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Community center’s $19500 code violation bill to keep growing
A city commission has delayed a vote to suspend fines for a popular South Austin community center and instead asked its owners to come back with a more proactive plan to fix its code violations.Casa de Luz is run by a nonprofit that serves up a whole foods, plant-based menu and is also home to a private, separately operated elementary school and an educational center with yoga and meditation ...
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Plan for university construction bonds advances
A supplemental appropriations measure working its way through the state Legislature would allocate $175 million for debt service to accommodate a major round of construction projects on numerous public university campuses.The Senate gave final approval to the measure, House Bill 1025, Wednesday evening. The upper chamber had previously proposed $200 million in so-called tuition revenue bond ...
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2nd suspect charged in sex assault during SXSW
After an alleged accomplice connected him to the case, a second man -- an Army sergeant -- has been charged with the sexual assault of a woman during the 2013 South by Southwest festival, according to an arrest affidavit.Jeremy Christian Bolen, a 23-year-old Killeen resident, is charged with aggravated kidnapping and sexual assault in the March 16 incident. Bolen was booked into the Bell County ...
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Lawmakers debating whether to require disclosure of university donors
Transparency has been one of the watchwords of the current session of the Texas Legislature.Among other things, donations from nonprofit foundations to the state's cancer-fighting agency and to the University of Texas School of Law have come under ...
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Austinites required to recycle but not bars
While Austin is trying to save the planet by banning plastic bags, every night thousands of glass bottles are thrown away. A lot of those are beer bottles that could be recycled, but in Austin there's no requirement to do so. However, that could soon change. Night after night tons of recyclable glass bottles are thrown in the trash by bars and nightclubs across the city of Austin. ...
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Movie Review
Narc
Writer/director Joe Carnahan has a generic, unimposing name, the kind you would expect to see in the credits of a straight-to-video slugfest. And, in some ways, that is exactly what his sophomore film, Narc, is, except that it is filmed with such energy and bravado and boasts two performances by Ray Liotta and Jason Patric that are so impressive that it rises above its generic roots and be ... ...
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ATT phone issues affecting Austin Pizzas business
Having your phone disconnected is bad. But how about having it happen four times? The owner of Austin's Pizza says the biggest problem is the phone company can't seem to figure out what's causing the issue. It's pizza night. You decide on what kind of pie and call in the order, unless their phone has been disconnected. "We called our rep...he told us what it was and ...
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Sir Paul rocks the Erwin Center
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Some things are worth waiting for. Sir Paul McCartney performed for the first time in Austin Wednesday at the Frank Erwin Center. A second show will be staged Thursday. One of the most acclaimed songwriters and performers of all time, McCartney is making Austin the only Texas stop on his U.S. tour. Erwin Center director John Graham has been trying to land McCartney for years and ...
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Llano ISD teacher accused of misconduct
LLANO, Texas (KXAN) - A Llano Independent School District teacher is on administrative leave as authorities investigate a complaint made by a former LISD student accusing the teacher of misconduct. When Sunrise Beach police notified the district of the investigation, the district placed the teacher on administrative leave. According to the district, there is no information to suggest that any ...
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Central Health questioned about women’s health care services
Central Health officials sought this week to quell concerns about the public agency's deepening relationship with the Catholic Church-affiliated Seton Healthcare Family as the two put the final touches on agreements to deliver health care services to needy residents of Travis County.Members of the public at Central Health's board meeting Wednesday night raised questions about ...
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House Senate OK key bills to end budget stalemate
AUSTIN (AP) A stalemate over a Texas budget deal ended late Wednesday when the House and Senate finally backed down and approved major pieces of a roughly $100 billion spending package that is the only necessary order of business left for the Legislature. The 140-day session ends Monday. Lawmakers are constitutionally required to pass a new two-year budget, and if they don't, Gov. Rick ...