Daily Archives: February 18, 2011

Get your HISD budget questions answered

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

From the Inbox: HISD to Host Live Television Show to Focus on State Budget and its Effects on HISD Viewers can call in, email, and tweet their comments and questions about the district’s budget review and planning process What: “HISD … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: The top 500, part 13

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

And we return to the songs in my collection from the Rolling Stone Top 500 list. 1. Little Wing – Stevie Ray Vaughan (#357, orig. Jimi Hendrix) 2. Nowhere To Run – Martha and The Vandellas (#358) 3. Got My … Continue reading →

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City to get tough on debt collections

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

This is a no-brainer. The city is getting tough on users of its services who have racked up nearly $1 billion in unpaid fines and fees, unveiling an aggressive collection program that is expected to make frequent use of litigation. … Continue reading →

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Just call it “DewhurstCare”

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I’m not sure what to make of this yet. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Grapevine, introduced two bills Wednesday they believe could save the state a significant amount of money and produce “healthy patient outcomes.” The duo … Continue reading →

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Here come the “sanctuary city” bills

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The Lege gets set to tackle another “emergency”. Top state lawmakers filed the latest legislation Wednesday to prohibit so-called sanctuary city policies, saying local governmental bodies would risk losing state grant money if they prohibit enforcement of state or federal … Continue reading →

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Cottage foods trying again

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

During the 2009 legislative session, I wrote about a group called Texas Cottage Food Law that seeks to legalize selling food that was made in a residential kitchen. From their website: In Texas it is currently illegal (click to see … Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of February 14

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Progressive Alliance has mostly thawed out as it brings you this week’s blog roundup.

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