Daily Archives: January 21, 2007

Farmer’s Branch backs down

Good. Farmers Branch City Council on Monday is expected to repeal the city’s litigation-inducing ban on renting apartments to illegal immigrants and will consider a revised ordinance that will put the matter to a vote in May. The council in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Microsoft comes to San Antonio

Microsoft will buld a big honking data center in San Antonio, in return for a little civic largesse. The San Antonio City Council on Thursday approved a 10-year, 100 percent tax abatement worth $20.7 million and voted to provide $5.2 … Continue reading Continue reading

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Smoking bans make headway nationwide

The city of Houston’s expanded smoking ban from last year was part of an overall nationwide trend in such legislation. Thirty years after it began as just another quirky movement in Berkeley, Calif., the push to ban smoking in restaurants, … Continue reading Continue reading

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