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NewsTexas Business Signals Concern Over Air Traffic Tower ClosuresWith Georgetown and San Marcos losing their air traffic control towers due to sequestration-related budget cuts, one private aviation business owner is concerned the impact could be harmful to Austin and Central Texas.... |
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NewsReport: Gov. Perry Pressuring UT-Austin President Powers to ResignSimmering tensions between University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers and the UT Board of Regents keep rising: An article in the Houston Chronicle claims Gov. Rick Perry – who appoints the regents – “has communicated through emissaries that Powers should resign to avoid an embarrassing regents vote to fire him.”
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New Wheatsville Co-op Wants Liquor Wai...
The Austin City Council is set to hear a request from Wheatsville Co-op on whether it can sell beer and wine at a new location on South Lamar Boulevard....
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APD Joins County to Limit Underage Dri...
Austin police say they’ve arrested more than 200 drivers for DWI this year who are under the age of 21 — in other words, not old enough to legally drink.
The department is now targeting underage drinkers for an anti-drinking and driving campaign. The department is joining a Travis County...
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Austin Considers Pet Registration
The group that advises Austin City Council on animal matters met to consider the possibility of having a new rule: that every year, pet owners register their cats and dogs with the city....
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The Californians Are Coming!
Almost 60,000 people moved from the Golden State to the Lone Star State in 2011, according a U.S. Census Bureau report....
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Business Group Wants STAAR Revamped
A business lobbying group that’s been a big supporter of the STAAR exams has called for some changes, saying that the program may have gone overboard in trying to introduce...
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Clinton: More Creativity for Solutions
Former President Bill Clinton called for “creative cooperation” to global problems at a conference hosted by Dell....
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Keeping Trees Away From Power Lines
Today the Public Utility Commission of Texas will vote on rules that may make tree-related power outages a little less likely in the future....
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Board to Vote on Same-Sex Benefits
In Pflugerville tonight, the school board will vote on the district's recently announced policy of extending health benefits to domestic partners including same-sex couples....
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Cap Metro to Upgrade Bus Stops
The Austin City Council approved a five-year, $10 million program to bring the city’s transportation system up to date, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act....
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Austin ISD Outgrows Its Facilities
But the school district can't build fast enough to accommodate everyone. So some campuses are getting really, really crowded....
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UT Play-caller Heads to Arkansas State
UT football offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin is leaving the Longhorns. ...
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State pays F1 $29 Million
The Texas Comptroller has paid the organizers of Austin’s Formula One race more than $29 million from the state’s Major Events Trust Fund....
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Senators: More LCRA Water for Cities
Two state senators are pushing the Lower Colorado River Authority not to release water from the Highland Lakes to downstream rice farmers. In a letter to LCRA Chairman Tim Timmerman, Kirk Watson, D-Austin, and
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Fact Checking Changes to Texas Birth C...
Will a proposed law result in every Texas birth certificate no longer reflecting mothers and fathers?...
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