Originally published on March 17, 2005 In the 1990s, Texas grew at a rate that was approximately equal to adding another Houston, plus another Dallas, plus another San Antonio, plus another Corpus Christi. The growth spurt continues today, booming most along the Texas-Mexico border, the central corridor from Dallas-Fort Worth to San Antonio, and in the Houston-Galveston area. (more…)
Hutto residents are next in line in Williamson County to have their electricity meters changed over to the new smart meters and officials say the change will be an easy one with little disruption. (more…)
Operation Team Hutto members show their continued support for the U.S. military, including a group of Fort Hood soldiers currently in or soon to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. (more…)
Lawmakers passed a tax swap four years ago that has turned out to be a tax swamp.
The Legislature’s top budget-writing staff member told a panel Wednesday that the built-in fiscal gap the state faces is nearly $5 billion a year. While they knew that a reworked business tax meant to make up for a large chunk of property tax cuts has sputtered, legislators hadn’t been told in such precise – and stark – terms how big the problem was. (more…)
Texas Rep. Diana Maldonado (D-Round Rock) Thursday called for homeowners’ insurance reform following huge rate hikes by the state’s largest insurer. (more…)
Race for governor, Round 2.
Gov. Rick Perry bested U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and underdog Debra Medina in the Republican primary while former Houston Mayor Bill White walloped businessman Farouk Shami for the Democratic nomination. (more…)
Texas State Rep. Dan Gattis and Texas State Rep. Diana Maldonado are accepting applications from high school seniors in House District 20 for the new Texas Armed Services Scholarship program.
The scholarship provides $10,000 for students entering a college ROTC program n the Fall of 2010. To be eligible students must be nominated by their State Representative or State Senator or the Texas Lieutenant Governor or the Texas Governor. (more…)
State Representative Diana Maldonado (D-Round Rock) joined with Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples Jan. 14 to announce $9.5 million in funding through the state’s Texans Feeding Texans: Home-Delivered Meal Grant Program. Through this worthwhile program, Williamson-Burnet County Opportunities Inc. will receive $79,000 to help deliver meals to homebound or elderly Texans. (more…)
After Gov. Rick Perry announced that he will take a pass on $700 million in federal Race to the Top education funds, both teachers bodies and legislators have weighed in on his decision. But the governor shouldn’t take too much succor from other opponents of the application, who have a very different take on its flaws. (more…)
The 330,000 square foot industrial building on the northeast corner of Carlos Parker Boulevard and Highway 79 has been dormant for nearly five years, but a pending contract between building owners and Texas State Technical College could breathe new life into the facility. (more…)