Development corporation to dole out dollars to community pr");
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\n(Colleyville Courier © 09/01/2010)
Expanding the library, extending trails and promoting the city, including a new shopping and dining guide, will be among the Colleyville Economic Development Corporation's priorities.The CEDC board unanimously adopted a $1.");
document.write("86 million budget last week for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 based on revenues of more than $1.19 million. To make up the difference, an additional $922,476 will be used, \n
NEW RULES EMPOWER METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS, THE PUBLIC WITH GREATER AUTHORITY OVER TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DECISIONS
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AUSTIN - In a unanimous decision Thursday, the five-member Texas Transportation Commission voted to adopt new rules that, for the first time, enhance the role citizens and communities play in planning the state’s transportation system, increasing transparency and accountability in the trans");
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Major road projects get under way in the city
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By Nicholas Sakelarisnsakelaris@southlakejournal.com\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n Despite a tight budget, Southlake is expected to launch the extension of Kirkwood Boulevard to Carroll Avenue and other major road");
document.write(" projects.Roadwork consists of 22.4 percent of the city's proposed capital budget, or $4.3 million, for the 2011 fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1.The City Council discussed the budget, includ\n
Jacobs Engineering gets 2 contracts
\n(Lubbock KCBD (NBC) 11 © 09/01/2010)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a cons");
document.write("truction and engineering firm, said Tuesday that it has been awarded two contracts for work on energy and rail projects.\n \n\nJacobs said it will provide engineering services for a project to build India's strategic oil reserves. The contract, worth $65 million, was awarded by IOT");
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TX Transportation Sho");
document.write("rtfall Projected $315 Billion
\n(Texas Tribune © 09/01/2010)
It's no secret the Texas Department of Transportation is broke. Texas Transportation Commission Chair Deirdre Delisi tells the Tribune's CEO/Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith just how broke the agency is.\n");
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TxDOT Names 100 Most Congested Roads
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Reference Material\n \n \n \n Raw Data: Texas' Most-Congested Roads\n CSV (104.0 KB)\n download\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nEach weekday, Darby Theilen leaves his Lake Conroe home at 6:30 a.m. and drives to southwest Houston, where he works as an ");
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Business community split over city's $90 million transportation bond proposal
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/31/2010) (Registration Required)\n
Austin's busines");
document.write("s community has split on the city's $90 million transportation bond election in November. Two weeks after the Real Estate Council of Austin's board voted to oppose the bond proposal, the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce on Monday joined about 20 local groups in support of the vote.\n\n\"It is a signi");
document.write("ficant first step,\" homebuilder Terry Mitchell , chairman of the chamber's transport\n
TxDOT seeks input for future I-35 plans
\n(Austin KXAN (NBC) 36 © 08/31/2010)
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Sarah Flores drives I-35 frequently for work. Monday afternoon she filled up in Austin before a long ride home to San Antonio. \n \n\"I always try to g");
document.write("et out of Austin before four because getting on after four is a nightmare. You might as well get a hotel and stay the night,\" said Flores. \n \nFlores is not alone in her frustrations with the interstate. \n\n\"I use 35 as little as possibl\n
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document.write("b>Nuclear industry takes new path for new plants
\n(Corpus Christi Caller-Times © 08/31/2010)
ATLANTA (AP) -- Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactors much like a consumer buys a light bulb: right off the shelf. Of the nation's 104 commercial reactors, no two are exactly the same, a fact that experts blame for ");
document.write("causing construction and regulatory delays and leading to bigger bills for power customers. The longer it took to approve and build a reactor a generat\n
Libya is booming
\n(Omaha World-Herald © 08/31/2010)
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — On the outskirts of this city, Libya’s second largest, row after row of sand-colored co");
document.write("ncrete apartment blocks and villas are sprouting from the desert.\n\nHundreds of kilometers away, construction cranes dot the Mediterranean skyline.\n\nThe development frenzy taking place is the latest and most visible sign of Libya’s drive for growth.\n\nIt’s a push that\n
Private financing, revenue bonds could build toll road
\n(Bro");
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The only way to pay for building a new road along part of Brownsville’s Union Pacific rail corridor — once the track is out, that is — is to make it a toll road.\n\r\n\r\n \n\r\n\r\nThat’s according to David Allex, head of the Cameron Cou");
document.write("nty Regional Mobility Authority, the agency behind the plan to build the proposed West Parkway tollway on an eight-mile stretch of the Union Pa\n
Toll road discussed along rail corridor
\n(Harlingen Valley Morning Star © 08/30/2010)
BROWNSVILLE — The only way to pay for building a new road along part of Brownsville’");
