Beside the Point: Taxing Effectively
Debate should focus on meeting community needs, not arbitrary numbers
"...Ditto for the tax rate, but lest we forget, there's still the none-too-little matter..."
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Sept. 8, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...passed an interim set of water quality rules for unincorporated areas in the southwest. Predictably, no one is satisfied...."
March 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
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"...lost her way. She voted for $80 million in corporate welfare under the guise of Smart Growth. Jackie didn't..."
May 3, 2002 Column
Off the Hot Seat
Lightning Rod
"...closed doors, whether to recommend clemencXy in death row cases -- have become increasingly vocal and influential. Criticism of..."
July 16, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
Going for Broke
Fruit Salad Days
"...Martin Reichold of Germany in 1991 in order to concentrate on his music career...."
June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Happy Times ... in Moderation
City budget preview projects strong economy, careful spending
"...effect such projections might be on potential property tax rates. In several charts, the budget staff had projected what..."
April 26, 2013 News Feature by Michael King
Fat and Mostly Healthy
City Rolls Out Brave New Budget
"...proposed budget hews to the state-mandated effective property tax rate - that being what the city can levy without..."
Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders
A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides
"...• The murder rate through 2020 and the first nine months of 2021..."
Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Council Recap: Not Many Tools in the Toolbox
City Hall tries to stretch its funds for music, housing
"...live music venues, and one for businesses that have operated within Austin for at least 20 years. Under the..."
Oct. 16, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders
Grim History
Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery
"...to rehabilitate criminals, and that might not work, it degenerates into scandal, and then they try another. But there's..."
Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King
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We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.
"...the technology world, and while that is in most cases an advance, it's not what life is all about..."
March 10, 2000 Column
Boom and Gloom
Austin's Budget Struggles to Keep Up
"...The new budget whispers some answers. The property tax rate will go up two cents, the transportation fee on..."
Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Understatement of the month: "Austin mayor says he's frustrated by his lack of authority." That line showed up..."
Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature
Then There's This: Clouds Over Solar
Is AE throwing shade at sun-powered energy?
"...The new year has ushered in a case of the winter blues for solar advocates, but the..."
Jan. 10, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith
Water Fall
Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow
"...utility faces budget season. Despite eight years of consecutive rate hikes, Austin Water struggles with waning revenues it attributes..."
June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
Sex Offenders Exposed
Are sex offender laws causing more harm than good?
"...his personal information and address at designated intervals. His case didn't get through the system "until 1997, so I..."
Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Campfire Horror Story
How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids
"...Inside the Chevy Suburbans were Texas Child Protective Services caseworkers who'd come to take custody of 22 foster boys,..."
Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Beside the Point
Council ponders where to set the property-tax rate, and which health care package should cover city employees and their partners
"...fact – Austin's low ad valorem, i.e., property tax, rates. As the city manager's presentation reflected, the 1993 rate..."
June 2, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Color of Justice
A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.
"...public housing or trailer homes. Of more than 100 cases filed, only one involved delivery of an amount larger..."
July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
Playing It Safe
According to the latest FBI crime statistics, El Paso and Austin rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, among the cities with the lowest murder rates in the nation.
"...months of 1999), El Paso has the lowest murder rate of any major U.S. city. Austin ranked second. El..."
Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Texas Task Force That Reviews Pregnancy-Related Deaths Losing Advocate Role
When state withheld death data, advocate pushed back
"...Texas’ high maternal mortality rate has been a persistent problem. The state’s maternal mortality..."
March 15, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson
Consultants Given Lucrative City Contracts Without Council Approval
City paid friends of City Hall top brass $300,000 through subcontracting scheme
"...to full-time employees, such as health care). At the rate the pair has been billing, each could make more..."
Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Council Weighs Choices on Eastside Housing and SAVES Fund
Trying to find the best worst option
"...the last City Council meeting, a volatile Eastside zoning case returns this week for a final vote. Neighborhood and..."
Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders
City Budget Squeezed Between Basic Costs and State Neglect
The city has $1.03 billion in taxpayer money. Here's where it's going.
"...finance, "Robin Hood," and the proposed city property tax rate...."
Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King
DPS Troopers Push Undocumented Immigrants Into a Deportation Pipeline
Spike in traffic stops raises concerns about racial profiling, faulty record keeping, and the damage done to families
"...system for counting the detainees is grossly flawed and inaccurate. A Chronicle investigation suggests that the department is undercounting,..."
June 2, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan
Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'
"...AC: In the case of the Marriott deal (or similar deals), it would..."
May 30, 2014 News Feature
Walking the No-Kill Tightrope
As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?
"...animal rescue group Austin Pets Alive! to occupy and operate the current (soon-to-be-former) Town Lake Animal Center on Cesar..."
Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Taxes for People or Taxes for Buildings
AISD trustees ask long term funding priority question
"...board has to ask voters to increase the tax rate per $100 of valuation...."
March 29, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The Death of Brad Will
An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way
"...city's water system. Everywhere they went, they sought out pirate-radio projects and offered their support...."
Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross
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Aug. 5, 2005 Column
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