Stories tagged "texas"

Eight dogs died last week after a city animal control officer who had picked up the animals left them in a truck without air conditioning on a day when the high was 95 degrees.

Austin, Texas' all-volunteer group "Austin Vote for Change" is shattering voter registration records left and right. Over Labor Day Weekend the Austin Vote for Change volunteers scattered across the city and registered 1107 voters in only two days.

A new condo complex is being built in the 78704 zip code. Check out the 04 Lofts and the artist rendering on this page.

The Austin Independent School District serves Austin, Texas. Here is a list of homes for sale in that school district.

HOUSTON, Sept. 28 — A day after the United States Supreme Court halted an execution in Texas at the last minute, Texas officials made clear on Friday that they would nonetheless proceed with more executions in coming months, including one next week.

Bush leaves Monday morning for Texas, a staging ground for emergency response efforts and a shelter state for Gulf Coast evacuees.

The Spring Condos is an exciting new project in downtown Austin. Take a look at the renderings and details on this site.

In McAllen, Texas, Martha Sanchez doesn't dare drink the water that runs out of the tap, for fear of getting sick. In Augusta, Georgia, Sunny Johnson, a single mother of two, thinks that working full-time as a certified nursing assistant should earn her a

Texan Dave Lieber got into an argument with his 11 year old son over breakfast at McDonald's (perhaps the boy ate his McGriddle?). Lieber got so angry that he left the kid in the parking lot. 2 weeks later, he was arrested.

A federal judge issued a final judgment on Thursday permanently preventing a Dallas suburb from enforcing a rule banning apartment rentals to illegal immigrants.