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NEWS ARCHIVES: MAY 15, 2008
Below is a list of stories for Thursday, May 15, 2008.
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No More "Defined Benefits"?
70 days ago
Employee unions say it could be a bad deal for the people paying into the system.
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Business Tax Backlash
70 days ago
Lawmakers expanded the tax to include more businesses in 2007, as a way to lower individual property taxes. But the drumbeat to reduce the tax again is growing louder each day.
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Storms Ravage 40 Acres
70 days ago
From Guadalupe to Comal, the University of Texas at Austin got hammered by overnight storms. Disch Falk field lost a fence and an awning, trees litter the parking lot.
Reports of damage were still coming in Thursday afternoon. But spokesperson Rhonda Wheldon says hundreds of windows were broken, many trees lost limbs. The University arborist thinks as many as 30 trees could be lost for good.
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Austin Starts The Clean Up
70 days ago
Down power lines, hanging signs, trunk-split trees and a massive mess for many businesses and homeowners in Central Austin.
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Women and Politics, Then and Now
70 days ago
Roberts' Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation reveals 18th and 19th century American women. Heroines such as Dolly Madison couldn't vote. But as Cokie Roberts told KUT's Jennifer Stayton, that didn't slow them down.
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Hail and High Winds Blow Through Austin
70 days ago
Austin Energy reports about 19,000 customers are without power this morning. The most affected area is in Central Austin east and west of Mopac from the Rollingwood area to Barton Springs at South Lamar.
Storms even knocked out power at some AISD schools forcing the district to cancel classes at four different campuses. Closed schools are Lee, Mathews, and Pease Elementary schools and the district's Alternative Learning Center. Govalle and Norman Elementary will open late at 10 a.m.
Austin Energy and Austin Police caution drivers this morning to be aware of debris on roadways. If you encounter trees or branches blocking traffic call the city's non-emergency line at 3-1-1. To report a power outage call Austin Energy 322-9100.
