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August 11, 2006

Volume 25, Number 50

cover: "General Jackson"
 
news

  • The Taco Kings, Besieged

    A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense

    BY MICHAEL MAY

  • The New Vendor Rules

    BY MICHAEL MAY

  • The Taco Trail

  • Design Standards

    Austin's new commercial design standards are ready for prime time

    BY WELLS DUNBAR

  • City Budget Hearings Begin Today

    Parks and Rec, Library funding, Health and Human Services, Neighborhood Housing and Community Development, and Solid Waste Services to be discussed; citywide increases proposed across the board

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Democrats Get a Boost From Court Redistricting

    District 25 will now be more rooted in Travis County, yet also more conservative

    BY LEE NICHOLS AND KIMBERLY REEVES

  • Vintage Thieves

    Female team targets local vintage store employees' purses and wallets

    BY SEAN O'NEAL

  • Pie-in-the-Sky Pollution

    Federal Clean Air Act critics say it's an unrealistic, paper-only policy

    BY KIMBERLY REEVES

  • Plan B Politics

    FDA officials to meet with representatives of Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. about long-stalled plan to sell Barr's emergency contraceptive Plan B sans prescription

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • More Minimum Wage Woes

    We have less than four months to go to beat our national minimum wage stagnation record, and we're doing great!

    BY CHERYL SMITH

  • Naked City

    Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

  • Supremes Say DeLay Must Stay on Ballot, Hammer Says Bowing Out

    Legal fight between state Republican and Democratic parties screeches to a halt with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's swift rejection of GOP's appeal of previous court rulings to keep DeLay on November ballot

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Voucher Creep?

    Appointment of Texas Association of Business President Bill Hammond to state Task Force on Test Security raises eyebrows and red flags

    BY AMY SMITH

  • WTP No. 4: Still migrating

    Stakeholders at city and county level struggle to catch up with City Council's decision about plant location

    BY WELLS DUNBAR

  • Hutto Wastewater: Is Limmer at it again?

    LCRA site selection report for regional wastewater treatment plant outside Hutto transforms what might otherwise be routine battle into darker tale

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Cave Murder Update

    Judge denies motion to suppress evidence in murder of 23-year-old who was dismembered and left in the bathtub of a West Campus apartment last summer

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Point Austin: Oppel vs. Chomsky

    On seeing the world through blood-drenched eyes

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Beside the Point

    Council members take to the waters, al fresco

    BY WELLS DUNBAR

  • The Hightower Report

    Another Front Group for George; and Protecting America from Fair Drug Prices

    BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food
music
screens
arts & culture
columns

  • Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

    As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Postmarks

    Our readers talk back.

  • After a Fashion

    Stephen gets all artsy and somehow manages to not even get any on himself. He also encourages men to wear fewer clothes.

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • To Your Health

    Although hemp protein is by no means a perfect food, it is a valuable source of fiber, proteins, and essential fatty acids

    BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.

  • The Common Law

    Landlord & tenant issues – security deposit issues

    BY LUKE ELLIS

  • Day Trips

    Looking for a nice B&B in Chicago with a terrific porch? Try the Benedictine Bed & Breakfast.

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

    Keeping Ronald Reagan moving

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

    • Feedback

    Letters to the editor, published daily
sports

  • Soccer Watch

    UT's Lady Longhorns back in action, and more

    BY NICK BARBARO

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