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Housing starts take unexpected tumble, fall 10.6 percent
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New home construction took an unexpected tumble
last month, reflecting the bumpy nature of a tentative housing recovery. Housing starts fell 10.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 529,000 in October, according to Commerce Department data. Analysts were expecting an increase. Housing starts were down 30.7 percent compared with the same period a year ago. More
Austin home sales jump 38 percent in October
The Austin American-Statesman
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Central Texas existing-home sales jumped nearly 38 percent in October as buyers took advantage of a federal tax credit for first-time homeowners and favorable mortgage interest rates. It was the biggest year-over-year percentage gain in more than four years and encouraging news for a housing market that struggled for much of 2009.
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Housing slump may worsen next year, not get better
Yahoo! Finance
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If you already took advantage of the government's tax credit for first-time homebuyers - or are planning to do it anytime soon - you'll probably agree with this prediction: Sales of existing homes will peak in the final quarter of 2009, then
begin a year-long slide, which is likely to be a sharp one, according to some estimates.
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Tarrant lawsuit to buy Oklahoma water is partly dismissed
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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The Tarrant Regional Water
District's quest to obtain Oklahoma water hit a potential roadblock when a federal judge partially granted Oklahoma's motion to dismiss the case. The ruling means that a Dec. 7 trial date has been canceled and that Tarrant Regional's efforts to obtain permits for Oklahoma water have been delayed for months, if not indefinitely.
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TCEQ shoots down sewer discharge plan
The San Antonio Express-News
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The state environmental agency has voted down a proposal to allow millions of gallons of treated sewage to be dumped into several popular central Texas lakes. It's a plan that angered many waterfront property owners, elected officials and environmentalists.
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Texas governor to decide condemned killer's fate
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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The fate of a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery is in the hands of Gov. Rick Perry after the state parole board recommended that the death sentence be commuted to life in
prison. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles made the rare recommendation Wednesday for 34-year-old Robert Lee Thompson, who was not the triggerman in the fatal shooting of a Houston convenience store clerk. The shooter, Sammy Butler, was convicted and received life in prison.
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Commentary: Twists could still lie
ahead in governor's race
The Austin American-Statesman
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The 2010 Texas governor's race is shaping up nicely, but big twists could still happen. One would be state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, following his announcement that he won't seek re-election by saying he'll
bid for governor. That's unfounded Capitol buzz for now; Shapleigh is unreachable, reportedly honeymooning on an island without a laptop.
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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison launches radio ads in Texas governor's race
The Dallas Morning News
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Kay Bailey Hutchison will launch the first broadcast ad of the hotly contested 2010 campaign for governor today. Hutchison will air radio ads statewide in what her campaign calls a "significant buy."
Campaign aides wouldn't comment on the content of the ad, but it will air through November.
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Democrats criticize Perry's policies
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Three of the five Democrats running for governor
talked about transportation and education and assailed Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday night at TCU. The first candidates forum of the race featured former U.S. Ambassador Tom Schieffer of Fort Worth, East Texas rancher Hank Gilbert and Fort Worth teacher Felix Alvarado. Caitlin Caruso, an intern with Kinky Friedman's campaign, read a letter from Friedman to the attendees at the end of the forum.
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El Paso legislator cites lack of Hispanic history
The Houston Chronicle
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A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State
Board of Education. Chavez says it's "as though Hispanics don't exist in many of these standards."
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Ethics panel chairman sues over online column
El Paso Times
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County ethics commission Chairman Stuart
Leeds on Monday filed a defamation suit against online columnist David Karls ruher, who wrote in a blog that the ethics panel leader was planning a witch hunt against his political adversaries. On Nov. 11, Karlsruher wrote in his "Refuse the Juice" blog that Leeds was in a hurry to get the county ethics commission up and running so he could "be ready to start the witch hunt before election season."
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Powerball!
The Houston Chronicle Texas Politics Blog
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The Texas Lottery Commission today took a step toward expanding the state's gambling options to include Powerball. The commission unanimously voted to publish rules for the game for public comment. If the panel gives final approval to the rules early next year, the first Powerball
ticket could be sold in Texas on Jan. 31. Texas already is part of the Mega Millions multi-jurisdiction lottery game, and officials for years have discussed the idea of adding Powerball to the mix.
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