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6 May 2021, 5:18 am
The Austin City Council today will consider relaunching its police academy after it was shuttered amidst allegations of cadet hazing and a "culture of violence. [read post]
6 May 2021, 4:15 am
The City of Austin, Texas, has a homeless problem. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 10:08 am
The city of Austin, led by a zealously left-wing city council and mayor, Steve Adler, has followed in the footsteps of west-coast cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles, all of which have exacerbated their homelessness problems through bad public policy that encourages homelessness and its attendant problems of drug abuse, public disorder, and crime. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal Biden Signs Executive Order Raising Federal Contractors’ Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour MSN – Dartunorro Clark (NBC News) | Published: 4/28/2021 President Biden signed an executive order that raises the minimum wage for federal contractors and tipped employees working on government contracts to $15 an hour. [read post]
27 Apr 2021, 12:20 pm
In the first four months of his presidency, President Biden has promised to reengage with the world. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 5:55 am
Often, there are multiple excise taxes on car rentals by state, county, and city governments (see Table 1). [read post]
20 Apr 2021, 5:39 pm
The SXSW music and cultural festival was canceled, wrecking Austin's tourism economy. [read post]
20 Apr 2021, 10:11 am
Addressing Homelessness Cities have always been a haven for homelessness, as the numerous buildings can provide temporary shelter. [read post]
19 Apr 2021, 4:56 pm
In Austin it's the budget. [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal Asian American Super PAC Launches Operation to Improve Understanding of Fastest-Growing Electorate MSN – Colby Itkowitz and Amy Wang (Washington Post) | Published: 4/11/2021 The AAPI Victory Fund super PAC, the top political organization representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, announced the creation of a new nonprofit group aimed at developing a greater understanding of the nuanced population that has long been excluded from conversations about issues such… [read post]
15 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
Disenfranchised for Decades” by Meagan Flynn for Washington Post Ethics National: “Top Bidder for Tribune Newspapers Is an Influential Liberal Donor” by Kenneth Vogel and Katie Benner for New York Times National: “Capitol Police Told to Hold Back on Riot Response on Jan. 6, Report Finds” by Luke Broadwater for New York Times Florida: “Records Show Former Florida Tax Collector Joel Greenberg Doled Out Contracts to Politicians, Strategists Tied to Figures in… [read post]
13 Apr 2021, 1:11 pm
NYPD bike units trained to be abusive: Sounds like some of Austin's bike cops during the protests last year. [read post]
13 Apr 2021, 5:00 am
An organization based in Chicago, for instance, no longer needs to limit its pool of job candidates to those willing to relocate to that city, and no longer needs to fly candidates in – at great expense – for in-person interviews. [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 2:46 pm
Guest speakers include former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson; former Austin City Councilmember Ora Houston; community advocate and former Austin Independent School District trustee Paul Saldaña; Karen Kennard, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig and former Austin city attorney; Innocence Project of Texas co-founder and Executive Director Mike Ware; Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas Executive Director Alisa De Luna;… [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 12:23 pm
Fast, 75, of Del City, Oklahoma, died October 11, 2020. [read post]
3 Apr 2021, 7:50 am
Same goes for murder rates: Don't look for local issues like homelessness in Austin or bail in Houston to explain a murder spike that also occurred in Lubbock, New York, Los Angeles, and dozens of other US cities.In Austin, partisans want to blame increased pedestrian deaths on the city's homeless policies. [read post]
2 Apr 2021, 12:30 pm
An Austin, Tex. officer shoots him. [read post]
2 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal Business Groups Rethinking Value of In-Person Lobbying The Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 3/31/2021 Before the pandemic, business groups held fly-ins that allowed for in-person meetings with members of Congress and agency officials. [read post]
30 Mar 2021, 8:00 am
Update 3/30/2021: We received a report of another scam. [read post]
30 Mar 2021, 7:19 am
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China was created by the U.S. [read post]
