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Texas Democratic Governor Candidates Debate

February 8, 2010

in Election 2010, Governor, Politics, The Wire

Watch the archived version of the debate.

Farouk Shami was certainly more quotable tonight, but promised the sky. Bill White was far from flashy and came off dull at times, but showed the potential to appeal to a broad electorate. — Michael Olson, Public Media Texas

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Exclusive First Listen: Shearwater

February 8, 2010

in Arts & Culture, MixTape

Hear ‘The Golden Archipelago’ from Austin’s Shearwater until Feb. 23


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Democratic Candidates for Texas Governor Debate Tonight

February 8, 2010

Tonight is the only debate between the two leading contenders in the 2010 Texas Democratic Primary for Governor. At 7:00 former Houston Mayor Bill White and Texas businessman Farouk Shami will meet onstage in Fort Worth. You can watch live online here.

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Dish to Vote on Banning Natural Gas Drilling

February 8, 2010

The Dallas Morning News: The board of commissioners for the town of Dish will vote tonight on banning natural gas drilling out of concern for citizens’ safety.
Dish, which conducted its own air tests in the area and found worrying emissions, is considering imposing a moratorium on natural gas drilling permits, according to a press release. [...]

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$40 Per Week as Lookout, or Hit Man

February 8, 2010

“It didn’t matter what jale (job) we did. The pay was the same for
sicarios (hit men) and campanas (lookouts),” Javier González “El
Happy” Oropeza, 29, told investigators, according to the authorities — El Paso Times.

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Obama Calls for Health-Reform Summit

February 7, 2010

If it is back-to-the-drawing board for health care what do you want your elected leaders to do (or not do)?
Watch CBS News Videos Online
Politico is reporting that President Barack Obama told Katie Couric during a Super Bowl pregame interview that he plans to hold a health-reform summit with congressional leaders later this month. “I want [...]

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Austin Energy Launches Innovative Solar Incentive

February 6, 2010

Austin Energy: The Austin City Council has reaffirmed its support for Austin Energy’s solar incentive program, including a new approach for commercial, multifamily, and non-profit customers. The new approach saves $2.4 million over the life of the program compared to the old way of administering the program for those customers.
Rather than provide an upfront rebate [...]

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Study: Texas Could Lose Jobs if Renewable Energy Standards are Not Adopted

February 5, 2010

Houston Chronicle: Renewable energy technology promises hundreds of thousands of new jobs across the United States, a new study released Thursday concluded, but some regions will benefit more than others.
The study by Navigant Consulting, conducted for the renewable energy group RES Alliance for Jobs concludes that the country would gain 274,000 new jobs if Congress [...]

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