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July 19, 2002 Column
Pecan Street Project Unveils Smart Grid Solutions
Report highlights path toward clean energy future
"...Project released its recommendations for transforming the delivery of electricity – culminating a year of work. PSP representatives expect..."
April 2, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Naked City
"...• Austin Energy's regular electric rates fell slightly last Friday, thanks to a 9%..."
June 8, 2007 News Feature
Beside the Point: All the Arguments That Fit
City Council agenda packed with volatile materials
"...is protective of the environment." The Water and Wastewater Commission deadlocked on a recommendation, so Council will have to..."
Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King
Houston's Long Shadow
Austin-Bashing: It's Not Over Yet
"...is taking its place -- along with property taxes, electric industry deregulation, and water supply regulation -- as one..."
April 4, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade
Council Watch
East Austin residents have a say in neighborhood planning; local advocates ask for more money in city budget to fund their special interest; Bill Spelman issues some strong words against the Statesman's criticism of council on the LCRA water deal.
"...evolution of the East Austin Overlay, directing the Planning Commission to evaluate its plan to phase out the ordinance..."
Sept. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
Lone Stars Rising
The Lady Rancher: From Hogs to Boll Weevils
"...(see story), Combs, 52, will be the next agriculture commissioner. And that's not all bad. Combs is personable. She's..."
Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Winter Is Still Coming: An Update on Water, Power and Other Relief for Austinites
As the city thaws, utilities slowly repair damage, restore service
"...on Friday, Feb. 19, just 22,000 of the public utility’s customers were without power, down from 10 times that..."
Feb. 19, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders
Our Bodies, Our Cities
Austin and Beyond
"...area is annexed3,4 and another that would require municipal utility districts to inform home buyers whether the property they..."
Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett
Off the Desk:
"...watchdog group that promises an in-your-face campaign to bring utility issues to the forefront on two counts: The business..."
Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature
It's a Good Economy, Stupid
Austin Plays Weak Catch-Up in Boom Times
"...fiscal toolbox -- rampant annexation and the markup of utility rates -- are likewise out the door. Many of..."
Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
She's Her Own Grandma
Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been
"...Austin school board president, to Austin mayor, to railroad commissioner, to comptroller, and from liberal Democrat (by Texas standards)..."
July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith
Our Murals, Ourselves
"...the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and a mural commissioned by the city of New York for the 1939..."
Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin
How Cool Is Austin
2010 snapshot of the ACPP 'five plans'
"...now "alternative-fuel capable": biodiesel (38%), ethanol (8%), propane (6%), hybrid-electric (4%), electric (1%), natural gas (less than 1%). Fleet..."
Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature
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Our readers talk back.
"...off, they want $15 million in subsidies -- your tax/utility money -- to promote their polluting developments on the..."
July 12, 2002 Column
The Daily Hustle: 2/7/11
Previewing City Council's meeting preview
"...Item 11: Fleet Services receives $5 million-plus in Texas Commission on Environmental Quality funds. According to backup, that buys..."
Feb. 7, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Losing Ground?
CSC Has Say on City Hall
"...with adequate attention to community input and concerns. Downtown Commission and Planning Commission member Jean Mather wrote a memo..."
July 16, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
The Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018
Days like these
"...forgiveness rather than permission, flooding the streets with dockless electric scooters and incurring the ire of the Austin Transportation..."
Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Todd Phelps: 'Creativity and Common Sense'
"...rideshare. He describes going to the UTC [Urban Transportation Commission] and gaining their support. When it would come up..."
May 30, 2014 News Feature
Best-Laid Plans
How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.
"...would save taxpayers money? The answer, said Travis County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt, is a "big fat no." The Common..."
July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting
Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger
"...robust voices come budget time, the Greater Austin Crime Commission – which, despite its governmental-sounding name, is a citizen..."
Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf
The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks
"...PARD also won national accreditation in 2007 by the Commission for Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies – an..."
July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Naked City
"...• County commissioners went ahead and voted to hand over the streets..."
June 24, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
No Quiet on the Eastern Front
The choice for Place 2 presents two approaches to Eastside issues.
"...won an election when de Leon became Travis Co. commissioner in 1990. That was the group's high-water mark; in..."
April 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...and State Highway 45 Southwest, Travis Co. staff told commissioners at this week's meeting. Residents of both counties packed..."
May 5, 2006 News Feature
Patched Atoms: Feds OK Restarting the Nuke
Despite not really knowing why South Texas Project 1 sprang a leak, federal regulators are satisfied with the $4 million repair job.
"...Bywater, regional senior reactor analyst for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The discovery raises crucial safety questions that reverberate beyond..."
Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler
On the Lege
Inaugural Notes
"...to Bush's most recent filings at the Texas Ethics Commission, one of Bush's biggest campaign costs -- after television..."
Jan. 22, 1999 News Column
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Don't Dissolve District
"...water treatment costs. City taxpayers avoid costs of extending utility lines and roads out into the Hill Country. Growth..."
May 1, 1998 Column
What a Dump
What Does Gov. Bush Have Buried in West Texas?
"...the future, but the agreement sets up a governor-appointed commission that can contract with any generator, anywhere, anytime, to..."
March 13, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities
Resilience, rethinking, recovery
"...the Safety outcome; the latter also includes spending on utility infrastructure, flood control, and technology. It doesn't include –..."
