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Right now, and for at least the next three years of this administration, the United States of America is not being governed. Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, and Iraq every day confirms, that the powers-that-be are dysfunctional. We are on our own.

No Child Left Behind prescribed for Austin schools – although the cure may be worse than the illness

A Texan's in the White House, we're in a quagmire war – and 'The Rag' returns to Austin

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The 79th Lege hasn't been here before – it only seems like it

TEA proposes a crackdown on failing charters, but can it be enforced?

The Dietz decision recounts at length the financial straits of the public schools

City staff backs as existing tax exemptions preserved

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W. Leon Smith on freedom of speech, peace, and Crawford

Everything you need to know

Forgione on the Stand

A downtown skate fest raises the call for a city skateboard park

The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene

A preview of the ACC Board of Trustees Place 6 run-off election

Great-grandmother Marie died of a broken heart in Billings, Mont.

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Perry, Dewhurst, and Gallego all have their own plans

An old friend from work turns up in a very different occupation

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Grassroots change (literally) in Detroit; and America West finds another way to assault us with ads.

Public financing of elections works; and a Houston firm wants to take American tax dollars without giving any.

Attending the Toronto Film Festival provides some perspective on global perceptions of the United States -- as well as a truly great film experience; the City Council's budget performance is embarrassing, as is Rick Perry's state of vacuous denial.

With his theatrical memoir "I'm Not Lying," Jaston Williams proves there is more to the man than Tuna.

Beyond City Limits

New Money for AISD Raises

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