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MySA.com: Metro | State
The largest affordable housing company in Texas, whose business dealings have drawn separate FBI public corruption probes in Dallas and in San Antonio, is selling its San Antonio apartment complexes it developed in partnership with local city agencies, the San Antonio Express-News has learned.
Brian Potashnik’s Dallas-based Southwest Housing Development Co. is […]

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Charleston Daily Mail
While it remains unclear if hate crime charges will be filed against the six white suspects in the Logan County torture case, criminology experts say the incident should at least be reported to the FBI as a bias crime.
All law enforcement agencies in the country are required to report bias crimes quarterly […]

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Another rebate program.
CPS Energy

The CPS Energy Solar Initiative Rebate program is offering an incentive for the installation of solar water heating systems installed within the CPS Energy service territory. These incentives will be available to any valid CPS Energy customer, primarily residential and commercial customers.
The solar water heater equipment installed must be new and must […]

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FYI
Texas Public Radio - National Public Lands Day

The seventh recipient of our annual National Public Lands Day efforts is the historic Brackenridge Park. On Saturday, September 29th, we will converge on the newly constructed east and south entrances of Brackenridge to promote water convservation and transform a celebrated public space. We invite you to join […]

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Questions follow a son’s tragic death - CNN.com
The pain of returning to the scene of their son’s death brought Arthur and Samantha Smith to tears, nearly two weeks after police failed to find his body and that of a friend, both thrown from a car in a high-speed crash.
But the Smiths also were angry […]

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With all the rain we’ve had this year, water conservation may not be on your mind. But if you’re remolding, you might consider some of the rebates available from SAWS.
SAWS: Welcome H2OME

If you’re a homeowner and a SAWS customer, you can get great rebates by taking steps to conserve water. These include installing a watersaver […]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
After nearly a year of work, the Bandera Road Community Working Group has identified possible solutions to alleviate the traffic and congestion problem along Bandera Road — none of which includes toll roads.
The next project the working group is tasked with is to create a Context Sensitive Solutions strategy for the […]

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MySA.com: Business
Plans are under way for the 25-block mixed-use development project to revamp the River Walk north of downtown, appropriately called River North.
All this week, the design team is holding a charrette, or public presentations and discussions to create a draft master plan for the mixed-use project. The meetings are in the New Covenant […]

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MySA.com: Politics
Local health and political leaders joined forces Friday to urge President Bush and Congress to reauthorize and expand a public health care program for millions of children that is set to expire in just over a week.
Their pleadings came under the shadow of Bush’s recent threat that he’ll veto any attempt at a […]

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I think I know why TX DOT is so hot for toll roads. Given the legislature’s inability to see that funds are actually spent for the programs that they were collected for, I could see where the employees at TX DOT would rather count on toll roads rather than the legislature for funding.
They can’t very […]

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