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"...property taxes. Now the Legislature needs to bust the state's spending limit to pay for the $14 billion tax..."

"...close the school next summer for failing to meet state standards four years in a row, and then the..."

"...$30 added to my vehicle registration for this fashion statement goes to our state parks. Or at least that's..."

"...Quote of the Week "Texans expect relatively little from state government, and [Gov. Rick] Perry delivers precisely that –..."

"...community and a theatre artist regularly employed by the State Theatre Company, I feel it's important to make a..."

"...in "inappropriate behavior and physical contact," the police report states. The teen tried to leave the car but was..."

"...made necessary by the Supreme Court rejection of the state's South Texas map was submitted last Friday, and GOP..."

"...job well done defeating Props. 1 and 2. Simply stated they were bad public policy. Maybe this time, the..."

"...will have to return that extra money to the state in 2007-08, which is the excuse the district has..."

"...• President Bush delivered his State of the Union message to Congress Tuesday night, congratulated..."

"...2,403 citizens had voted early in the District 48 state House election – 2.43% of registered voters. At this..."

"...1) Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast from Beaumont, Texas, to Mobile, Ala.,..."

"...diligent document review by Capitol reporter Laylin Copelin, the Statesman identified 18 of the 30 corporations that underwrote the..."

"...to an ARCIL press release, "Institutions include nursing facilities, state mental retardation facilities, Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory..."

"...the Supreme CourtHeadlines• In the special legislative session, the state Senate passed its version of a public school finance..."

"...At press time, state Rep. Jack Stick had withdrawn his challenge to the..."

"...Public Policy Priorities, on the austere beginning of the state's budget process. See "Cuts Just Keep On Coming."..."

"...are reimbursed for their services by Medicaid. The only state in the union that will pay for complete care..."

"...Mobility Authority; despite already being awarded $12 million in state transportation funds to begin the proposed U.S. 183-A toll..."

"...and increasingly battered on the public-relations front (all the state's major dailies sang another chorus of "Yes, We Don't..."

"..."Oppel's Memory Hole," which critiqued my column in the Statesman on Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos. A highlight was King's quotation..."

"...the controversy surrounding the plan to expand and revamp Interstate 35 through downtown Austin, you'd think the project schematics..."

"...Texans can thank the federal government for requiring the state to firm up its state parks planning over the..."

"...said the proper initial venue for the dispute is state court. At press time, it was not known if..."

"...Nearly a year and a half after Austin Police Department officers Stan Farris, Dennis Clark, and David Gann settled..."

"...The United States leads the world in global-warming gas emissions. Bush's proposal..."

"...owners, the Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA), and Austin Police Department officials, as well as city leaders, say they'd like..."

"...Photo labs for personal use installed in the health department's administrative offices. A proposal to add a "Commissioner of..."

"...a reticent, bespectacled administrative assistant in UT's aerospace engineering department, had never been one to make trouble or complain..."

"...approved in mid-September. Within that budget, the city's many departments are divided into three rough categories:..."