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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...for final approval, giving commissioners a chance to approve incentives. A controversial memorandum of agreement with the BFI landfill,..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Fund – to jump-start the program and offer economic incentives to help Texas corner the market on what could..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

Budget Breakdown

Public Safety's proposed '07 numbers

"...the feet of city staff, saying understaffing led to incentives like the department's overtime allowance. As evidenced by the..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Dirty Air Update

Energy industry still running roughshod over Texas

"...add back discounted funding for low-income rates and customer education – lost when the Legislature looted the Systems Benefit..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Austinites are now vying to stay up late for education policy wonk-a-thons, learn lots of acronyms, and intermittently get..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature

Beside the Point

Council and SOSA haggle over ballot language

"...had built, to stop it, and grandfathered permits, and incentives, and recordeth all the Happy Hours in the city,..."

March 17, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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"...tests and the SAT. Until the state provides serious incentives for the best teachers to teach for long periods..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column

It All Comes Down to Well-Qualified Teachers

"...tests and the SAT. Until the state provides serious incentives for the best teachers to teach for long periods..."

Feb. 8, 2005 Postmarks

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...– and most everyone else – is tearing Grusendorf's education bill into little bloody shreds; the House managed to..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Lege

The Lege special session gets down to business, and it's woefully business as usual

"...and several of his fellow Republicans dragged the governor's Educational Excellence and Property Tax Reduction plan before the whole..."

May 7, 2004 News Column by Michael King

The State's Schoolyard Spats

Perry, Dewhurst, and Gallego all have their own plans

"...employees. It will be hard to defend any new "incentives" program that essentially allocates money previously removed from teachers'..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Meet-and-Confer Draws Fire

Council takes a deep breath, gets reassurances from staff about police contract

"...have a better-educated and more professional police force. The incentives for education and longevity, along with the contract's "public..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...are allowed to get their filthy paws into scientific education standards. This is tantamount to letting somebody who has..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Column

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Austin Stories

"...a major employer, Intel can avoid repaying Smart Growth incentives, and the GSA can avoid the bad PR it..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature

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Headlines

"...but postponed until this week a final decision on incentives for the Domain (see "Austin Stories"). The council also..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...Charters Enrich Education..."

April 18, 2003 Column

Running in Place (5)

"...Occupation: Former state director, League of Conservation Voters Education Fund..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...-- which would include high tech, entertainment and media, education, and professional services -- "accounts for more than half..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Happenings

"...on Saturday, 3-5pm. Texans for Quality Assessment will bring education professionals and parents from around the state to denounce..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...1979, we have recognized that we want to provide incentives for development in preferred growth areas and disincentives for..."

June 21, 2002 Column

AISD vs. ESAC: "We'll Do It Ourselves'

The East Side Social Action Coalition remains unimpressed by the school district's promise to reform itself.

"...and propose another solution. The DAC's suggestions included financial incentives to recruit teachers to low-performing campuses, as well as..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Tough Love Rylander

"...and condemning Austin's children of color to a second-class education...."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...been far less sexy than "public-private" -- partnerships and incentives and other self-loathing strategies of a government that doesn't..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Georgetown Smackdown

Suburbanites Wrestle Over Managed Growth, Smart Growth, and "Stupid Growth"

"...In large part, the council is opposed to offering incentives to businesses to get them to come to Georgetown..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Readers sound off on a variety of touchy subjects: politicos, abandoned kittens, even the brachiation of apes.

"...they transfer and move between various institutions of higher education in Texas. That committee has confirmed with hard data..."

June 15, 2001 Column

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Campaign finance reform, Sixth Street recycling and events of the week

"...like the program, but wish the city would provide incentives to sweeten the deal. "It's going well and I..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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Bills that would create a special taxing and development district for Gary Bradley's Spillar Tract land move forward at the Lege, despite Bradley's apparent violation of his agreement with the city.

"...is out), to be known as the "Hays County Education District." All of the new district's tax revenues would..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"...pretending to be a vehicle for environmental protection and education when the real purpose is to enrich developers who..."

April 13, 2001 Column

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...address these issues -- "housing, affordability, urban design, lifestyle, education, the relationship to the waterfront," says Black. "We're trying..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Off the Desk:

"...on the ground. The city would move beyond offering incentives and become a full participant in a massive project..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature

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