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BexarMet award process raised red flags

Oct 6, 2008 4:07 am

Board members at the Bexar Metropolitan Water District had questions, and they didn't like the answers.

Lottery revenue drops by $102 million

Oct 6, 2008 4:01 am

While many states are reporting record sales, Texas lottery revenue fell more than $100 million in the last fiscal year, a 2.7 percent drop, which translated into nearly $49 million less for public ed...

Pigeon racing isn't just for the birds

Oct 6, 2008 3:49 am

For birds capable of finding their way home from more than 500 miles away, the roughly seven-mile jaunt to Joe Marsh's house isn't much of a workout.

McAllen files rare open records suit against Abbott

Oct 6, 2008 3:04 am

The City of McAllen has taken the rare step of suing Texas' attorney general to keep details of attempts to woo an automobile plant secret in a case that questions the media's role as information pro...

News for Houston Texas from HoustonChronicle.com

After Ike, boaters crave return of life on an even keel

Oct 6, 2008 5:30 am

Those who own boats are famously attached to them. To see them smashed, sunk, upside down, disemboweled, bathed in mud or deposited rudely in spots where boats are not supposed to be is profoundly pai...

Voting plan for displaced Galveston residents rejected

Oct 6, 2008 5:30 am

Hurricane Ike is gone, but the storm's effects will be felt by many of Galveston County's 187,000 registered voters when they attempt to vote Nov. 4 in a presidential election that is expected to attr...

Stress of Ike recovery also strains recovery of addicts

Oct 6, 2008 5:30 am

For recovering alcoholics and addicts, coping with post-Ike realities may also mean reaching out to sobriety buddies instead of the bottle or drugs.

Reports of kidnap attempts as kids head to class on rise

Oct 6, 2008 5:30 am

There's a growing number of reported attempts to abduct children as they wait at bus stops or walk to schools in the Houston area. Yet, no central clearinghouse is keeping count or tracking the incide...

State officials blame boring jackpot games for $100 million drop

Oct 6, 2008 5:30 am

With sales down 2.7 percent, leaders fear that it may be because the current games are at the end of their life cycle. But officials say their hands are tied and they can't fix the problem.

European markets scramble to prevent credit catastrophe

Oct 6, 2008 5:30 am

European nations scrambled Sunday night to prevent a growing credit crisis from bringing down major banks and alarming savers as troubles in financial markets spread around the world, accelerating eco...

Insurance parity a milestone in mental health treatment

Oct 6, 2008 5:30 am

More than one-third of all Americans will soon get better insurance coverage of mental health treatments because of a new law that, for the first time, requires equal coverage of mental and physical i...

Latest news for Austin Texas from Austin Business Journal

Austin office market moves into positive territory in Q3

Oct 3, 2008 7:57 pm

After a sluggish start this year, activity appears to be picking up in the Austin office market just as newly-delivered projects push the area’s total inventory of space over the 40 million-...

Dahlstrom Ranch easement moves forward with Hays County vote

Oct 3, 2008 7:47 pm

Hays County commissioners voted on Oct. 1 to pledge $5 million to the Dahlstrom Ranch conservation easement, a huge step forward in sealing that land’s future as preserved green space.

House passes bailout bill

Oct 3, 2008 5:34 pm

The House voted 263-171 in favor of the $700 billion bailout package Friday.

Deadline hits; no KXAN for Time Warner customers

Oct 3, 2008 4:46 pm

As expected, Time Warner Cable customers in the Austin area lost NBC programming at 12:01 a.m. this morning—the result of an ongoing contract dispute between the owner of network affiliate K...

FDIC backs Citi-Wachovia deal over Wells

Oct 3, 2008 4:15 pm

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says it is standing behind the deal it brokered Monday with Citigroup Inc. under which the New York bank would buy the banking assets of Wachovia Corp. for $2.16 bi...

U.S. airlines improve on-time performance in August

Oct 3, 2008 2:27 pm

The 19 largest U.S. airlines had an on-time arrival rate of 78.4 percent in August, up from 71.7 percent a year earlier.

Comparing Wachovia and Wells Fargo

Oct 3, 2008 2:24 pm

Following is a comparison of the operations of Wachovia Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co.: (WB) (WFC)

Citigroup out, Wells Fargo and Wachovia to merge

Oct 3, 2008 2:24 pm

Wells Fargo & Co. will buy Wachovia Corp. for $15.1 billion, a deal that includes all of Wachovia’s operations. (WFC) (WB) (BAC)

Texas tax system earns praise

Oct 2, 2008 9:59 pm

Texas continues to rank among the best states in the country for its business-friendly tax system, according to a national study.

