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Reefer Roundup 12/14/2010
More teens are smoking pot than cigarettes, and Texas Congressman Ted Poe joins the fight against pot-growing on federal land. Details on these stories and more reefer-related madness below.

5:52PM Tue. Dec. 14, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

The Daily Hustle: 12/14/10
One truncated Hustle coming right up, just as soon as I change the litterbox …

2:02PM Tue. Dec. 14, 2010, Wells Dunbar Read More | Comment »

Not A Creature Was Stirring ...
The Austin Humane Society will kick off the Home for the Holidays Adoption Campaign with is fifth shelter sleepover for employees and volunteers Thursday night.

2:01PM Tue. Dec. 14, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

Down On Death
Newly imposed death sentences in Texas declined to a new low of just eight sentences handed down in 2010, according to the annual Texas Death Penalty Developments report put together by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

1:43PM Tue. Dec. 14, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

TDCJ: Hearing Loss Isn't A Disability
Federal Judge Sim Lake has ruled that the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice must accommodate a hearing-impaired individual during prison visits.

1:04PM Tue. Dec. 14, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

New Courthouse for Travis County?
Travis County Commissioners will reportedly discuss in executive session tomorrow (Tuesday) whether to purchase a plot of Downtown Austin land for the development of a new civil courthouse.

4:08PM Mon. Dec. 13, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

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Green Thumbs at WTP4
As construction on Water Treatment Plant No.4 is underway and land is being cleared, more than a dozen varieties of plant life will be unearthed in the process. In an effort to help preserve the native flora, the city of Austin worked collectively with Austin Water Utility and WTP4 developers to facilitate a plant rescue.

3:23PM Mon. Dec. 13, 2010, Katie Tomasino Read More | Comment »

The Daily Hustle: 12/13/10
How on earth the Hustle managed to make it through another year of City Council is beyond him. But here we are at the end of the year, and we've got agenda highlights for this Thursday council farewell to 2010: public safety cameras, WTP4, and historic zoning out the wazoo.

1:43PM Mon. Dec. 13, 2010, Wells Dunbar Read More | Comment »

Newsgeist: 12/13/10
"Someone's got a case of the Mondays!" Cure it with Newsgeist stories on 20-year snowstorms, Black Swan, and political travel spending. Read more for the links.

7:54AM Mon. Dec. 13, 2010, Eric Pickhartz Read More | Comment »

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