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Gun Rights Reign in Today's Supreme Court Ruling

By CityReader / Jun 28, 2010

Today, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution's Second Amendment restrains the federal government's ability to significantly limit "the right to keep and bear arms."

Samsung Brings Billions of Dollars, Hundreds of Jobs to Austin

By CityReader / Jun 9, 2010

 

Samsung Electronics is expanding its operations in Austin with an expected $3.6 billion foreign direct investment for Phase Two construction of its semiconductor fabrication plant.

Austin Tops Another Freaking List

By CityReader / May 30, 2010

We seem to never stop topping the "best of" lists in American magzines. Austin is the "Best City for the Next Decade" according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. And we thought our heads couldn't get any bigger.

Lighting up Lady Bird Lake

By CityReader / May 27, 2010

Let's face it, it's about to get insanely hot. It's a lot easier to run early in the morning or at night during an Austin summer, but you can't look cool running if you trip and fall.

Sound Off on Austin’s Urban Master Plan

By CityReader / May 25, 2010

From The City of Austin Neighborhood Housing  & Community Development:

Community members have the opportunity to get an update on plans for redevelopment of East 11th and 12th streets at a Corridor Conversation Town Hall Wednesday, May 26. 

Ins and Outs: Security at the Texas Capitol

By CityReader / May 14, 2010

The Texas Department of Public Safety has changed the original amplified security plan for the Pink Dome.  Instead of the public only being able to enter through the North entrance, they’ll be able to enter through all four entrances.

Unanimous Arizona Smackdown

By CityReader / May 13, 2010

The Austin City Council unanimously approved a measure today to ban city employees from traveling to Arizona. Mayor Lee Leffingwell, Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and Council Member Bill Spelman proposed the ban.

Talk of the Town: The Key Point Report

By CityReader / May 10, 2010

The un-redacted, independent review of former APD officer Leonardo Quintana is out, and unless you’ve been in a cave the last couple days, you probably know that Key Point Government Solutions said Quintana’s actions in the Nathaniel Sanders shooting were

Quintana is Out

By CityReader / May 6, 2010

Austin Police Office Leonardo Quintana won’t be wearing the APD uniform anymore. Police Chief Art Acevedo fired him today over a drunk driving arrest that happened in January.

Never Fear America, Texas is Here

By CityReader / May 5, 2010

The Environmental Protection Agency asked Texas to step in and help mop up some the mess from the explosion of one of BP's offshore oil rigs.

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