ustxtxb_obs_2003_08_01_50_00001-00000_000.pdf Page 20 by August 1, 2003, 12:00 AM, CDT August 1, 2003 $225 Texas Obsery SUMMER BOOKS 1111111 I I I NI 74470 89397 4 You May Also Like Environment The Epic Texas Panhandle Fire Is Just a Preview Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages. by Christopher Collins Criminal Justice In Travis County, a Fight over Bail Hearings Has Big Stakes for Criminal Defendants Some arrestees in Austin lack legal representation at a stage that can determine their cases’ outcome. The ACLU and some officials want to change that. by Michelle Pitcher Books Saving Lone Star Literary Life A literary website that has connected bookish Texans since 2015 nearly closed this year. Then one of its readers saved it. by Lise Olsen
Environment The Epic Texas Panhandle Fire Is Just a Preview Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages. by Christopher Collins
Criminal Justice In Travis County, a Fight over Bail Hearings Has Big Stakes for Criminal Defendants Some arrestees in Austin lack legal representation at a stage that can determine their cases’ outcome. The ACLU and some officials want to change that. by Michelle Pitcher
Books Saving Lone Star Literary Life A literary website that has connected bookish Texans since 2015 nearly closed this year. Then one of its readers saved it. by Lise Olsen