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Commissioners approve spending stimulus money, insult the public
"...money to a variety of roadway projects around the state. This follows previous approval of $500 million in stimulus..."
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March 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols
Turn the Other Cheek
Q&A with guitar virtuoso Kaki King
"...audiences around the planet. Kaki King for Undersecretary of State...."
Oct. 31, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Playing Through
Cassanova tore up the competition at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge and hopes to do the same in the nationals
"...But in the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge at the state fair a few weeks ago, Cassanova annihilated the field,..."
May 16, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett
The Staff of Life: My Blue Ribbon Carrot-Nut Bread
Not best in show, but pretty darn close
"...she was going to enter my cake at the State Fair of Texas...."
Nov. 23, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall
After a Fashion
How many times did Stephen wear that suit? Come along to the premiere of the Domain and this year's Texas Film Hall of Fame.
"...view of the Domain and definitely a "big brooch" affair. So I dug out my biggest, most sparkly piece..."
March 16, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
After a Fashion
Stephen's annual Oscar roundup of who DHOH (did her own hair), and look out, Neiman Marcus is coming!
"...Bill Paxton, Richard Linklater, Elizabeth Avellán, and the movie State Fair which will receive the Tiffany & Co. Star..."
March 2, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Bikinis Bar & Grill’s French-Fry-Eating World Championship
"...“Nasty” Nathan Biller (who took first place at the State Fair of Texas’ World Corny Dog Eating Championship last..."
Jan. 25, 2007 Sports Post by Audra Schroeder
The Hightower Report
Prissy Politicos; and My Gift for George W.
"...who once shook a record 13,392 hands at the state fair without using a drop of Purell, adds that..."
Dec. 29, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower
Cardinals Down the Drain: To Night the Impossible Mare?
"...of baseball. To give you some idea of our state of mind, the transcript culminates with my pathetically paraphrasing..."
Sept. 29, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley
Delay of Game
Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory
"...from a widened concave sidewalk-cum-paseo (AMLI and Endeavor Real Estate Group), to a corner pocket park with companion rooftop..."
April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Chuck It
We're so hungry we could eat just about everything served up at and around the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo
"...the sheer delight of this Texas-friendly event. An enormous state flag hangs over Auditorium Shores and welcomes anyone to..."
March 11, 2005 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm
Sheba Baby
Not long after starring in two of the wildest blaxploitation films of all time -- Coffy and Foxy Brown -- Grier's career went in a much tamer direction.
"...no match for her earlier vehicles, but it's still fairly entertaining. Grier plays a private investigator named Sheba who..."
Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Review by Mike Emery
Rectangular Packages With Ribbons
"Judging from the places he visited in Texas, he is clearly one New Yorker who believed, or at least wanted to document, the myths Texans tell themselves," writes Clay Smith of Garry Winogrand's photographs in Winogrand 1964.
"...Foundation for some money to drive across the United States so he could take photos. When he left New..."
Dec. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith
Central Heat (No AC)
Welcome to the 12th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival!
"...you know, like judging pies or pickles at the State Fair. We thought we might get a couple of..."
Aug. 23, 2002 Food Feature by Robb Walsh
Food-O-File
"...Market Cooking School evoked visions of the county and state fair pie competitions of yesteryear. There were shiny fruit..."
March 7, 1997 Food Column
Food 'O File
"...Texas now ranks fifth in the list of wine-producing states nationally, with 26 wineries and 150 commercial vineyards. October..."
Oct. 11, 1996 Food Column
Day Trips
"...Texas State Fair welcomes visitors to Dallas, Sept. 29-Oct. 22. 214/565-9931..."
Sept. 20, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Fairness, Consistency, Safety
Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record
"...came into office, one of my priorities was that state court environmental prosecutions were sporadic, and the feds were..."
Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature
Farmers Deal OK -- For Now
"...On May 22, state District Judge Scott Jenkins gave preliminary approval to the..."
May 30, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup
Mardi Gras to St. Paddy's and much, much more
"...carousel in his field. Members of the Washington County Fair Association, the oldest county fair in Texas, came to..."
March 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003
The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art
"...2002 to April 30, 2003. Contributing nominations were Austin American-Statesman staff reporters Michael Barnes and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin..."
May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A Question of Compassion for Travis County's Family Violence Court
A woman alleged rape. The man she accused went free. Should his attorney run our court?
"...Travis County's family violence court – tried to circumvent state rape shield laws. Now she's asking: Is Chen Kercher..."
June 19, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session
Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents
"...three, or four, or five sessions, but as our state grows ever larger and more bumptious, so do the..."
Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff
85th Texas Legislature Preview
Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?
"...that was happening, House Speaker Joe Straus released a statement detailing the findings of the Texas House Select Committee..."
Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff
Collective Burgeoning
For the artists of Okay Mountain, it was a very good year
"...with amazing firsts: First showing in an international art fair. First university exhibition. First permanent public mural. First show..."
Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Home From Home
Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return
"...of Louisiana residents have no health insurance, so a fair number of evacuees arrived in Austin with existing illnesses..."
Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...howdy to the 75th session of the Texas Legislature. State lawmakers opened their biannual run Tuesday with a meaty..."
Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature
Steve Adler: 'New Way Forward'
"...in the mid- to late Eighties. I was in state court arguing sexual harassment and wrongful termination cases. I..."
May 30, 2014 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...made necessary by the Supreme Court rejection of the state's South Texas map was submitted last Friday, and GOP..."
July 21, 2006 News Feature
Pony Shows and Horse Trading
Councilmembers Trot to the East Side; Some Claim Attendance at Swap
Meet
"...audit, Jackie Goodman's $25 million corporate welfare check to FAIR, Ronney Reynolds' politically convenient crusade against the garbage sticker..."