document.write("s Union Pacific rail corridor — once the track is out, that is — is to make it a toll road.\n\nThat’s according to David Allex, head of the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority, the agency behind the plan to build the proposed West Parkway tollway on an eight-mile stretch of th");
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New rules give public more power in transportation plan");
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\n(Lubbock KCBD (NBC) 11 © 08/30/2010)
AUSTIN, TX (KCBD) - In a unanimous decision Thursday, the five-member Texas Transportation Commission voted to adopt new rules that, for the first time, enhance the role citizens and communities play in plann");
document.write("ing the state's transportation system, increasing transparency and accountability in the transportation planning process.\r\n\r\nThe rules were written by an 11-member body called the Tra\n
Portland streetcar success has fueled interest elsewhere
\n(USA Today © 08/30/2010)
A decade ago, the Pearl District in Portland, Ore., was");
document.write(" a dicey warehouse area. A streetcar line that opened in 2001 helped transform it into a lively neighborhood with boutiques, condos and restaurants.\n\"It's very much a walking area, and the streetcar is a big part of that,\" says Jo Carter, owner of Physical Element, a clothing shop that opened in 200");
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Grid plan need");
document.write("s jolt from Texas
\n(Abilene Reporter-News © 08/29/2010) (Registration Required)\n
Texas has always operated its own energy grid, separate from the two other grids that span the rest of the nation. But a project quietly emerging in eastern New");
document.write(" Mexico would curb that independence — and affect energy prices for Texas consumers in ways that remain much in dispute.\n\nThe $2 billion project could connect all three grids (eastern, western and Texas) as soon as 2013. They would meet nea\n
Regional mobility officials lay out case for new toll road
\n(Brownsville Herald © 08/29/2010)");
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Any big infrastructure project is bound to generate controversy, and a toll road is a big project any way you slice it.\n\n\nThe West Parkway project — a proposal to build a $160 million toll road through West Brownsville along an eight-mile stretch of the current Union Pacific railroad ");
document.write("corridor — is no exception.\n\n\nOfficials with the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority say the Wes\n
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document.write("font style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;\">Blueprint for El Paso growth: Think tank wants to lift binational economy
\n(El Paso Times © 08/29/2010)
The Paso del Norte Group has begun formulating an economic and work-force development plan for the El Paso-Juáre");
document.write("z-Las Cruces area.\n\nThe group's Blueprint for Global Competitiveness in the Paso del Norte Region is aimed at \"raising the level of education and job skills in our area so we can move from a low-wage, low-skill box that people like to put our economy in, to a higher-skill, higher-wage bo\n
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Mississippi piques interest of hydroelectric developers<");
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For decades, the Mississippi River has been a key passageway for\nbarges and other vessels that move millions of tons of coal and\npetroleum to help power the nation's economy.\n \n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThese days, developers are looking to the river itse");
document.write("lf as a\npower source.\n \n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNo fewer than a dozen hydroelectric projects are proposed just\nalong the stretch of river bordering Missouri. Many would be\n
San Marcos serious about growth
\n(Austin Business Journal © 08/28/2010)
San Marcos has become known to many outsiders for outlet malls, amusement parks and Texas Stat");
document.write("e University. But it has grown up fast during the last 10 years, bucking recessionary trends with job and population growth leading to construction projects and businesses relocating and expanding there.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn response, San Marcos economic development leaders have formed the Greater San Marcos E");
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End diversions to fix highway fund
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document.write("\n(San Antonio Express-News © 08/28/2010) (Registration Required)\n
The Texas Department of Transportation is willing to consider all options to raise revenue and reverse a funding shortage for road construction and maintenance. That was the message Amadeo Saen");
document.write("z Jr., TxDOT's executive director, delivered to the San Antonio Mobility Coalition recently, Express-News staff writer Jeorge Zarazua reported. \n\nThat shortfall is huge and growing. Due to the weak economy a\n
Coal disposal problems found at Fayette plant
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/27/2010) (Registration R");
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Groundwater testing beneath a Central Texas power plant has revealed elevated levels of a handful of chemicals, according to a report released by environmental groups Thursday.\n\nChemicals associated with stored coal ash, a byproduct of the burning of coal, have been found in the ");
document.write("groundwater around the Fayette power plant near La Grange, according to the report by Environmental Integrity Project, E\n
Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/27/2010) (Registration Required)\n
Updated: 1:23 a.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 2010\n");
