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A look at the proposed utility consumer analyst

Ralph Nader and the Green Party are willfully naive about the consequences of their recent electoral actions, but events such as their upcoming People Have the Power Tour are the birthplaces of broader, more effective coalitions, the setting for new alliances.

Preview of Ralph Nader and Democracy Rising's visit to Austin

Suddenly, Enron finds itself devalued in every sense, including politically.

Enron's true crimes are the legal things it did; Boeing patriotically rips off us taxpayers; and Bob Barr acts like a crack smoker.

Chuck Manning's departure from Austin Energy comes at a most inopportune time for the city.

Possible rape victim Virginia Glore has found a champion in Charlotte Johnson.

Negotiations between the South Texas (Nuclear) Project and its union workers threaten to meltdown.

Money Matters

The city tightens its belt; the road widening that never was

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

Local news this week in Austin.

PG&E's shell game, Bush Incorporated & Nestle's genetic engineering

The grandfathered pollution exemption celebrates its 30th birthday, and the Lege takes another look at cleaning up the air

The City Council prepares to decide how much information about Austin Energy's finances and operations will be kept out of the public view when deregulation comes in 2002.

The council approves a requirement that all matters coming to a vote include a note detailing their financial impact; Austin Energy's "competitive matters" resolution, which would keep some business matters secret, angers some local activists.

Over objections from two council members, the City Council votes to reduce parkland dedication fees for the Four Seasons Residences on Town Lake, but doesn't -- as the project's developer would like -- waive the fee entirely

Local company finds flywheel generated electric power is a growing niche in the current market.

Local Austin news and gossip

The City Council adopts a legislative agenda focused on protecting the city’s right to govern itself.

The TNRCC reports that the Voluntary Emissions Reduction program has produced zero reductions in air pollution

Examining the prospects for Austin's lobby at the 77th Legislature

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

Political commentary on the career of Henry B. Gonzalez

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

Texas environmentalists wonder when George W. Bush will face up to the consequences of killing the Tejas emissions-reduction program.

Austin looks to ways it can build its utility infrastructure to accomodate new growth while keeping the environment clean, avoiding the precedent set by cities such as Dallas that have built infrastructure without regard for where future growth will be.