Public Benefits, Privatization Problems

Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System still fraught with challenges as privately run call centers struggle to handle thousands of needy clients.

"...of TIERS, passed under HB 2292, were both greater efficiency and cost savings, primarily through closing offices and consolidating..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Will the Nuke Mushroom?

The long-reviled South Texas (Nuclear) Project might actually expand.

"...developing Texas' vast renewable energy potential and instituting better efficiency measures in buildings. Whether renewables will receive a fair..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...five simple steps that it says can increase fuel efficiency by up to 20% while limiting air pollution, which..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...with the figure rising to 75% if vehicle fuel efficiency were doubled. – Daniel MottolaHappenings• The 17th Annual Travis..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature

Fare Fight

The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories

"...the ledger and collection duties to another driver. The efficiency with which the process unfolds suggests this sort of..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Ethanol Usage, Production Heat Up in Texas

Production of renewable fuel source still pollutes but offers longterm potential for clean energy

"...rise to 30% by 2030. Snyder pointed to another efficiency breakthrough tied to cellulosic ethanol, the possible use of..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...conservation to employer incentives for telecommuting to mandated building efficiency standards. "The biggest role Austin can play is what..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

Don't Put Their Back Yard in My Back Yard

Council approves affordable housing facility over neighbors' objections

"...(around $300 a month, utilities included, for a furnished efficiency) and offers on-site social services. The residents of Foundation..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Arm Reviewed

"...stop short, but there's strength in the Arm's unpadded efficiency...."

April 14, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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"...that by using readily available, cost-effective technology, fleetwide fuel efficiency of 38 mpg is achievable by 2015 – resulting..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Saturday

"...textures, and their latest Fractions (No Records) sustains an efficiency and tension only the Brian Enos and Tangerine Dreams..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...their transportation needs. The RTCC was formed to achieve efficiency, eliminate duplication of services, and address unmet needs for..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature

New Pollution Rules for Coal-Crazed Texas

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality takes up two federal EPA air quality measures to hopefully reduce mercury and carbon dioxide pollution

"...Smith bluntly said, "We don't need these plants, energy efficiency could easily supply this energy at a much lower..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Frank Bustoz and Ryan Polomski

'State vs. Reed'

"...capital punishment, a machine operating with far too much efficiency and prejudice in Texas. "It came so fast, so..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Idea Man for the Future

Ian Cion is out to build a better world, through public art

"...a pedestal of sorts. But there is a certain efficiency to including the guts of a city as art..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Page Two: Altered States

The new right's ever-loosening grip on reality

"...of the largest gas guzzlers, and won't consider fuel efficiency restrictions, we will have enough energy, as well as..."

March 3, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Sonleitner Failed to Bring City and County Closer Together

"...county governments to work together, with greater effectiveness and efficiency for the public good. Travis County has a higher..."

March 1, 2006 Postmarks

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The UCS called the $78 million cut to energy efficiency programs appalling, similarly criticizing the $85 million cut to..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Eastside Kickoff for Candidate Pierce

Southwest Austin's Darrell Pierce formally kicked off his City Council campaign Monday night on the Eastside

"...become a great city." He's emphasizing four issues: government efficiency, affordability, public safety, and building a diverse regional economy...."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Beside the Point

The Council gears up for 2006

"...fund – that should buy one lucky transient an efficiency there, right?..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Tom DeLay to Todd Baxter

Top 10 state stories

"...generosity and poise, accepting several hundred-thousand evacuees with an efficiency that hardly seemed possible, and even Gov. Perry showed..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...addressing climate change, the RGGI hopes to increase energy efficiency investments and stimulate emerging clean energy technology markets. Kevin..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...(which is $56,900 for a family of four), embrace efficiency-minded green building design principles, and have Capital Metro stops..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature

Shoal Creek Frankencurbs Could Multiply, Mutate

Despite being slated for removal by City Council in September, the city may actually build them some new friends

"...responsibility of city government staff should be safety and efficiency. Neighborhood input should be represented, but not the final..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin's Energy Independence Challenge

A national contest to be the first city to generate 50% of its energy using renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass is under way, and Austin wants to win

"...City Energy Challenge Program – designed to increase energy efficiency in all sectors by 10% by the year 2010..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...include cutting waste with programmable thermostats, weather-stripping and other efficiency techniques, and diversifying our national energy system with clean,..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...also sustained by what the planning pros call "location efficiency" – which, in real-world Central Texas terms, usually ties..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...oil drilling. Surely, Americans can conserve by better fuel efficiency, greater use of mass transit, and increasing renewable resources..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Column

Point Austin: Jobs to Go

The sunny side of the state's assault on social services

"...in corporate-subsidy and social-service slashing under the guise of "efficiency" and "fiscal responsibility"?We Regret to Inform You..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Column by Michael King

More Threats From Drilling

"...oil drilling. Surely, Americans can conserve by better fuel efficiency, greater use of mass transit, and increasing renewable resources..."

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