Water – who's got it, who doesn't, and will any..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Will the Water Flow at Northridge?!?
Travis County finally finds a way to bring water to tiny Northridge Acres
"...Travis and Williamson counties), the ragtag subdivision lost its water well in 1999 and was forced to use a..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Water: Rising to the Surface
"...Texas was deep into a record-breaking drought when the Legislature..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Water Management: Swimming in Policy
Governor-appointed committee outlines water policy issues it intends to prioritize
"...Water policy is so complicated and broad in Texas that..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

GOP Politics Only at State Water Board
Politics is off-limits at the state Water Board – unless you're a Republican
"...She was being terminated from her job with the Texas Water Development Board after six years of employment, allegedly..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Doggett Gets Funding for Texas State University Climate Change Research
A publicly available tool will project climate impacts on state water resources
"...tune of $2.48 million, for the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University to study..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

How to Keep Water in Central Texas
Long-range planning tries to cover multiple bases, but some say environment is left out
"...Every year brings more people to Central Texas, and with them more lawns to water, SUVs to..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

These Anti-Trans, Border, and Water Bills Gained Steam This Week
Making moves in the Lege this week ...
"...echoed, state Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, told the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs March 16 that her..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Austin's Water Prospectors
New city rules have slowed the demand, but urban wells remain a hot commodity in wealthy neighborhoods
"...There's a price to pay for watering lawns and filling swimming pools, but hundreds of Austin..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Texes Lege Preview: Will the Sun Set on Texas Commission on Environmental Quality?
Lege, advocates push embattled environmental agency to try harder
"...The embattled Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will have its moment in..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Venom, Not Water, Flowing at Northridge Acres
"...to acquire what most people take for granted: reliable water and sewer services. The community currently gets water through..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Urban Renewal, Sustainable Development, and ... Fluoride?
Preview Pt. One of a crowded Council agenda
"...with tons packed into their final meeting of 2011: water fluoridation, the Urban Renewal Board, the Austin Resource Recovery..."

Dec. 12, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Council Recap: Water and Housing
Council takes on excessive water bills, "missing middle" in housing
"...meeting related to affordable housing, ground transportation chauffeurs, excessive water bills, and zoning to allow for a Boys and..."

April 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

RECA Gets a Splash of Cold Water
LCRA proposes aggressive conservation measures for these drought-ridden times
"...not the same as wants" when it comes to water use, warned Tom Mason, general manager of the Lower..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Texas Takes on the World
A coming-out party for Texas olive oil
"...When the invitation to judge at the first Texas Olive Oil Tasting & Contest – Texas vs. the..."

March 25, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco
Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town
"...has maybe one of the most enviable jobs in Texas – Taco Editor of Texas Monthly. Further bolstering his..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

TribFest Panels Debate if the Texas House Is in Play
Looking at suburban battlegrounds and urban firestorms
"...Is the Texas House in play? Is the Texas GOP in crisis?..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Land for Water
The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs
"...this small cave. Thuesen, a land manager for Austin Water Utility who loves to tell jokes and talk hydrology,..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas
'Til death do us party
"...some peace and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his wife Staci bought..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Invasion of the Water Snatchers
Pittsburgh Utility Snapping Up Area Companies
"...Swimmers plunge into the cool waters of Jacob's Well near Wimberley. photograph by Robert Bryce..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Council Watch by Alex de Marban Like Water for Councilmembers
"...deal with the New Orleans-based, multi-national corporation to provide water to their Lantana tract within the city limits. The..."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Column

Wimberley Water Wars
Community activists protest Needmore Ranch development
"...The simmering politics of water scarcity in Central Texas boiled over last Thursday night,..."

May 3, 2013 News Feature by Rusty Middleton

Curious Development Afoot Over Aquifer
Proposed development in sensitive recharge zone prompts requests for contested case hearing with commission charged with reviewing developer's land application permit
"...with reviewing the developer's land application permit. The proposed development, along FM 967 in the sensitive recharge zone of..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Sucking, Spewing, and Burning LNG and the Texas Gulf
Plans for LNG terminals in the Gulf of Mexico raise major environmental questions
"...Following the latest recommendations of the governor's Texas Energy Planning Council, Texas is poised to become the..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Well of Controversy: Water Hogs Threaten Farm
Water shortage in East Travis County growth corridor threatens Tecolote Farm
"...and meteorological – doesn't change soon. The farm needs water, and when it doesn't come from the hot skies,..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

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