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14 Best Cities For Jobs: The Milken Institute

Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Slidehuge, Wages, Economy, Employment, Slidepoll, Jobs, Job Growth, Recession, Austin Texas, Texas, Unemployment, Salary, Economic Growth, Technology, North Carolina, Business News

Job seekers take heed, the best cities to find work may be in Texas. The Milken Institute, a nonpartisan economic think tank, released its annual Best...

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Federal judge who shattered old Texas dies at 89

AP | APRIL CASTRO | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Athens-Texas, Dallas, Austin-Texas, Home News

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice, whose rulings shattered old Texas by changing the way the state educated children, treated prisoners and housed its poorest and most vulnerable citizens, has died. He was 89.

His law clerk, Kelly Davis, said the judge died Tuesday in Austin.

The soft-spoken jurist spent three often tumultuous decades on the bench following his appointment by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. To some, Justice was a judicial renegade who disregarded the public's will by imposing his own concepts on a conservative state.

"Judge Justice dragged Texas into the 20th century, God bless him," said former Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, who presided over the Texas Senate from 1973 to 1991. "He was very unpopular, but he was doing the right thing."

His decisions are widely credited for creating a modern Texas. They forced the state to dramatically expand and improve its prison and juvenile justice systems, and to dismantle racial barriers in public housing and education. He opened public schools to the children of illegal immigrants and provided bilingual education in rulings that were later used as the foundation of national policy.

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Stimulus Funds Go To Improving Energy In Texas

myhighplains.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Solar, Austin, Green, Renewable Energy, Wind, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Federal Stimulus, Stimulus, Austin Texas, Texas, Evolving Energy Tech, Environment, Oil, Green News

More than 218-million-dollars in federal stimulus funds are being made available to Texas for public sector energy improvements....

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America's 15 Best Bargain Cities

ABC News | ZACK O'MALLEY GREENBURG | Posted 06.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Bargain Cities, Cities, Austin Texas, Business News

To determine which U.S. cities are the best bargains, Forbes looked at the country's 50 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan d...

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Rick Perry Aide: Don't Open Up GOP Like A "Whorehouse"

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Carney, Dallas Morning News, Whorehouse-Perry-Hutchison, Senator-Kay-Bailey-Hutchinson, Rick Perry, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Austin-Texas, Politics News

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A comment by a strategist for Gov. Rick Perry that the Republican Party shouldn't open itself "like a whorehouse" to new voters h...

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Capital Factory Incubator Chooses Five Startups

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Austin-Texas, Home News

Capital Factory, an early-stage incubator that provides its annual class of startups with up to $20,000 each, mentorship services, office space, legal...

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Gov. Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede, Leave Union

AP | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick...

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Texas Rep. Betty Brown Apologizes For Saying Asians Should Simplify Their Names

AP | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Betty Brown Asian Comments, Betty Brown, Betty Brown Comments, Betty Brown Texas, Austin-Texas, Politics News

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas lawmaker under fire for saying that Asian-American voters should adopt names that are "easier for Americans" has apologi...

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Brittany Murphy Joins the Expendables

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Austin-Texas, Las Vegas-Nevada, Home News

It's just gained Brittany Murphy as the girlfriend to Mickey Rourke's character, and David Zayas as the dictator that they are sent to bring down. The...

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Star Trek Sneak Explodes in Giant Trekgasm [Star Trek]

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.09.2009 | Home

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Folks in the United States were a little bummed to hear that Star Trek was going to premiere in Australia, today, roughly one month before it was set ...

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Early Twitter Buzz: Star Trek Has Secret Premiere in Austin

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Austin-Texas, Sydney-Australia, Australia, Home News

While a world of Trekkers believed the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek would premiere in Sydney, Australia Tuesday, Leonard Nimoy made a surprise appearance...

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Time Warner Cable Expands Internet Usage Pricing

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Austin-Texas, San Antonio-Texas, Beaumont-Texas, Rochester-Texas, Home News

It was only a matter of time before Time Warner Cable expanded its efforts to bring tiered broadband out of the tiny town of Beaumont, Texas. Time Wa...

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Courtney Love Sued For Libel Over Online Rants

AP | Posted 04.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dawn Simorangkir, Myspace, Courtney Love, Austin-Texas, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Some of Courtney Love's online rants are now in a Los Angeles court. A fashion designer's libel and breach of contract lawsuit ag...

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What Would Molly Think?

Betsy Moon | Posted 03.03.2009 | Living

Molly Ivins made us want to be our better selves and stand up and use our power. Two years after her death, she would be so proud that we finally woke up and worked to make this happen.

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Consumer Confidence and an All American Attitude

Don McNay | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Bill Clinton, Wall Street Bailout, Texas Longhorns, Pat Benetar, Major League Baseball, Litigation, Economy, Economic Crisis, Bill Clinton Autobiography, Oakland a's, Don McNay, Consumer Confidence Low, College Football, Super Bowl, Austin Texas, Settlement Planners, Structured Settlements, US Economy, Texas, Consumer Confidence, Huston Street, Wall Street Crisis, James Street, Kentucky, Texas Football, Faith, Business News

In today's economy, there are a lot of things out of control. Greedy bankers and lousy leaders put the world in peril -- it is easy to get depressed. Then I think about the bright side.

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How Green is Austin?

Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Environment, Solar Panels, Progressive, Alternative Energy, Kilowatt Ours, Austin Texas, Austin, Texas, Green News

Austin, Texas is poised to set an example for the rest of the country, having successfully managed to shift its fiscal and social focus towards conser...

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Ike: Galveston's Big Break?

Isabel Cowles | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Building, Galveston, Hurricane Ike, Green Energy, Ike and Galveston, Austin Texas, Building Green, Sustainability, Green News

The Sunday after Ike, I visited Austin for the first time. Power seemed weeks away, there was debris in the streets and the blessed cool front Houston...

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