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Day of Mourning

President Barack Obama joins crowd of mourners at West, Texas memorial service

By Claire St. Amant

04.25.13 | 4:49 pm

Thousands of people gathered at Baylor University's Ferrell Center in Waco to remember 12 people who died fighting a devastating fertilizer plant fire on April 17. President Barack Obama and Fi ...


The Race to Innovate

Goodbye, loading bars: City of Austin officials welcome Google to the Fiberhood

By Caitlin M. Ryan

04.09.13 | 11:27 am

Tuesday morning, Brazos Hall was abuzz with media, Google executives and City of Austin officials waiting with bated breath for the official (we all guessed as much) announcement of Google Fib ...


Not So Fast

Is Gov. Rick Perry's view on homosexuality evolving?

By Claire St. Amant

04.08.13 | 2:21 pm

As part of a month-long celebration of its new $130 million campus, First Baptist Dallas hosted Gov. Rick Perry on Sunday, April 7. Perry never mentioned specific issues in his 6-minute s ...


Textually Active

Adult drivers text more than teens, but should Texas criminalize the practice?

By Claire St. Amant

04.03.13 | 4:40 pm

According to a new survey, texting and driving is on the rise. Using data from Research Now, AT&T found that 49 percent of adult commuters text while behind the wheel. Three years ago, it ...


Scandalous Rankings

Texas No. 1 in nation for teacher-student sex scandals: 25 percent of all cases in Lone Star State

By Tyler Rudick

03.28.13 | 9:54 am

Once again, Texas is top dog on a new rankings list . . . but Rick Perry won't be flying to California to lure people to the Lone Star State for this one. While reporting on yet another hig ...


News from the capital

Gov. Rick Perry's political philosophy explained in 8 quotes

By Claire St. Amant

03.14.13 | 4:16 pm

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is in Washington D.C. for the Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual meeting of the American Conservative Union. Perry took the stage on March 14 to rev up the c ...


State of shame?

Texas blows away other states in number of uninsured residents

By Whitney Radley

03.10.13 | 12:45 pm

For the fifth year running, Texas has the highest rate of residents without health insurance in the United States, according to a recent poll conducted by Gallup-Healthways. While the national ...


Session Talk

The Legislative cocktail hour: A look at this week's happenings inside the Capitol

By Katie Friel

02.21.13 | 2:30 pm

If you’re like us, you know that the Legislature is in session. You may even know that there are Representatives and Senators and they meet in the Capitol. They drink at the Cloak Room, wear ...


Where the people are

Fewer taxes, cheaper homes and lower unemployment: Of course Californians want to live in Texas

By Claire St. Amant

02.14.13 | 12:35 pm

There's been a lot of back-and-forth between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and California Gov. Jerry Brown about whose state is better for business. But real estate website Trulia.com added a new layer ...


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Keep your car off the road for Austin's Work From Home Day on February 8

By Shelley Seale

02.06.13 | 11:35 am

What would Austin look like if we took 10,000 cars off the roads? That's what the Social Good Summit, an initiative of Mashable, hopes to do on Friday, February 8. The citywide "Work f ...


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