Maggie Quinlan

Austin

News Editor at The Austin Chronicle

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Articles

Sitting Down With Your Senator

2 weeks ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

Sarah Eckhardt goes deep on democracy, womanhood, and our era State Senator Sarah Eckhardt in her office In the midst of a fiery legislative session, the inner bowels of the Capitol have plenty of foot traffic. Lots of suits and black high heels moving briskly. Down one quieter corridor, you’ll find the office of state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, where people dress more casually and colorfully.
Anti-Death-Penalty Nun Talks “Bible Belt” and “Death Belt” in Austin

2 weeks ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

She calls execution the “apex” of a flawed punitive system Sister Helen Prejean speaking at Notre Dame Law School Sister Helen Prejean’s walk into the dark world of death row began with letters. It was part of her order’s community outreach program. Her recipient was Elmo Patrick “Pat” Sonnier, convicted for rape and murder. It was a particularly sick case, as death penalty cases usually are.
Texas DOGE Committee Looks to Form $88M State Cybersecurity Agency

1 month ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

Cyber Command would dramatically expand spending on cybersecurity Rep. Giovanni Capriglione laying out House Bill 150 on March 19 Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott declared creating a Texas cybersecurity agency an emergency item this legislative session. “We cannot let any more time go by without strongly, robustly addressing this problem,” Abbott said in a video filmed at his desk.
Catholic Nonprofit Forced to Dissolve Refugee Program Due to Federal Grant Freeze

1 month ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

Lawsuit against Trump administration could restore funding Catholic Charities of Central Texas will still serve refugees through its six remaining programs Last fiscal year, 700 refugees were welcomed into their new communities by Catholic Charities of Central Texas. They came from Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Cuba, mostly, the nonprofit says. They fled war, poverty, and Communism.
Printing Costs Will Spike for Austin-Area Newspapers With New Tariffs

1 month ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

Local papers expect as much as 25% increase in price of printing A temporary tariff on Canadian newsprint in 2018 resulted in some newspapers shutting down If you’re reading this in print, these words were inked onto this paper late Wednesday night by a printing press in Houston. This issue was one of 52,000 stacked in neat piles on a truck, which rolled into Austin during the wee hours of Thursday morning.
Can broiler eggs help break high table-egg prices?

1 month ago | times-herald.com | Dennis Brothers |Maggie Quinlan

The price of a dozen table (shell) eggs is at an all-time high. As of early March 2025, large, white-shell eggs are more than $8 per dozen nationally. The previous peak came in January 2023, when eggs reached $4.82 per dozen. After a swift decline through August 2023 — when prices bottomed out at $2.04 per dozen — egg prices have since been increasing (Figure 1). This price surge has been driven by the loss of hens due to highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Scholars Visiting Austin Discuss the Building Blocks of a “Just Economy”

1 month ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

The field of economics has a physics problem. Or, more specifically, a playing-dress-up-as-a-natural-science problem, says Nick Romeo, a longtime writer for The New Yorker magazine and a professor of journalism at UC Berkeley. Less than a cousin to physics, Romeo argues, economics is closer to philosophy. That’s what he discovered during his deep dive into the field, interviewing scholars across the globe, for his 2024 book The Alternative.
SXSW Arctic panel explains climate impact on national security

1 month ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

One SXSW panelist describes climate change as a "threat multiplier" in warfare The Arctic. A place where reindeer is on the menu and Russian submarines lurk, some of them wielding enough explosives for a blast many times larger than the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. The Arctic is also a place where two of the globe’s greatest threats – climate change and warfare – amplify each other.
Asylum Seeker in Texas Faces Deportation After Complying as Witness

2 months ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

With no criminal history, Trump order requires his prosecution The federal courthouse in Austin The prosecutor speaks at a podium. The judge interrupts with a question. The interpreter grips the edge of her desk like she’s on a boat taking massive waves. She’s speaking Spanish quickly and quietly into her microphone. Her eyes are locked on the man wearing leg shackles and earbuds across the courtroom.
Austin’s Battle-Scarred Congressman Outlines Strategy to Contain Trump and Musk

2 months ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

Where is the resistance? Here. Lloyd Doggett, Austin’s longtime congressman, is looking for every possible path to restrain Trump and Musk Few people on Earth have more experience in the United States House of Representatives than Lloyd Doggett. For three decades, the former Texas Supreme Court justice has represented the shifting gerrymandered districts Austin has belonged to.