Daily Archives: March 31, 2008

Rep. Cohen responds to court ruling on HB1751

Rep. Ellen Cohen, author of HB1751, which assessed a $5 per-customer surcharge on strip clubs to fund a sex assault prevention fund among other things, sent out the following press release in response to the court ruling that declared the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Higher cost projections for new light rail lines

Some good news and some not-so-good news for Metro. The Metropolitan Transit Authority got federal permission last week to move forward with preliminary engineering on its planned North and Southeast lines, work that was halted in November while Metro revised … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 6 Comments

Early voting for runoffs begins today

Early voting for the primary runoff elections begins today. Unlike the primary itself, there are some rules governing how you can vote. Voters who participated in a March 4 primary can vote in the second round only in the runoffs … Continue reading Continue reading

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A new Republican name to replace Janek

It’s a little hard to remember amid all the primary excitement that we’re going to have a special election sometime this year to replace State Sen. Kyle Janek, who announced his resignation in January. Janek hasn’t formally resigned yet, so … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Census and the Congress

News item: Texas cities on top in population growth. The Houston metropolitan area ranked fourth in the nation for overall population growth between 2006 and 2007, according to new census data — an increase demographers attributed largely to the region’s … Continue reading Continue reading

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New frontiers in outsourcing

Giving “Made in India” a whole new meaning. Clinics that provide surrogate mothers for foreigners say they have recently been inundated with requests from the United States and Europe, as word spreads of India’s mix of skilled medical professionals, relatively … Continue reading Continue reading

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