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Hutchison takes formal step toward gubernatorial run
Austin :: TX :: USA | about 8 hours ago | Political News
Source: Houston Chronicle
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison looked at running for governor and backed away in 2006, but today she created a new gubernatorial campaign committee and transferred $1 million from her federal account to show she is serious about a run in...
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LBJ Library releases last of recordings
Austin :: TX :: USA | about 7 hours ago | Political News
Source: Associated Press
The LBJ Library in Austin has released the final batch of recordings of private telephone conversations by former President Lyndon Johnson. The recordings cover the last months of Johnson's presidency in late 1968 and early 1969. Johnson can be heard...
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Texas Supreme Court justice faces ethics hearing
Austin :: TX :: USA | about 18 hours ago | Political News
Source: Houston Chronicle
The Texas Ethics Commission has scheduled a public hearing for Thursday on a complaint, filed last year, alleging that Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht accepted an illegal contribution from a law firm. The case involves a discount Hecht received...
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Online Money: Fidelity expands online news focus
Austin :: TX :: USA | about 17 hours ago | Technology News
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BOSTON - Fidelity Investments is joining the rush to satisfy investors' growing appetite for news about financial market turmoil. The nation's largest mutual fund company planned Thursday to announce a redesign of http://www.fidelity.
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Nine companies join Austin's clean energy partnership
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago | Business News
Source: Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
It also shows state leaders that significant members of the Texas business community are ready to move forward with clean energy plans — with or without their help. Last month, Gov. Rick Perry said potential federal legislation to curb pollution...
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Perry warns of fallout from national recession
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago | Political News
Source: The Dallas Morning News
State leaders acknowledged Wednesday that the tentacles of the national recession could start choking the Texas economy, with Gov. Rick Perry saying that tax rebates are off the table and that the state's multibillion-dollar retirement funds might need to be...
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Texas prisons want more funding to fight illegal cellphones
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago | Political News
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Texas prison administrators are more than doubling to almost $66 million their legislative request to beef up security measures to keep illegal cell phones and other contraband out of state prisons. Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Brad Livingston...
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Finally in shape and showing it off
Austin :: TX :: USA | about 19 hours ago | Sports News
Source: Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
Gary Johnson provided glimpses last season of his value to the Longhorns, just not a full view. He missed the first 13 games of his freshman year with an unspecified heart condition...I never got comfortable," Johnson said. "Every week it...
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Feds fault Texas' treatment of mentally disabled
Austin :: TX :: USA | 2 days ago | Technology News
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
More than 50 mentally disabled patients in the large state-run homes of Texas died in the past year from preventable conditions often related to poor care, a federal investigation revealed Tuesday. Among other findings were that a resident had swallowed...
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Honorable Stuckey
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 day ago | Sports News
Source: The Hutchinson News
Senior defensive end Ian Campbell of Kansas State was selected to the second-team defense. Stuckey, a junior from Kansas City is second on the team in tackles with 94. He leads the team with five interceptions and has recorded seven...
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