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Roxanne Paltauf vanished three years ago, leaving her family with only memories and investigators with few clues

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All That Remains

Roxanne Paltauf vanished three years ago, leaving her family with only memories and investigators with few clues

AISD Staff Shake-Up

One day into the new superintendent's tenure, things already look different

Expect the Unexpected

Summertime and the living is ... frenzied

Transit Union Resists Giving Up Pay Raise

Cap Metro's budget woes fail to impress union

Political Sage Creekmore Fath Dies

Longtime Austin resident served under FDR

Lyceum Poll: Texans Full of Surprises

Texans may be learning to love their gays – not as much as their voter ID, though

New Urbanism Comes to East Riverside

Tranforming car-heavy Riverside into a pedestrian-friendly place to live and work

Special Session Could End in Fireworks

Governor wants a short and sweet special session

$4 Million Later

Lab leaves town, plagued by accusations of faulty research, money waste, and mismanagement

Manor Expressway: Oh, the Vehicle Miles You'll Travel!

Cash and criticism for the $623 million toll road

Ott Tackles Austin's Racial Divide

The city manager won't abide changing the subject when it comes to I-35

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Res Publica
Citizens calendar, July 3-9

Naked City

Developing Stories: Learning From Denver

More insights from the Congress for the New Urbanism

The Hightower Report

Republicans on Health Care; and Wall Street's Gas-Pump Robbery


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