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4: 1. That TEA rated the location “Academically Acceptable. ”Austin proper is in addition home to the Higher education of Texas, St. Edwards University or college, and Concordia. Austin is usually very close to Colorado State University (San Marcos) in ad...
Ever Heard of Driving While Ability Impaired? The Austin Police Chief Has.
Austin may be adding another law punishing drinking-before-driving to the books to help reduce car accidents and clear the roads of unsafe driving.
Drinking While Ability Impaired (DWAI)
The new DWAI law would be applicable to motorists with blood-a...
This Year Brought Legal Changes for the Medical Community in Texas
With the end of the year quickly approaching, there is certain to be no shortage of published lists that are meant to summarize the events, trends, and tragedies of 2009. If you live in Texas, an unfolding of The Austin American-Statesman or The Houston ...
Get Certified and Join a Secure Field in Energy Efficiency
Secure your job, and join the ranks of the ever expanding-energy efficiency market as an energy audit professional through certification with Texas Green Energy Audits.
Those working toward energy efficiency are rapidly growing in numbers, and so are ...
Is It a Good Time to Buy a Home?
Austin area home sales are down from a year ago, but prices are holding steady. There are many factors making now a good time to buy: low interest rates, tax incentives for first time buyers and cooperative sellers. As consumers change their spending ha...
The Economic Recession and Texas
The Federal Reserve has determined that household net worth--all the things of value a person has like houses and checking accounts--dropped nine percent in the last three months. This is the biggest quarterly decline in over fifty years. Things seem ba...
More Trails to Treasure
Under the canopy of trees seen from the highways and just out of sight along the busy streets are some of Austin's hidden treasures, and the city is about to add another one. This fall ground will be broken for phase 1 of a new hike and bike trail to be ...
Second Half of Year Should be Better
As the worst recession since World War II closes in on the two year mark, less people are losing their jobs, but unemployment is still rising. People who do have jobs are working fewer hours for less pay. According to the Associated Press, the national ...
This is Your Brain on Technology
What did people do with their time 20 years ago? How did we ever manage without personal computers, the Internet, cell phones, iPods and 24 hour cable news? The technological landscape is vastly different these days and scientist are wondering just what...
Trees Offer More than just Shade
Austin takes its trees pretty seriously. This spring the Austin City Council considered rules for how developers can both treat existing trees on a property and quotas for planting future trees. This effort comes through the city's Watershed Protection ...
Cutting Back is the New Chic
Is saving money good or bad? Are do-it-yourselfers virtuous or ruining the economy? Is bringing lunch to work an act of treason? While there are certainly plenty of Americans struggling to make ends meet, there is also evidence that nearly all Americans h...
Take a Drive Through Texas Wine Country
If a trip to visit the famous vineyards of Napa Valley, California isn't in the budget this summer, try a scenic drive through some local wine country. Central Texas offers a number of locally produced wines, from the nationally recognized to smaller fam...
Energy Audits and Tax Credits
While the Austin City Council is not giving home sellers a break this year, the federal government is coming through with some tax breaks for the energy-conscious homeowner. For 2009 only, homeowners can get certain tax credits for making energy efficien...
Even Lincoln is Going Green
If Abraham Lincoln's house can go green, anyone's can. President Lincoln's Cottage, his family's summer retreat during the Civil War, has been completely renovated during preparation for the compound just a few miles from the White House to be opened as ...
Tough Times for Shoppers and Shopping Centers
There are some conspicuous gaps along the store fronts of South Congress Avenue. Looking for Loft Furniture or Cowboy Cool on Second Street? Both these shops have closed in recent months. Thinking of stopping into long-time clothing shop Flipnotics on ...
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