Daily Archives: July 29, 2005

Texans for Hackett update

Posted on July 29, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

When I checked the ActBlue page that we Texan bloggers had set up for Paul Hackett earlier this morning, it stodd at 11 donors and $295. At 4:45 PM, Richard Morrison sent an email to his list urging people to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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RIP, Foley’s department stores

Posted on July 29, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Another piece of Houston history is biting the dust. Houston’s most famous homegrown retail name is officially disappearing. Federated Department Stores announced Thursday that 330 of the stores it’s acquiring in its $11 billion purchase of May Department Stores Co. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Save the leap second!

Posted on July 29, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

It’s a programmer versus astronomer smackdown over the nature of time! How can you not love a story like that? I can’t do it justice with an excerpt, so go read the whole thing. I actually don’t have any strong … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Senate tries again on school finance

Posted on July 29, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Senate is trying to salvage some form of school finance reform from this week’s special session wreckage, with Sen. Florence Shapiro doing the heavy lifting. Action planned Monday Late Thursday, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Senate Education Chairwoman Florence … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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K-Mart lawsuits can proceed

Posted on July 29, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

It’s never a good thing for a police force defending itself against various lawsuits to be labelled almost totalitarian by the judge. Calling the operation “almost totalitarian,” a federal judge says a Houston police plan that led to 278 arrests … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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