Energy and ownershipRe: April 14 editorial "Address Austin Energy inequities."If Austin Energy were a private company, its revenues in excess of expenses and reinvestments (aka profits) would flow to its owners (shareholders) as dividends paid.Could a ... »
Investigative knackRe: April 15 article, "Who's policing Texas judges?"The American-Statesman deserves to be commended on its investigative reporting, which includes this recent segment.One might even argue that this type of reporting is the newspaper'... »
AustinClerk asks for increase in early voting sitesTravis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir is asking her bosses for approval to increase by 50 percent the number of early voting locations in the two weeks leading up to the May 29 Republican and Democratic... »
Bummed that you missed your favorite band a couple weeks ago because you were standing in line for kebabs? Don't worry, they're all coming back in April (except Skrillex, but he'll be back in May). Well, not all, but a bunch that were just here, as wel... »
Baby Lauren was born with a defective heart three days before Christmas. Doctors told her parents in the Chicago hospital that they expected her to die on the holiday.When Lauren was eight days old, a baby boy in Austin died of sudden infant death synd... »
A $1.3 million project to add sidewalk extensions at intersections along South Congress Avenue, so-called bulb-outs, is scheduled to begin today. The work will cause temporary lane closures along the busy area for the next eight to 12 months.The 16-foo... »
The Austin Toros notched their largest victory of the season on Saturday night, defeating the Maine Red Claws 116-77 for a sixth consecutive victory.In front of a crowd of 3,768 at Cedar Park Center, the Toros led 62-40 at halftime and took an 88-62 le... »
Two years after the trains began running, and more than seven years after voters approved the 32-mile line, transit-oriented development has been sparse at MetroRail's nine stations. A stop-by-stop summary:LeanderNo transit-oriented development here, o... »
An auto machine shop that has been at South Lamar and Manchaca Road since 1968 will be moving across town in a few months because of some new apartments going in.Used to be when you thought of posh rentals, you thought of scenic vistas with mountains, ... »
Texan Kenny Dorham was a daring, dreamy, disciplined trumpet master in the golden age of jazz. He shared bandstands with the best bebop players in the world: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey. On stage, he went one... »
Before the advent of weather radar, when Barton Creek flooded, advance word came to Zilker Park from the Johnson trading post in Bee Cave."Mr. Johnson lived up there on Barton Creek," says former Zilker Park caretaker Jack Robinson, whose dad also serv... »
An overnight storm system forecast to wreak havoc in Central Texas early Tuesday didn't live up to its billing in most of the area and instead replenished many waterways, bringing the main reservoir serving the Austin area up more than 4 feet.Much of t... »
Looking at a City of Austin bill of more than $4,600 that has accumulated over several months, James Castillo knows he's responsible for some of that amount, but how much is unclear. Utility officials don't know, either.What is known, however, is that ... »
Kosier released by Dallas after 6 seasonsIRVING — The Cowboys on Monday released starting guard Kyle Kosier, a 10-year veteran who spent six seasons in Dallas.The move wasn't a big surprise. The Cowboys last week signed a record seven free agents, inc... »
And now we return to normal life in Austin, when the hour-plus wait in line is for a barbecue trailer, a "special guest" is the competitive beard your neighbor is growing out, and the Boss wants you to get back to work. But we are not quite done with S... »