document.write("\n\nPublished: 7:37 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010\n\n\n\nThe government is about to confirm what many people have felt for some time: The economy barely has a pulse.\n\nThe Commerce Department on Friday will revise its estimate for economic growth in the April-to-June period and Wall");
document.write(" Street economists forecast it wil\n
$90 million transportatio");
document.write("n bond approved for November public vote
\n(Austin Community Impact © 08/27/2010)
Project to bring near-term traffic relief to Y at Oak Hill\n\nSOUTHWEST AUSTIN — A $90 million transportation bond, composed of near-term pedestrian, bicycle and road improvement pr");
document.write("ojects, was approved Aug. 5 for public vote this November. More than half of the projects address road infrastructure with a goal of immediate congestion relief.\n\n\n\nOne of the more costly projects, the proposed boar\n
Transportation bond headed to Austin voters for approval
\n(Austin Community Impact © 08/27/2010)
Mobility proj");
document.write("ects totaling $90 million planned \nthroughout entire city\n\nAUSTIN — A $90 million transportation bond, composed of near-term pedestrian, bicycle and road improvement projects, was approved Aug. 5 for public vote this November by City Council. More than half of the bond projects are addressing ");
document.write("road infrastructure with a goal of immediate congestion relief.\n\n\n1. Kramer Lane multiu\n
Riverside Park's role in environmental mandate sidelined
\n(El Paso Times © 08/27/2010)
Ruidoso Downs' hope of establishing Riverside Park to fulfill an environmental lawsuit's mandate is sidelined for the time.\n\n\n\nA report from Water-shed");
document.write(" Dynamics, a Silver City watershed restoration firm hired by Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs to look at projects to improve the Rio Ruidoso, omitted Riverside Park as a river improvement, said Public Works Director Cleatus Richards.\n\n\n\nA report from the c\n
Environmental Front: Are railroads the future for transporting Texans?
\n(Alpine Avalanche");
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Environmental Front: Are railroads the future for transporting Texans?\n By Fran Sage/Columnist—\n \n\n With the pressure of a continuing population increase combined with demographic shifts of more people into the large cities, the Texas Department of Transportatio");
document.write("n has created a Rail Division with a mission to plan an alternative transportation system to alleviate the increasing congestion\n
Bad news on homes, goods keeps recession fears going
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/26/2010) (Registration Required)\n
It's starting to feel like another recession. Busine");
document.write("sses are ordering fewer goods. Home sales are the slowest in decades. Jobs are scarce, and unemployment claims are rising. Perhaps most worrisome, manufacturing activity, which had been one of the economy's few bright spots, is faltering.\r\n\r\n\"The odds of a double-dip are rising and uncomfortably hig");
document.write("h,\" said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's \n
Bill White ");
document.write("a bit sharper on transportation issues
\n(Dallas Morning News © 08/26/2010) (Registration Required)\n
The bosses asked me to bone up on the governor's race and transportation for an editorial that ran today. Bill White's people put him on the ");
document.write("phone with me, and I had a chat with Perry spokesman Mark Miner. I also pored over both of their answers on the DMN's voter's guide (which hasn't gone on line yet).\n\n\nMy take: \n\n\n\n\n\n-- White has essentially the same message as in the spring, but it's a little\n
Editorial: White has the edge on transportation ideas
\n(Dallas Morning News &co");
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Editorial: White has the edge on transportation ideas\r\n\r\n06:19 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 25, 2010\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n Ignoring the state's transportation-funding deficit is like turning your back on a Kenworth tru");
document.write("ck bearing down at 80 mph. Yet that's what we've been seeing out of Gov. Rick Perry, both in office and now on the campaign trail. \n
Stormwater specialist looks to make impact on local waterways
\n(Deer Park Progress © 08/26/2010)
Now in their third year of a Texas Commission on Envir");
document.write("onmental Quality mandated program, the city of Deer Park has been in the process of revamping regulations that address storm water originating from sources within the city limits.Storm Water & Water Resource Specilist Julie Villeneunve was hired by the city of Deer Park last year in order to sat");
document.write("isfy requirements handed down by TCEQ. TCEQ is\n
Engineering p");
document.write("rofessor named dean of UTEP graduate school
\n(El Paso Times © 08/26/2010)
Diana Natalicio, president of the university of Texas at El Paso, announced his appointment today. Flores has been associate dean of the graduate school.\n\n\n\n \nHe was recognized this year by Pr");
document.write("esident Obama with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentorship. He was among 22 mentors and more than 80 educators nationwide awarded for their efforts to mentor m\n
San Marcos development sparks aquifer worries
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/25/2010) (Registration ");
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Concerns about the environment troubled several San Marcos residents who spoke at a public hearing Tuesday evening about a 3,450-home gated community planned southwest of the city.\n\nIf zoning changes, annexation and a special taxing district are approved by the San Marcos City C");
document.write("ouncil, the Paso Robles subdivision could begin construction by next summer. Homes could be up for sale later next year .\n
Rail service to D/FW part of DART's plans
\n(Colleyville Courier © 08/25/2010)
Dallas Area Rapid Transit will bring light-rail service to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport by 2014, according to the agency's 20-yea");
