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Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th
"...Higher Education Coordinating Board to study the impact of deregulation, and the Legislative Oversight Committee to present a report..."
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May 6, 2005 News Column
Capitol Chronicle
The controversy over tuition deregulation is only the tip of the iceberg.
"...78th Legislature, of course, was the seductively titled "tuition deregulation" -- which, like telecom and utility "deregulation," is supposed..."
Nov. 28, 2003 News Column by Michael King
The Hightower Lowdown
PG&E's shell game, Bush Incorporated & Nestle's genetic engineering
"...company is portrayed as the poster child of California's deregulation plan that left big utilities like it at the..."
June 15, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
Naked City
The City Council prepares to decide how much information about Austin Energy's finances and operations will be kept out of the public view when deregulation comes in 2002.
"...7, which allows municipally owned utilities to prep for deregulation by keeping certain business transactions confidential, the council will..."
March 23, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle
Power Surge
Local company finds flywheel generated electric power is a growing niche in the current market.
"...states deregulate the electric power industry. Just as the deregulation of the telephone industry created new markets for products..."
Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Naked City
Local Austin news and gossip
"...Electric deregulation is coming to Texas -- are we afraid? No..."
Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
Naked City
Austin looks to ways it can build its utility infrastructure
to accomodate new growth while keeping the
environment clean, avoiding the precedent set by
cities such as Dallas that have built infrastructure
without regard for where future growth will be.
"...its bragging rights over Dallas-Fort Worth. At last year's deregulation hearings in the Texas Legislature, consumer advocates and environmentalists..."
Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
Naked City
A public forum over Austin Energy's proposed "secrecy resolution," which will allow the utility to keep some financial information under wraps in response to competition, yields plenty of discussion but little agreement.
"...to keep secret in the face of electric utility deregulation and the corresponding increase in competition -- a decision..."
July 28, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
Council Watch
City plots downtown's retail future
"...the future of Austin's electric utility in light of deregulation. Though a January 4 status report from Austin Energy's..."
Feb. 4, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
Consumers Beware
Citizen Advocate Gets Bounced
"...our fear of the great unknown world of electric deregulation to jockey for cheaper rates...."
Feb. 21, 1997 News Column by Audrey Duff
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...As the Electric Utility Department prepares for deregulation, councilmembers have continued to share a common concern --..."
Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature
Tough Competition
Griffith and Slusher Say EUD Plan Is Too Taxing
"...we here in Austin are handling this whole utility deregulation thing, and how raring to go we are to..."
Dec. 13, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban
The De-Railers
RR Commission Challengers Say the Office Is Off-Track
"...Total deregulation -- not the "partial deregulation" proposed by Rylander --..."
Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer
Opinion: The End of Copper Wire Landline Service Is Not Progress
The reliability and security that came with copper wire phone lines cannot be replaced by internet-based phone services
"...have been deeply affected by the [Federal Communications Commission's] deregulation order 19-72, which allowed companies like AT&T to end..."
March 3, 2023 Column by William Camden
The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]
As May money season opens, candidates blossom
"...(2008 and 2009) Issues: public safety, affordable housing, business deregulation (FB) Sam Osemene for Austin City Council District 1..."
May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King
Inequality for All
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich tackles income inequality in this documentary.
"...It comes as no surprise to him that as deregulation grabbed hold in the Eighties, upward mobility among the..."
Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Windmill State of Mind
A Q&A with the authors of a new book on the story behind Texas wind power
"...a kind of horse trading involving a broader electricity deregulation effort. So that's in a nutshell how you have..."
Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
Point Austin: Adios, Mofo
The governor's legacy of negligence and contempt
"...On Earth, Perry preaches tax cuts, deregulation, tort reform, and transportation. He's found it difficult to..."
July 12, 2013 News Column by Michael King
Austin Energy Wins Round One
Austin Energy fends off rate case with only minor loss
"...in other words, a ripe target for fans of deregulation, kibitzing from their seats on the floor of the..."
March 8, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Inside Job
This documentary, which is narrated by Matt Damon, illuminates the U.S. economic crisis with detailed yet engaging analysis.
"...documentary begins in the Eighties with the Reagan administration’s deregulation of investment banks, the rise of Alan Greenspan, and..."
Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Page Two: Spinning Tales
The GOP masterfully weaves a tapestry of deceit
"...can talk about the party's platform without talking about deregulation. This isn't a new development; for a while now,..."
Sept. 26, 2008 Column by Louis Black
Page Two: Theatre of Cruelty
The backdrop of reality that belies the McCain-Palin pageant
"...that, though they are of course in favor of deregulation, perhaps it was executed badly. Instead we hear Sarah..."
Sept. 19, 2008 Column by Louis Black
TPPF Conference
Conservative conference points toward next Legislature
"...Comptroller Susan Combs), and delegates from business lobbies and pro-deregulation think tanks heard the key theme summed up by..."
Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Hightower Report
Taking Taxpayers for a Ride; and Thompson the Actor
"...Savings and Loan League, he helped push through the deregulation bill that led directly to the S&L crash of..."
July 13, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower
Lege Notes: Taser talk and more
Stories from under the pink granite dome
"...solicitor general and Rick Perry appointee helped oversee the deregulation of the state's electricity market and sat on Perry's..."
March 2, 2007 News Column
Capitol Briefs
"...solicitor general and Rick Perry appointee helped oversee the deregulation of the state's electricity market and sat on Perry's..."
March 2, 2007 News Feature
Apples and More Apples
"...was approved and/or permitted so far this year: - deregulation of higher education tuition; - eliminate "frivolous" malpractice lawsuits..."
Aug. 22, 2005 Postmarks
Lege Wrap-Up
Education
"...stop to the "runaway tuition" ushered in by tuition deregulation, which passed in 2003 and prompted tuition increases at..."
June 3, 2005 News Feature
Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...
A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege
"...public-school equity were suddenly outflanked on higher-education equity. Tuition deregulation will effectively allow appointed regents to set credit-hour fees..."
June 6, 2003 News Feature
Capitol Chronicle
The Lege battle over ethics covers a multitude of sins -- and hidden agendas.
"...that if he truly wanted the immediate college tuition deregulation he had so recently begun demanding, he had better..."
June 6, 2003 News Column by Michael King
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