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Governor Rick Perry Drops out of GOP raceTexas Governor Rick Perry is dropping out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination, sources are telling…
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Plans to phase out single-use plastic bags at Austin retailers are still up in the air.Austin Resource Recovery, the department tasked with drafting an…
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City Commission to Review Proposed Bags BanThe City of Austin’s Solid Waste Advisory Commission is scheduled to take up a proposed plastic bags ban…
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Does Austin support or oppose a plastic bag ban or would it prefer some kind of alternative? You decide! Two groups have somewhat conflicting polls on the…
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Bastrop County: On the Road BackBastrop County is holding its second open house to talk about wildfire recovery. Everyone affected by the Labor Day…
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The plastic grocery bag has few friends at Austin’s City Hall. Council voted in July to move forward with a plan that would ban single-use plastic bags at…
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A plastic grocery bag ban proposed by elected city leaders last month could be changed to require a surcharge for both paper and plastic bags, such as…
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Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Council Members Mike Martinez and Chris Riley announced a proposal this morning to phase out free plastic bags at retail…
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Warren Jeffs Trial seeking JurorsJury selection starts in San Angelo today in the sexual assault trial of polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs. Jury…
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It's not everyday you see environmentalists protesting a bill that would require grocery stores to recycle plastic bags. But in the case of Senate Bill…