Freescale considers selling cellular chip unit

Oct 2, 2008 9:49 pm

Freescale Semiconductor Inc. is exploring a sale of its cellular chip business, a move that could have a significant effect on the Austin-based chipmaker’s local operations.

Texas Headlines from Statesman.com

Police detonate suspicious backpack at mosque

Oct 6, 2008 3:51 am

Austin police detonated a backpack Sunday afternoon after a man left it at the North Austin Muslim Community Center and claimed it contained explosives.

Report: Ike caused half-million gallons of crude oil to spill

Oct 6, 2008 2:18 am

Hurricane Ike's winds and waves caused at least a half-million gallons of crude oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Texas and Louisiana, according to an Associated...

Islanders who insisted on staying died in Ike

Oct 5, 2008 4:50 am

The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long, that this storm wasn't like the others that left nothing worse than a harrowing tale to tell.

UT to offer free electronic textbooks in the spring

Oct 5, 2008 4:02 am

During the first frantic days of school this Fall semester, Marc Jalandoon left the University of Texas Co-op Bookstore with a backpack full of textbooks and a wallet $584 lighter.

Digest: Presidio border crossing to re-open; New Mexico escapee caught in Amarillo

Oct 5, 2008 1:47 am

PRESIDIO

President makes quick, long-awaited return home

Oct 5, 2008 1:44 am

President Bush almost made it through two terms in the White House without visiting his boyhood hometown. He broke the streak on Saturday for a quick fundraising stop in this West Texas oil town.

About 1,200 to take Ike-delayed citizenship oaths

Oct 4, 2008 4:26 am

About 1,200 immigrants in the Houston area whose naturalization ceremonies were delayed by Hurricane Ike will take their citizenship oaths today, just in time to register to vote in the November elect...

6 Texans switch votes to help pass bailout bill

Oct 4, 2008 4:10 am

Four Texas Democrats and two Republicans changed their minds Friday to help pass a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.

Bolivar is for the birds, but not in the wake of Ike

Oct 4, 2008 3:29 am

GILCHRIST — One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent.

Digest: 6 kids hurt in school bus wreck; complaint filed against senator

Oct 3, 2008 3:50 am

AUSTIN

Local Headlines for Austin Texas from Statesman.com

Deputy up for promotion paid fellow officer to retire early, sheriff says

Oct 6, 2008 6:47 pm

Days before a list of officers eligible for promotion was about to expire, Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton said a deputy found a way to make sure he'd get elevated a rank: He paid someone to retir...

Change for the better?

Oct 6, 2008 6:00 pm

She paces, she shouts, she teases them, and she calls them out.

Police detonate suspicious backpack at mosque

Oct 6, 2008 3:51 am

Austin police detonated a backpack Sunday afternoon after a man left it at the North Austin Muslim Community Center and claimed it contained explosives.

New rules on city auditor job up for vote

Oct 6, 2008 3:49 am

Shining a light on city government's flaws is the job of Austin City Auditor Steve Morgan.

Report: Ike caused half-million gallons of crude oil to spill

Oct 6, 2008 2:18 am

Hurricane Ike's winds and waves caused at least a half-million gallons of crude oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Texas and Louisiana, according to an Associated...

Some area charities cut people, programs amid harsh economy

Oct 6, 2008 1:36 am

The sagging national economy is hitting some Central Texas charities in concrete ways: dwindling donations, program cutbacks and even layoffs.

MetroRail really is coming

Oct 6, 2008 1:35 am

Do you remember when Central Texas didn't have toll roads, way back in early 2006, and how strange it felt to know that sometime in the next year or so we would be paying to drive around here?

Bastrop candidates focusing on growth, trust

Oct 6, 2008 1:09 am

Growth and restoring public trust are top concerns in the November election for Commissioners Court candidates in Bastrop County.

Student receives Eagle Scout honor; dozen area students win book award.

Oct 6, 2008 12:32 am

Student's boardwalk work propels him to Eagle Scout

Metrolink disaster here? Not likely, Capital Metro says

Oct 5, 2008 3:07 pm

Even for Texans caught up in the approach and violent arrival of Hurricane Ike, the Sept. 12 images of twisted train cars in Southern California and news of the collision's toll — 25 dead, d...

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