Budget Uses Stimulus to Hide Flaws

Why solve today what you can suffer in 2011?

"...for a long weekend in the chamber as Senate Bill 1 – the state budget for the 2010-11 biennium..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lyceum: Stimulus Funds Debate Reverberates

How do you persuade Rick Perry to do the right thing?

"...– including mechanisms to receive the $555 million in federal stimulus cash that Gov. Rick Perry says he won't..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Senators Skip Stimulus Votes

Cornyn misses cloture vote to attend fundraiser Monday after Hutchison absent for Friday votes

"...Remember that Federal economic stimulus bill that's the most important thing happening..."

Feb. 10, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

One Pol's Stimulus Is Another's Crack Cocaine

When it comes to the stimulus, state lawmakers split along party lines

"...a whole lot about a little bit of the stimulus package, and there's some people that know a little..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Give Perry a Brain Scan

Governors who reject federal stimulus money need their heads examined

"...Republicans will raise the curtain on their "voter ID" bill, part of a national GOP crusade against virtually nonexistent..."

March 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King

How Much, How Soon, And Who Spends It?

House continues to debate whether ring-fencing federal stimulus from state budget building will work

"...If anyone thought that the terms of the federal stimulus cash are clear cut and "shovel ready," think..."

March 3, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dunnam Tries to Put Brakes on TxDOT

Democratic leader says transportation agency spending federal stimulus money without oversight

"...may not want to spend all of the Obama stimulus money, but the Texas Department of Transportation apparently does..."

March 3, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Doggett: Keep School Funds in Schools

Perry demands right to gut Texas education funding

"...pulled a massive bait and switch, using dedicated educational stimulus funds to back-fill his incomplete budget. Now he's complaining..."

Aug. 5, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

16 Billion Reasons Not to Read Perry's Book

Governor gets polemical about Tenth Amendment

"...Gov. Rick Perry quite happily took $16 billion in Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money last..."

May 26, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

LegeLines

"...Big week for the Travis Co. Democratic delegation, as bills by local state reps finally make it to committee:..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council Recap: A Big Bucket of BidenBucks to Stitch Up the Safety Net

Homelessness response anchors $263.5 million spending plan

"...Austin, City Council voted to allocate $100 million in federal stimulus and relief funds (augmented by local reserves) toward..."

June 11, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Adjusts to Life Without Gigs

Creative pivots, City Council relief resolution, and meet Quinn Ryan Curtin!

"...Music Industry Gig Workers will benefit from the new federal stimulus bill, which opens eligibility for new grants and..."

April 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets

Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story

"...Then the state budget collapsed into a $27 billion hole – and AISD started bracing to absorb its..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the state, and beyond

"...As the federal stimulus bill passed the U.S. Senate, Texas' senators were..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature

Buying Time

The federal stimulus money rides to the state's rescue – until the next session

"...or split the difference – between the House's $178 billion proposal and the Senate's $182 billion plan. Work groups..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Holes Plugged ... Temporarily

The 2009 AISD budget balances the books, but the financial future's not bright

"...district will receive: increased state investment flowing from House Bill 3646, the school finance bill, and federal stimulus cash..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Stimulus Naysayers Cash In; and Arms Wide Open

"...Stimulus Naysayers Cash In..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

LegeLines

What kept your lawmakers busy this week

"...price tag would bring in $450 million in matching federal funds, insure more kids, and cut administrative and emergency..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

We're in the Money

Federal stimulus money is headed to Texas – now legislators have to agree on what to do with it

"...Federal stimulus dollars are on their way to Texas. On..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...by the governor, they cannot be made by FEMA [Federal Emergency Management System], and the state recognizes that. That..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Perry vs. Texas Teachers

Is the governor standing between educators and federal stimulus money?

"...Gov. Rick Perry's diversion last year of federal stimulus cash aimed for schools has prompted Congress to..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Talking Travis: Mark Strama

District 50 rep talks interim planning and his Sunny Day fund plan

"...new role and making sure it got the right bills. So he’s already looking ahead to the 2011 session...."

May 14, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Transportation

TxDOT's Continuing Troubles

"...to expend the political collateral to get that "tax bill" done. What has emerged instead is Senate Bill 855,..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drop in the Bucket: Disputed Fed Ed Funding Comes to Texas

Disputed fed ed funding comes to Texas

"...a delayed $830 million in school funding under the federal Education Jobs bill. Yet lawmakers still have to solve..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fed School Funding

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

"...rush to comply with the application terms of the federal Race to the Top grant, Gov. Rick Perry is..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Chub Returns

Now Republicans hope to kill unemployment insurance reform

"...that they can't possibly save their beloved voter ID bill, they are hoping to slow things down enough to..."

May 26, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Headlines

"...• Gov. Rick Perry says he'll reject the federal stimulus money for the state's unemployment-insurance program. Maybe that..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature

Headlines

"...could be just the ticket for getting a new federal courthouse off the ground in Downtown Austin, thanks to..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature

Fruits of Their Labor

How labor-related bills have fared this session

"...Nationally, the big question is the fate of the federal Employee Free Choice Act, relaxing some of the extraordinary..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

"Buddy, Can You Spare $50?"

GOP passes the hat for anti-stimulus radio ad

"...There's been a challenge with the current federal stimulus plan. Which was more remarkable: Watching the GOP..."

Feb. 18, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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