Insurance Rates, Round 2

State regulators aren't done yet with Farmers and State Farm

"...its effort to get them to lower homeowners insurance rates. According to TDI, since June 2003, Farmers and State..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Opposed to Offsetting Rates

"...City Council members is kvetching about the water utility rates, and wants them reduced so some of the more..."

Feb. 17, 2016 Postmarks

Study: Dropout Rates for Blacks Higher in Charters

A new UT study shows black high school students in Texas are three times more likely to drop out from a charter system

"...Heilig, "on average, charter schools have triple the dropout rates."..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rates Hike Irregularity

"...of Austin agreed to raise regional natural gas utility rates by about $10.3 million annually, a total of over..."

June 12, 2020 Postmarks

Council Approves New Austin Energy Rates; Advocates Disappointed

Average customer will see bill increase of $9 in March 2023

"...general manager, in a statement. “With the new base rates, residential customers will continue to see some of the..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Post by Lina Fisher

D.A. Candidates Focus on Safety, Data Shows Austin Crime Rates Decreasing

Austin was the safest big city in Texas in 2022

"...The decreasing crime rates coincide with the election of incumbent D.A., José Garza..."

March 5, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

Hotel's Outrageous Formula One Rates

"...writing to express my disappointment, almost outrage, at the rates I find that Austin area property and hotel owners..."

July 31, 2012 Postmarks

Council Approves New Austin Energy Rates; Advocates Disappointed

Average customer will see bill increase of $9 in March 2023

".../daily/news/2022-12-09/council-approves-new-austin-energy-rates-advocates-disappointed/..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City of Austin Garbage Pickup Rates Unfair

"...had already distributed the blue bins, our garbage collection rates went up (mine from $18 a month to $24..."

Oct. 12, 2009 Postmarks

Use of Solar Should Lead to Reduction in Rates

"...some time, is to legislate a fixed reduction in rates each year. Austin should only agree to this if..."

March 19, 2009 Postmarks

Up, Up, and Away! Utilities Ready to Raise Rates

The budget gap will be plugged with rising utility rates.

"...whomever will listen that it "hasn't raised its base rates since 1994." (And says it has no plans to,..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Garbage Still Rates a No. 1 Crush

Grunge-era supergroup hasn’t lost a step

Oct. 15, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Belle & Sebastian Hikes Energy Rates

Time to dance with the Scottish posh pops – Friday at the Moody

Aug. 26, 2015 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Water Use Sinking, Rates Rising

Austin Water officials agree something's got to give

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Capital Metro Shouldn't Raise Rates

Nov. 6, 2006 Postmarks

Council Considering AE Settlement [UPDATE]

Agreement would cut overall utility rates by $42.5 million

"...would result in $42.5 million in cuts to AE rates...."

Aug. 29, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Total Utility

The pain and politics of raising electric rates as a means of controlling our destiny

"...Riley, and Cole agreed with the basic premise that rates need to rise citywide by roughly $71 million immediately;..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

AISD’s Suspension Situation

U.S. Department of Education runs a study

"...Austin Independent School District are suspended and expelled at rates two-to-three times higher than their enrollment rates...."

May 2, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

Then There's This: Utilities or Food?

The poor get poorer as electric and water rates rise

"...12 years. Austin Water officials have defended the utility's rates, stating they are reasonable when compared to benchmarked utilities..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin Energy's Wrinkle in Time

Early GreenChoice customers' low rates will soon be gone with the wind

"...over the years. Originally, they agreed to pay flat rates that were slightly higher than the going fuel charge..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Execution Exaggeration

Lies, damned lies and statistics muddy the impact of the death penalty

"...American Society of Criminology journal Criminology suggesting that murder rates drop after executions. Which sounds great, except it ignores..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Founder

Michael Keaton supersizes McDonald's

"...a chilling moment – pause to consider national obesity rates – and one of the few overt instances in..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Uber-Disgruntled

Those cheap Uber fares aren't doing drivers much good

"...drivers and riders around Austin. The company is slashing rates, drivers say – and not proportionally reducing its commission..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Maxed Out

A documentary about our credit-card mess and some of the casualties of debt.

"...rest of us to long lives of high interest rates, hidden fees, and late-night harassment from debt collectors. (We’d..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Muppets Treasure Island

"...great liberties with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel about pirates and buried riches, Muppet Treasure Island carries on the..."

Feb. 16, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Inside Monkey Zetterland

"...also in analysis where a roomful of psychiatrists (the rates are cheap if he's an academic specimen) listen to..."

Nov. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Robe

"...The tribe's loyalty has been purchased at bargain basement rates, a fact the Indians come to resent as the..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Syphilis Is a Very Real Problem in Austin

One in 10 positive STI tests showed syphilis at Kind Clinic

"...STI rates have been on the rise in Austin, and especially..."

Aug. 27, 2023 News Post by Adam Cherian

Your Electric Bill Is About to Go Way Up

Council approves new Austin Energy rates, advocates disappointed

"...The rate case has ripple effects beyond increasing Austin­ites'..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: City Budget Season Continues

A primer on the schedule and the tax rates

"...of one key aspect of property valuations and tax rates. As usual, the story starts with property owners, and..."

July 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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