TDH: 8/16/11

Wind power, Downtown parking debate and other renewable resources

"...tons of notable items: big time renewable energy purchases, action on paid parking hours Downtown, payday lending regulations and..."

Aug. 16, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Apple on the Table

Breaking down the AISD RIF list growth

"...a work session tonight to discuss the RIF list and potential, there are questions hanging over that growth...."

March 7, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD's Next Step After Exigency?

If exigency doesn't mean cuts, what does it mean?

"...media for confusing Austinites about the evening's agenda, Carstarphen and her staff stressed one point: Voting on exigency does..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Braces for Budget Talks

AISD could be facing a $30 million shortfall in the next school year

"...two public meetings before the end of the year. And with a looming local deficit and a potential statewide..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry Poisons Education Funding

How will Texas schools fare without federal education money?

"...the current fight between the U.S. Department of Education and Gov. Rick Perry over emergency public school funding. In..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Sunday Survey: 8/15/10

Obama, the cost of water, and terrorist anchor babies

"...big week for out-of-town visitors, with President Barack Obama and the cast and crew of Scott Pilgrim Versus the..."

Aug. 15, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Perry vs. Texas Teachers

Is the governor standing between educators and federal stimulus money?

"...workers. On July 2, Austin's U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and the rest of the Texas Demo­crat­ic congressional delegation added..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Doggett: Keep School Funds in Schools

Perry demands right to gut Texas education funding

"...Last year, Gov. Rick Perry pulled a massive bait and switch, using dedicated educational stimulus funds to back-fill his..."

Aug. 5, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

If the Horseshoe Fits

White campaign toughens up on Perry's money trail

"...low-key approach, White raised some uncomfortable questions about Perry's land holdings. However, that simply builds on a broader Democratic..."

Aug. 3, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Lights of Texas Are Upon UT

What is UT doing about its light pollution?

"...the University of Texas at Austin Department of Astronomy and the McDonald Observatory devoted a week to explaining to..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Week in Campaign Fail

Perry's funds, Staples' Interwebs and Patterson's plane

"...campaign apparatchik Mark Miner (what is it with Republicans and chickens this election cycle?), Democrats have been smelling blood..."

June 21, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

16 Billion Reasons Not to Read Perry's Book

Governor gets polemical about Tenth Amendment

"...Rick Perry quite happily took $16 billion in Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money last year. Now he's..."

May 26, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Back to School

Carstarphen and Austin ISD trustees wrestle over priorities, budget, and power

"...will be the first one wholly created by Carstarphen and her Chief Financial Officer Nicole Conley-Abram, and the first..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fed School Funding

Teachers' unions say Race to the Top places too much emphasis on testing

"...While legislatures and school districts in other states rush to comply with..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pecan Street Project

The Department of Energy awards 32 grants nationwide for energy research – PSP a winner

"...Jane Jetson as a brunette – monitoring her electricity and water usage from her mobile phone, while her rooftop..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Riding to the End of the Line

Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?

"...next fiscal year, cutting service while raising fares is exactly what Capital Metro proposes to do. That won't be..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dewhurst for Lieutenant Governor (Again)

Lite guv wants another run as senate president

"...text, where he writes that he, Gov. Rick Perry and Speaker Joe Straus convinced the legislature to "not use..."

Sept. 9, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Rude Mechanicals

The Rudes blast off for the final frontier with this year's Eye Ball

"...used to be." Those sunny days of jet packs and flying cars, of wisecracking, martini-mixing robots and daring space-farers..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Where's the Other $66 Million?

Congressman Doggett savages Texas budget for misusing stimulus dollars meant for schools

"...a component of it. Instead what Gov. Rick Perry and the legislature did, Doggett argues, is "create an artificial..."

July 28, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Line-Item Veto vs. State Budget

How much money did Perry really save?

"...out of the $182.3 billion approved by the House and Senate. In his accompanying proclamation, Perry lauded lawmakers for..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD Takes a Peek at Its Budget

It looks like the reserves will be taking a hit

"...Trustees are still waiting on precise figures and exact proposals. While he praised the work of interim..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

See You June 2?

Spitballing the odds and causes of a special session after the the House midnight meltdown

"...on June 31, Democrats may have used the same tactic to revive CHIP expansion...."

June 1, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Budget Nears Passage

"...including an extra last-minute boost in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Excluding those stimulus dollars, the..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Transportation

TxDOT's Continuing Troubles

"...The simple fact: As Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, keeps trying to get..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Commonsense Solution to Stupidity

Lawmakers craft a scheme to force Perry to accept federal unemployment-insurance dollars

"...with the Federal Unemployment Insurance Modern­iz­ation provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: In simple terms, by making..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Res Publica

"...ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN GHANA A talk from Cudjoe Exah and Gabriel Vaughn on a working methodology for environmental, economical,..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature

TxDOT Puts Lipstick on the Pig

Commissioners approve spending stimulus money, insult the public

"...Time waits for no man, and neither does the Texas Department of Transportation...."

March 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Feds Back Dunnam Against TxDOT

Agency decision to spend stimulus money could be reversed

"...Well, now he has the feds backing him up and telling TxDOT they’d better obey the law...."

March 4, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Now Dunnam Is Really Pissed at TxDOT

Stimulus committee chair says agency sending inaccurate information to Congress

"...stimulus”), Dunnam charged that TxDOT may have violated the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act because it has already committed..."

March 3, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Headlines

"...Among the decisions: delays on the Wildflower Commons development and a proposed $250 million solar energy farm. See "Later..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature

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