Austin News and Entertainment

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Austin News and Entertainment:

Democracy Incorporated

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

Writer Ed Burns on education, totalitarianism, and the possibility of community...Read More

Headlines

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

Res Publica

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

Citizens' calendar, July 29-Aug. 5...Read More

Naked City

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond...Read More

City Budget: Scrubbed and Squeaky Clean

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

The budget gets balanced, saved by the sales tax – and some scrubbing...Read More

Campaign Cash: Who's in the Money?

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

Some war chests are full; some are empty...Read More

WDP, Labor Department Form Partnership for Workers

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

New alliance aims to improve working conditions in Texas...Read More

Ordinance Targets Demolitions Posing as 'Remodels'

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

Remodeling projects must fit narrower definition...Read More

Who to Blame for Faulty Fire Science?

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

Will Forensic Science Commission let Fire Marshal's Office off the hook for flawed science?...Read More

Formula One Moves on to Step Two

7/30/2010 4:00 AM

Formula One reveals location, money man...Read More

Austin News and Entertainment:

Mandatory breaks OK'd for Austin construction workers

7/29/2010 11:30 PM

The Austin City Council told employers Thursday that they must allow construction workers to take rest breaks...Read More

World Digest: Video aired of abducted Mexican journalists

7/29/2010 10:40 PM

MEXICO U.S. Consulate in Juárez closes The U.S. Consulate in Juárez, across the border from El Paso, will temporarily close pending a review of its security protocols...Read More

Nation Digest: Poll shows opposition to health care overhaul down; grizzly caught after deadly attack in Montana

7/29/2010 10:39 PM

PUBLIC OPINION Poll: Opposition to health overhaul down Opposition to the landmark health care overhaul declined over the past month, to 35 percent from 41 percent, according to the latest results of a tracking poll...Read More

Austin City Council action, 07.29.10

7/29/2010 10:17 PM

At its meeting Thursday, the City Council: Agreed to buy a Budget Rent A Car service center at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for $312,500 to use as a staging area for taxis, limos and other vehicles, and to convert a building there into a climate-controlled waiting area for cab drivers...Read More

Save Our Springs sues over water treatment plant

7/29/2010 10:15 PM

The Save Our Springs Alliance has sued to stop work on a $500 million water treatment plant that would draw from Lake Travis, hoping partly to buy time to change Austin's political picture...Read More

Central Texas Digest: 25 charged in no-refusal push July 4; Travis prisoner dies; fight at Bastrop prison.

7/29/2010 10:12 PM

AUSTIN 25 charged in no-refusal push Austin Police Department officials announced that during the Fourth of July no-refusal initiative, which began at 9 p.m...Read More

Texas student financial aid could take $108M hit

7/29/2010 10:09 PM

The state Legislature could reduce spending on financial aid for college students by as much as $108 million in the next two-year budget, based on an appropriations request approved Thursday by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board...Read More

Judge Sharon Keller wants her rebuke voided

7/29/2010 10:05 PM

Claiming that she was improperly reprimanded for her role in a botched execution-day appeal in 2007, Judge Sharon Keller asked the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday to throw out the rebuke and order all charges against her dismissed...Read More

With rise in demand, VA stepping up services for female veterans

7/29/2010 10:04 PM

About 1.8 million women have served in the U.S. military, and with 245,000 female soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, it's estimated that within a decade, women will make up 16 percent of all veterans...Read More

Army study links drug abuse, crime to military suicide rate

7/29/2010 10:03 PM

A new Army report has found that inattention to rising rates of drug abuse and criminal activity among soldiers and not repeat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan is responsible for the record-high levels of suicide among troops...Read More

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