document.write("r financial plan released this month.The service faced an \"indefinite delay\" as recently as June, after a financial review determined that DART had overestimated by about $3 billion sales tax revenues over the next two decades. But the plan was included in this month's plan\n
Texas transportation commissioner: 'Road fairy is dead'
\n(McAlle");
document.write("n Monitor © 08/25/2010)
MISSION — Hidalgo County’s proposed tollway is a model for how state and local governments can build needed infrastructure as transportation funding dwindles, Texas Transportation Commissioner Ted Houghton said Tuesday.\n\n\nWith a greater portion of the");
document.write(" Texas Department of Transportation’s gas tax revenues going to road maintenance, local governments must come up with their own pla\n
JISD calls $49.86 million bond election Nov. 2
\n(Rusk Cherokeean Herald © 08/25/2010)
Jacksonville ISD voters will consider a $49.86 million bond election Nov. 2 which was called Aug. 17. ");
document.write("\n\n\n\n\nIf approved, Superintendent Dr. Joe Wardell expects property taxes to be increased 19 cents per $100 valuation. The tax increase will be seen in the 2011-12 district budget. Currently, the district tax rate is $1.13. With the proposed increase, the tax rate will be $1.32. \n\n\n\n\nThe bond would \n<");
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Minn. court: Design firm not free of bridge claim<");
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\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/24/2010) (Registration Required)\n
A California design firm will remain a defendant in a lawsuit brought by the state of Minnesota over the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people, an appellate court ruled");
document.write(" Tuesday.\n\nJacobs Engineering Group Inc. had sought immunity from the state's claim, arguing in part that the state was beyond a time limit to bring such a claim. A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeal\n
Citizen input called for I-35 improvements
\n(Austin Community Impact © 08/24/2010)
AUSTIN — Texas reside");
document.write("nts along the I-35 corridor will soon have a forum through which they can air their grievances with the congested highway with the beginning of several fall public workshops that will develop a blueprint for improving the corridor.\n\n\n\n\nRegional transportation officials have been meeting since Januar");
document.write("y to begin developing the blueprint. The officials represent cities and c\n
New state report encourages development of clean energy markets throughout the state
\n(Lufkin Daily News © 08/24/2010)
An economic study released this week sheds new light on\npotential economic growth through a future investment in renewable\nenergy sou");
document.write("rces in Texas.\n \n \r\n\r\nThe study, sponsored by the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation\nout of Austin, outlines major benefits to the state over the next\n10 years, including the creation of 2,900 new jobs a year and $2.7\nbillion annually in local and state tax re\n
S.F. firm to pay $52 million in bridge collapse
\n(San Francisco Chronic");
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San Francisco-based engineering and construction company URS Corp. agreed to pay more than $52 million to settle claims that it failed to spot problems with a Minnesota bridge that collapsed and killed 13 people three years ago.\n\n\n The company's insurers will pay the se");
document.write("ttlement, which covers 145 people injured in the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge outside Minneapolis along with the families\n
Texas businesses want an answer on air quality
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/23/2010) (Registration Required)\n
At a discussion on the scuffle between Texas and federal");
document.write(" environmental regulators over the state's air pollution control program during a conference of environmental lawyers this month at the Four Seasons hotel in Austin, Lawrence Starfield, deputy regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, acknowledged that some companies had gr");
document.write("own anxious about floating in regulatory lim\n
The I-69 road f");
document.write("ight goes on forever
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/23/2010) (Registration Required)\n
From time to time, publishers send me books on transportation. Most of the time it's a chore making it past the first page of a book laden with wonkishne");
document.write("ss or blatant bias, or both. But now and then comes a book where, instead, the pages fly by, and mourning sets in when the last page arrives.\n\n\"Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway,\" written by former New Yorker\n
City of Greenville receives big grant
\n(Greenville Herald Banner © 08/23/2010)
Chilton hoping new sewer could spur development
\n(Waco Tribune-Herald © 08/23/2010)
By Michael W. Shapiro Tribune-Herald staff writer\n Monday August 23, 2010\n \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n");
document.write(" \n \n \n \n\nChilton’s 1966 sewer project versus today’s\n\n1966 financing: $42,000 grant/$79,000 loan\n\n2010 financing: $1.7 million grant/$1 million loan\n\n1966 customers: 158\n\n2010 customers: 255\n\n1966 contractors: Clyde and Roger Smith of Austin\n\n
Gustavo Reveles Acosta: El Paso City Council members split over freeway
\n(El P");
document.write("aso Times © 08/22/2010)
City Reps. Susie Byrd, Beto O'Rourke and Steve Ortega -- the so-called progressives on the council -- pretty much agree on most issues that come before them. \n\nFor years, they have sided with one another on issues like creating smart growth principles for develop");
document.write("ment, establishing stormwater fees, and offering partners benefits to gay and lesbian city employees. \n\nBut when it came to deciding whet\n
Can Oregon downsize state government?
