 |
NewsMilitary Suicides: A Story From the EdgeAlmost once every hour a U.S. military veteran takes his or her life. The Department of Veterans Affairs reports that 22 veterans commit suicide every day, on average.... |
 |
NewsAt the Capitol: Three Bills Gov. Perry Should Be Watching TodayThree bills related to Gov. Rick Perry are getting a vetting today.... |
News
The ‘Most Beautiful Buildings...
When it comes to Austin architecture, the Seaholm Power Plant is about as iconic as it gets.
But absent its art deco signage and smokestacks, there’s another component of Seaholm that’s less celebrated but even more unique: the intake structures perched directly over Lady Bird Lake, which...
» read more
» read more
News
Former UT Kicker Nabbed in Alleged Bon...
Former University of Texas football player Russell Erxleben is in federal custody.
The Dripping Springs resident was arrested this morning and accused of running a Ponzi scheme that generated more than $2 million, according
News
Prosecutor: No Charges for Longhorns M...
Update: Case McCoy and Jordan Hicks will not face charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault in San Antonio on the eve of the Alamo Bowl.
The San...
» read more
» read more
News
With Bag Ban Nearing, Keep Your Reusab...
Austin is a little over one month away from its plastic bag ban, and some questions are still up in the air.
The Austin City Council approved the change last year, and the Single-…...
» read more
» read more
News
Report: Jovita’s Propietor at Ce...
Amado “Mayo” Pardo, the 64-year old proprietor of Jovita’s swept up in a sprawling heroin bust last summer, has died, according to online reports.
Pardo’s attorney tells...
» read more
» read more
News
Perry says Texas Education Spending Ha...
By the state’s own reckoning, Texas’ population increased four percent increase from 2011 to 2013. And Lawmakers cut education spending by more than $5 billion last session. But Gov. Rick Perry says education spending has outpaced statewide enrollment growth-- and by a wide margin.
...
» read more
» read more
News
Shots Fired at Lone Star College in Ho...
At least three people have been shot at Lone Star College’s North Harris Campus in Houston. One person has been detained. KHOU reports that police are searching for a…...
» read more
» read more
News
$29 Million: The Cost of Protecting Ce...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it would cost $29 million over the next 23 years to designate critical habitat land for four central Texas salamanders.
The service w…...
» read more
» read more
News
BBB: Austin Air Duct Company is Cleani...
An Austin-based air duct cleaning company is looking a little dirty.
A company known alternately as Austin City Air Ducts, ANS Air Ducts, AC Air Ducts and AOS Air Ducts,…...
» read more
» read more
News
An Unlikely Supreme Court Justice
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is in Austin today promoting her new memoir My Beloved World, which gives readers an intimate look...
» read more
» read more
News
Texas Ranks Tenth in U.S. for Sustaina...
Texas ranks tenth in the country in Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. That's according to a report issued by the U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit that issues LEED...
» read more
» read more
News
New Pedestrian Path Opens along 183 To...
A new pedestrian path has opened along a stretch of the 183A toll road, connecting Leander and Cedar Park. The five-mile, ten-foot-wide path cost $3.1 million dollars and opens in conjunction with the second phase of 183A construction.
The Central...
» read more
» read more
News
Texas Teacher Salaries Continue Slow R...
Texas public school teachers saw their salaries rise slightly last year, but it was still among the lowest pay raises in the last decade. The Texas Association of School Boards published
News
Texas High School Graduation Above Nat...
A new study shows Texas' four-year high school graduation rate rose to 78.9 percent in 2009-2010, putting the Lone Star State above the national average of 78.2 percent....
» read more
» read more
