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"...they've renewed the anti-bribery oath. "Under [the Texas Penal Code], an intentional first-degree murder is elevated to a capital..."

"...to improving the city's permit review and Land Development Code amendment processes. [inset-1]..."

"...jail – the harshest sentence ever handed to a local defendant in a first-time DWI case, her attorney David..."

"...ordinance is violating rights given them by the federal government (this one requires a public hearing first, so if..."

"...has said won't happen) continues to be waged by local employment attorney Kerry O'Brien, who last month was first..."

"...complaint alleges Spears violated Chapter 572 of the Texas Government Code, a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to..."

"...eastern Travis Co. hamlet violated several provisions of the Local Government Code and is therefore void. (The referendum to..."

"...The commission hasn't always been treated as a real government, Gonzales complains. Members weren't notified for the committee hearings..."

"...Botox injections than anything more in this space about local enviro-politics. (They're gonna need double shots of Botox down..."

"...Action," the translation of the R/UDAT augurs by the local boosters on its implementation committee, which begat today's Downtown..."

"...2127, dubbed the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, would trump local authority over commerce so that all 254 counties uniformly..."

"...finesse and help with messaging – ideally from a local firm with expertise in social marketing – and some..."

"...bureaucratic detail. The Chronicle editorial board views most such government-by-boilerplate with great skepticism, but our formal endorsements will arrive..."

"...April 3 hearing in the Texas Senate’s Committee on Local Government, which included discussion of SB 2209, sheds some..."

"...bumps instead of handshakes ... not because it's a government mandate, but because it's the way we get to..."

"...days, you might have forgotten that City Hall's current "open-government" fiasco actually started somewhere real, that those emails Mayor..."

"...Texas Capitol – the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that local governments have the right to seize private property to..."

"...weaponry in the way the Texas Standard story detailed. CodeNEXT Petition: Legal Gymnastics..."

"...Section 43.0715 of the Texas Local Government Code clearly states that the developer gets its..."

"...residents alike love about Austin – our music, arts, local businesses, and natural and cultural heritage. Claims that the..."

"...its argument on the single intoxication standard of the Local Government Code. If that's to hold, they had "better..."

"...According to the lawsuit filed by local employment and labor attorney Kerry O'Brien, Lehmberg "violated the..."

"...report an officer-involved 911 call and then falsifying a government document in order to "cover" for the officer. According..."

"...privileged, well-paid, and most powerful members of our city government deserve transparency in how they are held accountable,” said..."

"...Local Economy Could Use Skatepark..."

"...with the difference between two types of contracts that local governments are authorized by state law to make for..."

"...movement in Texas, in which landowners have claimed that governmental actions that adversely affect their land are unconstitutional "takings"..."

"...usually belongs to the city. Chapter 174 of the Local Government Code allows cities to opt into binding arbitration..."

"...The assessment was provided to the court by Executive..."

"...but the day started with a geek-out under the "Government That Works for All" banner in the city strategic..."