\n(Oregonian © 08/22/2010)
Michael Lloyd/The OregonianJames Cagle hugs his 4-month-old daughter, Elin, a hug last week at the Gladstone Center for Chi");
document.write("ldren and Families, where children can get free lunches during the summer. Many of the programs are supported by the Oregon Commission on Children and Families, which some state lawmakers want to disband.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 72\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
SARA resisting revisions
\n(San Antonio Express-News © 08");
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The board of the San Antonio River Authority has come out against the state lowering water quality standards for any of the creeks and rivers it oversees. \n\n“We want the best water quality humanly possible,” board Chairman Gaylon Oe");
document.write("hlke said.\n\nA resolution approved Wednesday formalizes a position long held by the board that it wants all waterways in the San Antonio basin to be clean enough to swim\n
Jobless rates inch downward
\n(Amarillo Globe-News © 08/21/2010)
It could be worse.\n\n\n\nThe Texas Workforce Commission released employment statistics Friday th");
document.write("at showed while the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area (Armstrong, Carson, Potter and Randall counties) saw its unemployment barely budge, moving down from 6 percent in June to 5.8 percent in July, the state's rate was 8.2 percent and the national number was 9.5 percent.\n\n\n\nThe local rate, deriv");
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TxDOT saystaxes, feescould rise
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document.write("b>(San Antonio Express-News © 08/21/2010) (Registration Required)\n
The executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation isn't ruling out any ideas on raising revenue to offset severe funding shortages when lawmakers convene next year to write the sta");
document.write("te's budget. \n\nAmadeo Saenz Jr. said his agency will consider increasing the gasoline sales tax and motor vehicle registration fees, among other options.\n\nHe said the Texas Transportation Institute also is\n
Spike in layoffs feeds fear of faltering recovery
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 08/20/2010) (Registration");
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Layoffs are back, and that's bad news for the fragile economic recovery.\n\nNew applications for unemployment benefits hit a nine-month high last week — a spike that suggests private employers may shed jobs this month for the first time this year.\n\nWorkers are losing constr");
document.write("uction jobs in Georgia and manufacturing jobs in Indiana. Some of the layoffs are coming as stimulus money dries up and pu\n
Potential water supply changes cause local concern
\n(Austin News 8 © 08/20/2010)
With a new state highway under construction, many communities in Caldwell County are preparing for a population boom that'");
document.write("s expected to hit the area. \n \nWith the potential for thousands of homes to be built over the next decade, the people who provide services to the area are working to get ready for the upcoming increase of residents. \n\nBill West is the General Manager for the Guadalupe-Blanco \n
Chat replay: Michael Morris, staff director of the Regional Transportation Counci");
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\n(Dallas Morning News © 08/20/2010) (Registration Required)\n
Chat replay: Michael Morris, staff director of the Regional Transportation Council \n\n12:00 AM CDT on Friday, August 20, 2010\n\n \n\n\nMichael Morris, staff director of the Regional T");
document.write("ransportation Council since 1990, wields as much influence on roads and rail in this area as any elected official. He sat down Thursday for a live chat on dallasnews.com. Here are excerpts: \n\nWhen will the main part of Tri\n
Despite some good news, Dallas housing outlook gets gloomier
\n(Denton Record-Chronicle © 08/20/2010)
So");
document.write(" far in 2010, North Texas home sales are up and prices are rising. Foreclosures have been down three of the past four months. \n\n In that case, why is the near-term view on the local housing market getting gloomier? \n\n "The housing outlook has definite");
document.write("ly become more cloudy," said D'Ann Petersen, a business economist with the Federal Res\n
Metro slows rail projects as cash ebbs
\n(Houston Chronicle © 08/20/2010) (Registration Required)\n
Facing a $49 million budget shortfall this fiscal year, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has begun to ");
document.write("slow construction on two light rail lines and may embrace more drastic measures in the coming months as uncertainty grows over a $800 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration.Senior Metro officials emphasized that they did not anticipate any cuts to services due to the financial pre\n
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