Texas Lege Preview: The Lege Has More Cash Than It Wants
Unprecedented $33 billion surplus puts conservatives in a bind
Mike Clark-Madison
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News, Jan. 12, 2023
New Mayor and Council Take Office; No Coup Attempted
Peaceful transition of local power
News, Jan. 12, 2023
Austin at Large: Steve Adler, Scandal Machine
The ex-mayor not only can afford, but has earned, the right to swat away pesky flies
News, Jan. 12, 2023
Texas Lege Preview: Guns! Mental Health! Can the Lege Decide?
In the wake of Uvalde massacre, lawmakers float weapon restrictions, new programs
News, Jan. 12, 2023
Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, SD 14
“I get that property tax is painful, [but] we’re never going to have a surplus like this again”
News, Jan. 5, 2023
Austin at Large: New Year, Same Old Stories
I-35 deal nearly done, Nate Paul’s new enemy, Chip Roy ready for his close-up
News, Jan. 5, 2023
The Top 10 Austin News Stories of 2022
From worse to bad
News, Dec. 15, 2022
Austin’s New True Congressman
March 4: Former Austin City Council Member Greg Casar wins the Democratic primary for TX-35 in a landslide.
News, Dec. 15, 2022
Rail Transit: Also Expensive!
April 15: The Austin Transit Partnership announces that cost projections for Project Connect’s core light rail system have increased by 40%, to more than $10 billion, since voters approved the transit overhaul in 2020.
News, Dec. 15, 2022
Austin at Large: We’re Deciding How to Decide
Project Connect team, transit stakeholders to see where Austin’s willing to cut back
News, Dec. 8, 2022
Austin at Large: What’s Public, What’s Private
Power and parks: My conflicting views of privatizing public services and spaces
News, Dec. 1, 2022
Austin at Large: Don’t Go Away Mad, Just ...
If legislators want to break up with Austin, they should at least put their backs into it
News, Nov. 23, 2022
Prefiling for the Next Lege: The Good, Bad, and MAGA
It's just a bill …
News, Nov. 23, 2022
Austin at Large: Tale of Two Cities
Mayor’s race: Hook ’em along I-35, sic ’em along MoPac
News, Nov. 17, 2022
Austin at Large: A Puddle You Can Drown In
Democracy survives another round, but we don’t know about Apesh*t’s mind
News, Nov. 10, 2022
Texas Zigs as the Nation Zags and Dashes Dem Dreams
This is how it is now
News, Nov. 10, 2022
Local Candidates Find Victory in Statewide Races
On a wet, cloudy night, Greg Casar enjoys clear triumph
News, Nov. 10, 2022
Hays County Dems Romp as San Marcos Legalizes Weed
Everything's blue (and green)
News, Nov. 10, 2022
Austin at Large: Reading the Palm District
A new plan-of-plans puts the spotlight on Downtown’s hard, rough eastern edges
News, Nov. 3, 2022
Austin at Large: Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa
Have a problem with our endorsements? That’s not news! Here’s some of what we’ve heard.
News, Oct. 27, 2022
Nation’s Real Estate Pros Say Austin’s Still Pretty Hot
Nashville, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Atlanta come out on top
News, Oct. 27, 2022
Austin at Large: The Most Serious Time of the Year
Somewhere along the way, we learned that in political matters, people trust us
News, Oct. 20, 2022
Austin at Large: A Quick Trip to Los Angeles
There’s more than one left coast model of big-cityhood that Austin can avoid
News, Oct. 13, 2022
Why AISD Wants and Needs a $2.4 Billion Bond Program
Equity is not cheap
News, Oct. 6, 2022
South Terminal Saga: City Says Sorry, That Flight’s Departed
The city responds to a federal lawsuit
News, Oct. 6, 2022
Austin at Large: Democracy by Other Means
Contemplating our resistance as Ken Paxton wears out everybody’s welcome
News, Oct. 6, 2022
Austin at Large – Texas: Still Broken, Still Sad
Abbott stays one step ahead of the mob amid Lone Star and Uvalde fallout
News, Sept. 29, 2022
TribFest Recap: Liz Cheney Chooses To Go Out the Hard Way
Scion of power learns the limits of 21st century politics
News, Sept. 25, 2022
TribFest: Oil Terminal Protest Interrupts Buttigieg’s Q&A (But He Doesn’t Mind)
Transport secretary: "I hear you" about Gulf Coast project
News, Sept. 23, 2022
Roxy Music Airs Out Its Deep Cuts At Ragged-Edged Austin Show
Even with weakened chops, the HoFers enjoy each other's company
