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January 1, 1995
Texas Crude
A Dallas animation team creates caroons that would make even Beavis and Butt-head blush.
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January 1, 1995
Straight Arrow
The new Ways and Means chairman, Bill Archer, takes aim at the federal budget.
Music
December 1, 1994
Folk Lure
An Austin arts group is exposing the roots of Texas music to a younger audience.
Reporter
December 1, 1994
War Games
Finally, a toymaker that isn’t just kidding around: A new Alamo playset gets things right.
Reporter
December 1, 1994
Generation Mex
Many young Texans are heading to Mexico City to jump-start their careers.
Reporter
November 1, 1994
Arrested Development
In a popular TV show two wise-cracking Houston cops turn real busts into slapstick.
Reporter
November 1, 1994
Tiny Matters
Dallas’ James Burnett is single-handedly resurrecting the fortunes of his has-been idol, Tiny Tim.
Reporter
November 1, 1994
Bud Wet
Now that his plan for a new domed stadium has been foiled, the testy Houston Oilers owner ponders his next move.
Reporter
September 30, 1994
Holy Tomato
Entrepreneurs in Donna are saving the good name of the real Texas tomatoes that come in a can.
Reporter
September 30, 1994
All Fired Up
A ban against hunting dogs is turning some East Texas hunters into backwoods pyros.
Reporter
August 31, 1994
Wise Blood
From one stain, Dusty Hesskew can solve a murder. That’s why he is Texas’ top blood detective.
Reporter
August 31, 1994
False Profit
Houston’s Unity Church helps folks get God through getting cash. It seems to work.
Reporter
August 31, 1994
Ready to Burn
Among the nation’s highest fire risks, the Austin area needs to extinguish its volunteer protection.
Reporter
July 31, 1994
Set in Stone
My encounter with President Clinton had to be true. It was in the New York Times.
Reporter
July 31, 1994
Messing With Texas
TV glitzmeister Aaron Spelling tries to wakeup Michener’s epic snooze.
Sports
July 31, 1994
Empty Cup
To Dallas, the World Cup meant gearing up for riots, a crime wave, and—of course—real football.
Reporter
June 30, 1994
Dirty Dancing
A new musical from a group of Lubbock expatriates celebrates West Texas’ bawdy past.
Reporter
June 30, 1994
Hung Jurists
It’s up to the Texas Supreme Court to solve the school-finance mess. Guess what? They can’t.
Reporter
June 30, 1994
Starting Over
The University of Texas at Dallas gets a new president—and a healthy does of controversy.
The Culture
May 31, 1994
Dazed and Discovered
Sometimes stars are found in the unlikeliest places.
Reporter
May 31, 1994
Harried, With Children
Houston cartoonist Michael Fry takes on the trials of two-career parenting.
Reporter
May 31, 1994
Rage On
Who is the loudest, angriest, and hottest metal band you've never heard of? Dallas' Pantera.
Reporter
May 31, 1994
Rads to Riches
Two Arizona ex-hippie publishers are bringing Texas' weekly papers into the mainstream.
Reporter
April 30, 1994
Reality Bit
With a song on a hit movie sound track, Dallasite Lisa Loeb is ready to make a deal.
Reporter
April 30, 1994
Ruffled Feathers
In Midland a disputed bird and animal refuge has the mayor and others crying fowl.
Reporter
April 30, 1994
Central Marketing
H.E.B.’s research said Austinites would rush to a huge gourmet grocery. It was right.
Reporter
April 30, 1994
Talking Fred
The family gift for gab radio is bringing El Paso’s Fred Imus fortune and fame.
Reporter
April 1, 1994
Murder, They Wrote
Two true-crime books unravel the twisted and deadly story of Dallasite Joy Aylor.
Reporter
April 1, 1994
Karate Cop
Tough guy Chuck Norris’ kick is better than his kiss on the TV hit Walker, Texas Ranger.
Reporter
April 1, 1994
Rebel Rousers
In Tyler, a high school student’s Confederate flag T-shirt is raising old fears.
Reporter
April 1, 1994
Grounded
Juvenile crime has cities across Texas resorting to teen curfews. Do they work?
Reporter
March 1, 1994
Homeboy
He may live in a posh Houston ‘burb, but rap star Scarface wants to fix up his old ‘hood.
Reporter
March 1, 1994
No Ink, No Glory
Can you name any of the fourteen Branch Davidian defence lawyers? They hope so.
Reporter
March 1, 1994
City Mis-Manager
Camille Barnett focused on her image, not on Austin’s woes. Now she’s out of a job.
Reporter
February 1, 1994
Iron Man
The quietest member of the governor’s fitness panel throws his weight around—at last.
Books
February 1, 1994
Waco Untold
Four quickie Branch Davidian books reveal that the full story has yet to come out.
Reporter
February 1, 1994
Back to Shul
A group of renowned rabbis teaches many Dallas Jews the deeper meanings of Judaism.
Reporter
February 1, 1994
El Patriot
Border chief Silvestre Reyes confronts illegal imigration—and his heritage.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1994
ASKed Out
My third year organizing the JFK assassination conference was one year too many.
Reporter
January 1, 1994
KSNooze
The good news: Houston has an all-news channel. The bad news: It’s no CNN.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1994
Morales’ Paralysis
How has Attorney General Dan Morales performed in his first term? Indecisively.
Reporter
December 1, 1993
Lost Weekend
For Texas fans, the only thing worse than getting beat by OU was not being able to party all night.
Reporter
December 1, 1993
State and Church
What do Ross Perot and Bob Tilton have in common (besides dallas)? Publications obsessed with them.
Music
December 1, 1993
Lucken Back
Twenty years later, Jerry Jeff Walker returns to the town his music put on the map.
Reporter
December 1, 1993
The Other Henry
Henry Bonilla is our first Hispanic Republican in congress. He won’t be our last.
Reporter
November 1, 1993
Spin Lawyer
High-powered Houston attorney david Berg dominates the court of public opinion.
Reporter
November 1, 1993
Shock TV
An X-rated safe-sex video imperils public access telivision in Austin.
Reporter
September 30, 1993
Unloading Docs
Ph.D.’s (and other staffers) help UT freshmen move into their dorms.
Reporter
September 30, 1993
Video Savants
Meet MTV’s Beavis and Butt-head, the wry handiwork of Dallas’ Mike Judge.
Reporter
September 30, 1993
Grande Larceny
Who has stolen almost $1 million worth of chemicals from South Texas farms?