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Motorists this weekend face a complete closure of Interstate 35 just south of Austin.

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“He was ready to take his plan and spring into action.”

Austin police said they stopped a man from attempting a shooting spree in South Austin. via News 8 Austin

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“The House has allowed them to do that. Specifically (House rules) say that the House member has complete power over that aspect of their office funds.

"Those rules give the legislators so much leeway.”

The Legislature's long-standing practice of hiring full-time employees at part-time hours and pay may be nearing an end just as the issue becomes a political football for state lawmakers.

The Austin American-Statesman has reported that at least 12 House employees are paid less than $300 a month and work other jobs, but have been enjoying the insurance and pension benefits of full-time employment.

As lawmakers were asked to remove the so-called ghost employees from their payrolls, investigators began an inquiry into what rules or laws may have been broken after the newspaper report last week put the practice in the public spotlight for the first time. Read more

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It's official: The multimillion-dollar film and neighborhood development known as Villa Muse will not be built in Austin.

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PRLog May 06, 2008 Austin, Texas- A voice that is familiar to many in Austin, Texas is now going to make his voice heard as a media consultant at Austin based Internet Broadcasting Group.

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It's something every driver has probably done at one time --- sped to get where they're going.

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Chicago Bears running back and former UT football star Cedric Benson believes officers used excessive force against him and plans to fight charges that he operated a boat while intoxicated and resisted arrest on a Texas lake over the ...

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