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Uncontrolled Experiments: AISD says charters and single-sex academies will ... - Austin Chronicle
One senior policymaker, speaking off the record, said that Bigler's analysis has merely confirmed what had long been presumed – that Ann Richards was being run as an extremely effective magnet. That's good as far as it goes – but it immediately raises ...
December 8, 2011


Letters at 3AM: The Sixth War - Austin Chronicle
Recently, a senior administration official said, "When we think about Al Qaeda ... within Afghanistan, we say it is about 50 or 75 folks" (The New York Times, June 23, p.8A). All that blood and money has diminished the number by 25 or 50. ...
July 15, 2011


Latest Map 'Looks Like a Whirlpool' - Austin Chronicle
(An anonymous source told the Austin American-Statesman that Doggett had an outdated map.) Smith and McCaul, of course, are Travis County's other congressional representatives, both Republicans. In the infamous 2003 re-redistricting led by former US ...
May 5, 2011


Bill Maddox died violently under bizarre circumstances – and left a legacy of ... - Austin Chronicle
What exactly happened that morning is still under investigation by the Travis County Sheriff's Office, but according to a person close to the case, the incident apparently began when Maddox went out to pick up his morning paper. ...
March 16, 2011


Safety Net or Dead End? The politics of Austin animal welfare - Austin Chronicle
The staff members who feel this way agreed to talk to me only on condition of anonymity, either out of fear of losing their jobs or, some said, fear of reprisals from rescue group members. One such staff member told me: "No one who works at Town Lake ...
February 17, 2011


One More Detour on Holly Street - Austin Chronicle
One neighborhood woman, who did not want to be identified, has accepted the fact that new faces are coming into the neighborhood. But some of the newcomers ...
January 20, 2011


One More Detour on Holly Street - Austin Chronicle
One neighborhood woman, who did not want to be identified, has accepted the fact that new faces are coming into the neighborhood. But some of the newcomers ...
January 20, 2011


Naked City - Austin Chronicle
The woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, said she was afraid to report the attack out of fear of reprisal but that the hospital refused to administer ...
October 14, 2010


The KeyPoint Report: Transcript of the Redacted Sections - Austin Chronicle
An anonymous source last week provided a copy of the redacted sections of the report to the Chronicle for direct review; we were not allowed to make a ...
May 16, 2010


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