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June 8, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
Developing Stories: The Long Capitol View
The Downtown Commission and Heritage Society of Austin square off over Capitol-view corridors
"...the giant edifice is stored the dream of our Texas pioneers, who realized this site as the loveliest in..."
June 1, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Naked City
"...leaving several people dead and much damage across Central Texas...."
June 1, 2007 News Feature
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
Environment: Partly Sunny
"...out, Houston Democrat Rodney Ellis' SB 945 requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to craft a comprehensive plan..."
May 11, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
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
More Developing Stories
A calendar of upcoming urban planning events
"...Barton Springs Pool. Improvements to be considered include the facilities, grounds, infrastructure, water quality, and salamander habitat conditions. At..."
April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
On the Lege: Itty Bitty Steps
Minority Dems savor a few budget victories, and other news from the Capitol
"...by some Republican derring-do, reflects the overall sentiment of Texas voters, who last year booted out several incumbents with..."
April 6, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
City Gets Street-Smart About Bikes
Local task force formed at behest of Mayor's Fitness Council and Urban Transportation Commission gets rolling
"...of the Mayor's Fitness Council and the Urban Transportation Commission – which passed a resolution during the debate over..."
April 6, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
The Cost of Jobs at TYC
A new argument has opened in the Lege over whether to keep TYC facilities open for economic reasons.
"...to slow down the closure of contentious and scandal-wracked Texas Youth Commission facilities, because doing so would hit the..."
April 3, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
TYC Head Count
Who has quit and who has been pushed at TYC?
"...As the scandal enveloping the Texas Youth Commission spirals on, it may be time to..."
March 29, 2007 News Post 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
Texas Youth Commission Trouble
Scandal enveloping Texas Youth Commission has only gotten worse in last week
"...The scandal enveloping the Texas Youth Commission has only gotten worse in the last..."
March 16, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
TYC Trouble
Mounting frustration in Lege over Perry's lack of action toward allegations of sexual abuse and cover-ups within TYC facilities
"...Perry and the Legislature over the management of the Texas Youth Commission, the agency responsible for the state's youth..."
March 9, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
On the Lege
News from beneath the pink granite dome
"...cars and trucks, how hard can it be for Texas? It's as hard as can be...."
March 9, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
Coal Hard Reality
Still cloudy over TXU
"...as the 11 pulverized coal plants currently proposed in Texas, by TXU Energy and other utilities. Although TXU's recent..."
March 9, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
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
Lege Notes: Taser talk and more
Stories from under the pink granite dome
"...•HB 1933 requires every Texas law-enforcement agency to craft a Taser-use policy and report..."
March 2, 2007 News Column
Capitol Briefs
"...behalf of the unnamed plaintiffs. "The school-aged girls of Texas are not guinea pigs who may be subjected to..."
March 2, 2007 News Feature
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
Naked City
"...his executive order to provide HPV vaccinations for all Texas girlsHeadlines• The memory and legacy of Texas icon Molly..."
Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature
Naked City
"...took a turn for the worse last week. The Texas icon was hospitalized at Seton Medical Center on Thursday...."
Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature
Shedding Light on Prisoners' Rights
HIV/AIDS awareness group trying to make case for prisoners' right to condom access
"...funeral procession that interrupted Wednesday's meeting of the Sunset Commission was generally ignored. ACT UP, the HIV/AIDS awareness group..."
Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch
Austin Energy's Coal Considerations Smoked Out?
Council to be asked to consider authorizing city manager to negotiate land agreement for future "clean coal" plant
"...the Monday night meeting of the city's Electric Utility Commission, which oversees Austin Energy policies, AE General Manager Juan..."
Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Day Trips
Don't mess with Texas, unless it comes to per capita spending on parks, where we are ranked 49th in the country
"...they were donating $22 (administration takes $8) to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department when they bought the specialty..."
Dec. 29, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Media Watch: Marfa Ready for NPR?
An attempt to bring public radio to West Texas shows that no good deed goes unpunished
"...February, backed by a group of prominent Austinites, including Texas Monthly Editor Evan Smith and KUT general manager Stewart..."
Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...declared death by injection "cruel and unusual punishment." In Texas, the capital prosecution of Anthony Graves was undermined when..."
Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
"...a couple of years ago when funding to the Texas Commission on the Arts, the project's benefactor, was cut...."
Dec. 15, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
"...at the Pavilion and Tech Ridge Park & Ride facilities. – K.R...."
Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature
Close to Outrage
A letter sent to city leadership by Sarah Campbell, who recently retired from a 20-year career with the city's Parks & Recreation Department, where she was a senior planner.
"...all members of the Parks Board and the Planning Commission, the bodies that review and vote on variance requests..."
Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature
Mays Street & Old Settlers Park
