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Wine Business Online - Tue Jan 06

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Austin woman sentenced in mothball in soup case

KDBC - Mon Jan 05

A judge has sentenced an Austin woman who put mothballs in soup at a store's self-serve kiosk in 2007 to undergo mental health treatment.

Lawmakers profit from Capitol floor time

The Dallas Morning News - Mon Jan 05

For the weak and the vulnerable, Texas has long been an especially hard place. Year after year, national surveys place the state at or near the bottom in such categories as assistance to poor children and the ...

Craddick out of speaker race

Austin American Statesman - Mon Jan 05

Embattled Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick gave up his speaker re-election bid Sunday night as San Antonio Republican Rep.

Could McCracken try to stymie fellow council member's mayoral run?

Austin American-Statesman - Sun Jan 04

Days before Austin City Council Member Lee Leffingwell is expected to announce a run for mayor, mayoral rival Brewster McCracken, also a council member, is raising legal questions about the timing of the ...

Old assault vehicle + new truck chassis = Wayne Brown's job

Austin American Statesman - Sun Jan 04

Wayne Brown, who now lives in New Braunfels, has been asked by police departments in Maine and Minnesota to refurbish a type of assault vehicle called a Peacekeeper.

Straus catches Capitol watchers by surprise

Austin American Statesman - Sat Jan 03

Speaker candidate Joe Straus sought Saturday to build a majority in the Texas House of Representatives as some conservatives criticized his stances on abortion and gambling.

Dispatch from the road to the Fiesta Bowl

Austin American Statesman - Sat Jan 03

Well, here we are, at the Super Eight Motel, about 600 miles from Austin, on our way to the Fiesta Bowl near Phoenix in Scott Wilson's burnt orange Caddy with the steer horns on the front.

Legislators set to tackle bills on higher ed

MySanAntonio.com - Sat Jan 03

Mention college, and most people focus on the price tag. "It is nuts to make the cost of college so high that working-class kids can't go unless they take out large loans," said state Sen.

San Antonio legislator emerges as candidate of Republicans opposing Craddick

Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Sat Jan 03

State Rep. Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, emerged Friday as a consensus candidate to oppose House Speaker Tom Craddick after nearly three hours of discussion by dissident Republicans seeking to depose the House ...