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Austin Energy’s Coal Considerations Smoked Out?
Council to be asked to consider authorizing city manager to negotiate land agreement for future “clean coal” plant
Naked City
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Shedding Light on Prisoners’ Rights
HIV/AIDS awareness group trying to make case for prisoners’ right to condom access
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Innocence Commission Back in Lege
Ellis renews quest to create independent commission to examine wrongful conviction cases
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No End in Sight for Hurricane-Housing Limbo
FEMA once again extends cutoff deadline for hurricane evacuees still receiving housing assistance in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas
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Pushing Skyward on West Seventh
Another supertall condominium tower seeks to push envelope of what Austin accepts as Downtown
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UT Profs Argue Death Penalty Cases Before Supreme Court
In an unusual set of legal circumstances, UT Capital Punishment Center co-director argues to justices that they should refrain from ruling on cases he previously brought to them
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Cross-Border Tidbits
Coahuila, Mexico, passes measure to legalize same-sex unions; and Babies “R” Us starts new year feeling wrath of both the Minutemen and immigration rights movement
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Follow the Bouncing Big Box
Amended version of Big Box Ordinance bounces back down from council to the Planning Commission, hangs in review limbo