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Hanger Heading Here 

 Thu Jan 28, 3:01pm
To the surprise of absolutely no one, today the City Council unanimously approved an incentive program with Hanger Orthopedic Group, offering them $50,000 a year for ten years for the company to relocate their corporate headquarters here.
 

Judge Not the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Thu Jan 28, 9:15am
As always, the Totescast has a lot on its mind this week, starting with the economic development incentives being offered to Hanger Orthopedics.
 
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Don't Be Dense – It's the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Thu Jan 21, 6:45am
The Totescast returns with its regularly irregular hosts this week, wrangling over issues ripped from this week's installment of the Chronicle. Up first, the debate over density bonuses in the perpetually delayed Downtown Austin Plan.
 
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City Gets Into the News Biz 

 Mon Jan 11, 10:50am
Channel 6, your one-stop cable destination for City Council meetings, boards and commissions ephemera, and the best in PowerPoint programming, is stepping up their broadcast game. On the second and fourth Friday of each month, they'll begin airing "CityView," a news digest recapping developments at City Hall.
 

Panamanian Pandemonium With the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Thu Jan 7, 12:05am
The Totescast is back for 2010, with a jam-packed download detailing next week's City Council items and the crush of upcoming primary elections.
 
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The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast on the Joy of Text 

 Thu Dec 17, 7:05am , 2009
The Totescast has tons on tap this week. Up first is a run-down of the welter of business before City Council, including revisions to the texting-while-driving ban, a controversial billboard relocation, and the avalanche of historic zoning requests before council.
 
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McCracken Named Pecan Street Project Executive Director 

 Tue Dec 15, 2:18pm , 2009
With the legal wrangling that prevented former City Council member and mayoral candidate Brewster McCracken from heading the Pecan Street Project apparently resolved, today McCracken was named executive director of the local smart grid consortium.
 

Union membership accepts contract 4-to-1
Photo by John Anderson

Fire Contract Passes 

 Fri Dec 11, 12:41pm , 2009
The union labor contract before members of the Austin Firefighters Association passed 4-to-1 after voting concluded yesterday. Passing by a large margin (487 to 105, or 82% to 18%), the vote seemingly reflected consensus that while the contract didn't contain everything the union fought for, they still saw it as a fair deal.
 

Women Council Members Back Fam-Plan Funds 

 Thu Dec 10, 3:16pm , 2009
Reproduction rights advocates got a boost from City Council's better half, who came out today in support for comprehensive family planning funding – including abortion coverage – in the budget vote facing the Travis County Healthcare District Board tonight.
 

The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Takes Out the Trash! 

 Thu Dec 10, 7:35am , 2009
The Totescast is serving up a hearty news stew this week, starting off with the "form-based code" pilot zoning program City Council's slated for Airport Blvd.
 
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Channel 6 Enters the U-verse 

 Wed Dec 9, 4:16pm , 2009
Wonks rejoice! The city just announced Channel 6 – home to the finest in City Council and boards and commissions programming – has been added to AT&T's local U-verse channels. Now AT&T-subscribing council watchers have another channel to bore/enrage their significant others with. See the city's press release, included below.
 

You'll Never Tire of the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Thu Dec 3, 7:30am , 2009
Leading the Newscast, a breakdown of our exclusive report revealing some shoddy practices in the city's Fleet Services department. The tire mound of mystery deepens!
 
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The Environmental Board has water on tap tonight
Photo by John Anderson

Fluoride Throwdown! 

 Wed Dec 2, 12:35pm , 2009
As we’ve written, Austin’s water fluoridation practices inspire a small but rowdy band of opponents. City staff tried to assuage their concerns – or at least provide a pretext for closing the door on the discussion – in a report (PDF) defending the practice. Tonight, that report should receive a scrutinous vetting.
 

Gobble Up the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Wed Nov 25, 1:37pm , 2009
The Newscast is back, with a bountiful turkey-day menu. Up first is a trip through Austin's fluoridation policies, as relayed in our news feature this week. Then the wet work continues, with the Hustle's breakdown of Austin Water Utility conservation policies. As always, Jordan Smith and Wells Dunbar are your totally awesome hosts.
 
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The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast is Playing With Fire 

 Fri Nov 20, 2:40pm , 2009
The Newscast talks up new turmoil with the Forensic Science Commission, known for being roadblocked in their Todd Cameron Willingham investigation, and delves into the Hustle's breakdown of Mayor Lee Leffingwell's campaign promises. All this plus a (pretty bad) Alex Jones impersonation. Jordan Smith and Wells Dunbar are your totally awesome hosts.
 
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The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast is So Smart It Scares Itself! 

 Fri Nov 13, 3:19pm , 2009
The Newscast is surveying the fallout from the Nathaniel Sanders II shooting this week, along with changes afoot with Austin Energy, as told by assistant news editor Nora Ankrum. All this, plus the latest shenanigans from your city legal department. As always, Jordan Smith and Wells Dunbar are your totally awesome hosts.
 
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Who's Gonna Listen to All These Totally Awesome AusChron Newscasts? 

 Wed Nov 4, 3:33pm , 2009
The Newscast mulls the breaking APD decision regarding officer Leonardo Quintana, who shot and killed Nathaniel Sanders. Plus, we rap about the pro-condo campaign undertaken by Will Wynn, and the new contract with the city’s fire department. Keep listening for our killer condo remix, or cop it as a separate download below!

 
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Don't Get Sick with the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Thu Oct 29, 1:01pm , 2009
After a bout with the Swine Flu last week (eek!), the Newscast is back with mad agenda items: the collapse of the yogurt shop prosecutions, fallout from the Water Treatment Plant No. 4 decision last week, and more on council's prohibition on police-performed blood draws.
 
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Get Fired Up With the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Thu Oct 15, 1:15pm , 2009
The Newsdesk hangs fire – get it? – this week.
 
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Head Downtown With the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Thu Oct 8, 10:00am , 2009
The Newscast talks homelessness this week with a very special guest …
 
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The Totally Comprehensive, Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Fri Oct 2, 11:57am , 2009
The Newscast visits Travis County this week.
 
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Spare Some Change for The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast? 

 Thu Sep 24, 1:43pm , 2009
The Newscast is back this week, totes-awesome as always.
 
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Don't Miss the Bus With the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Thu Sep 17, 12:15pm , 2009
Tons of totes-awesome material on the Newscast this week.
 
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Stay in School With the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! 

 Wed Sep 9, 4:10pm , 2009
The Newscast is back with another awesome installment, previewing the pages of this week's Chronicle.
 
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Former mayoral candidate Josiah Ingalls to run for SBOE seat
Photo by John Anderson

Ingalls Angles Education Board Bid 

 Tue Sep 8, 4:42pm , 2009
As if Texas' State Board of Education was wanting for excitement: perennial-candidate-in-the-making Josiah Ingalls has announced he’s making a bid for the SBOE’s District Five seat.
 


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