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AISD Board Candidates Clustering
Austin :: TX :: USA | 9 months ago
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Mark Williams and Annette LoVoi opting out of re-election runs. Photos by John Anderson How times change in the Austin Independent School District...That's not so surprising: Trustees are unpaid, work long hours, and get little to no thanks for it.
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Council: Of Money and Weirdness
Rio Grande :: Brazil | 9 months ago
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City Council Photo by Jana Birchum Arguably, every City Council meeting is about money spending money, saving money, moving money around. That's particularly true in August and September especially this year, when there's a periodic bond package
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Civics 101
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 9 months ago
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Meet representatives from local solar companies and connect with green energy organizations at this open house...WAR This is thee Movement of Peace with Justice and Dignity's stop in Austin en route from San Diego to Washington, D.C. Families of
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Growth of Hispanic business doesn't match population
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 9 months ago
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More Information Research by UT bureau Some of the findings of the study released Friday: 1 There were 447,589 Hispanic-owned companies in Texas, 20.7 of the state's businesses in 2007, according to a U.S...Many of the remaining 91 percent are
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Council: Follow the Props and the Money
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 9 months ago
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Photo by John Anderson The ball is still rolling toward a November city charter election , and though several of the thornier questions e.g., geographic districting, future election dates, civil service for city employees have been resolved (for
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Civics 101
Jerusalem :: Israel | 9 months ago
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Learn about helping out with the Travis County Democratic Party's coordinated campaign efforts...Glenn Frankel, a Pulitzer Prize winner who retired from the Washington Post and is the director of UT's School of Journalism, hosts a discussion of the
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Road races and gas prices dominated Elgin headlines in August 1912
Elgin :: IL :: USA | 9 months ago
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Gasoline jumped four cents a gallon over the summer a century ago, and motorists were asking what could be done. The Elgin Y.W.C.A. said it would not restrict services to women because of their age as had been done in another city. And, Elgin's first
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Suspect arrested for allegedly beating, robbing and threatening Hawthorne man
Torrance :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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A gunman beat a Hawthorne man, forced him to withdraw money from an ATM, and threatened to kill him, his wife and 3-month-old son while holding them captive in their home, police said Monday. Devonte Kareem Austin, 19, was arrested early Friday when
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Learn about Elgin cemeteries at Brown Bag lecture
Elgin :: IL :: USA | 9 months ago
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Local historian Steve Stroud will discuss his newest publication, Silent City: A History of Elgin City Cemeteries, at the next Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Elgin History Museum, 360 Park St...The book will be released in
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Boot-camp training – taken to the max
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Story After I check in and sign the mandatory waiver, I'm instructed to grab a two-foot-long wooden post, which weighs five pounds and is to be my rifle. After some milling about among the other 179 participants, I strike up a conversation with the
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