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  • Senate approves Capitol complex protections

    The Texas Senate took another step Tuesday limiting public private partnerships and protecting the Capitol complex.The Senate approved House Bill 3436 that prohibits the Texas Facilities Commission and the General Land Office from disposing of land in the Capitol complex. It allows the commission, however, to develop and operate a project with the private sector's help only if the ...

  • Senate passes bills to cut business taxes

    The Texas Senate rushed out tax-cut bills Tuesday night as lawmakers tried to ready for next week's adjournment.The battle over taxes is far from ...

  • Man stabbed in San Marcos

    SAN MARCOS -; A man was stabbed Tuesday night in San Marcos, and an assailant who fled on a bicycle was being sought, the Sheriff's Department ...

  • Ellis keeps tax exemption review alive

    Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, has had a hard time getting a vote on his bill for a periodic review of the tax breaks that the Legislature has awarded over the decades.On Tuesday night, however, Ellis found two vehicles to keep his idea alive.Ellis attached his language to House Bill 500, which address cuts in the franchise tax, and to House Bill 3390, which offers tax breaks to companies ...

  • Senate continues school tax breaks for companies

    Capital-intensive businesses relocating to Texas or expanding here would face greater scrutiny to qualify for school property tax breaks under the Senate's version of House Bill 3390 that passed Tuesday night.The Texas Economic Development Act reduces school property taxes up to 90 percent for companies such as Samsung Electronics in Austin and Toyota Motor Works in San Antonio _ as well as ...


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You, Me and Dupree

You, Me and Dupree

Like any other genre, comedy tends to run cycles, and for the past decade American comedies have gotten stuck into a rut that future film historians will most likely label the comedy of arrested development. Emasculated men have frequently been the center of comedy (see, for ex ... ...

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  • Lawsuit pending over Williamson County constable interviews

    A Central Texas civil rights group is threatening legal action after Williamson County commissioners interviewed candidates for a constable job and asked about their views on abortion, gay marriage, religion and politics.Such questions violate the Texas Constitution, as well as the First Amendment, said Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project. "It's just astounding ...

  • City holds hearing on code violations at Casa De Luz

    A South Austin community center is back before the city's Building and Standards Commission for a series of long-standing code violations.The commission is set to hear from representatives of Casa De Luz, 1701 Toomey Road, at its 6:30 p.m. meeting Wednesday, as commissioners consider issuing an order to repair, demolish, vacate or secure the ...

  • Erwin Center and area hospitals prepared for severe weather

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Concert venues and hospitals spent part of Tuesday preparing for the possibility of severe weather in Central Texas. At the Frank Erwin Center, thousands gathered for Taylor Swift concert. While the arena has a evacuation plan in place, it likely wouldn't be put into effect during severe weather. In fact, the Erwin Center itself can act as shelter in place. "We watch the ...

  • Teenager stabbed at baseball game

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - A fight at a baseball field just north of the Highland Mall area sent a teenager to the hospital with a stab wound. Police said the fight started just before 9:30 p.m. in the 400 block of East St. Johns Avenue near Northcrest Boulevard. During the fight, a 16-year-old girl was stabbed and two other people were injured. The stabbing victim was taken to the hospital, and is ...

  • Rangers unable to back Darvish blanked by As

    OAK@TEX: Andrus dives and tosses Young out at first ARLINGTON -- Yu Darvish didn't get his usual run support in a pitching duel against Dan Straily, and the Rangers lost to the Athletics, 1-0, on an unusually cool Tuesday night at the Ballpark in Arlington. Darvish allowed just a third-inning home run to Yoenis Cespedes, but ended up with his second loss of the season. The Rangers have ...

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