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7/30/2010
A group of Univeristy of Texas Students gathered at the State Capital last night to protest the Anti-Illegal Immigration Law in Arizona. They also marched to the Travis County jail house to protest what the call the partnership between the county and Federal ICE agents. It’s being billed as the largest protest in Texas against new immigration laws. KTRH’s Joe Gomez walked around anti immigration activists as they gathered in Austin to celebrate a federal judge gutting Arizona’s immigration law.
News Radio 740 KTRH Reporter Joe Gomez was there...
http://www.ktrh.com/pages/reportersnotebook.html?_show
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7/29/2010
Austin City Council has voted to reject a settlement agreement of $750,000 after last year's officer-involved shooting of Nathaniel Sanders, Jr. It took well over two hours with council debate, public input and speeches from numerous people in City Council chambers. As the vote for a $750,000 settlement payable to the Sanders family was up for roll call, Councilman Chris Riley made a secondary motion for $500,000. Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell believes from a business perspective, the cost of a jury trial would be far less than the settlement amount negotiated by city staff.
News Radio 590-KLBJ's Emily Trube and Jarrod Allen have both sides of the debate:
Mayor Lee Leffingwell
Council member Rhandi Shade
Council member Cheryl Cole
Council member Bill Spellman
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell also said, "There could be a business case made for numbers which could cover the city's expenses for litigation and so forth and that number would be far, far below what has been said here today," Leffingwell said. "It's been said that this proposed settlement sends a message that the City of Austin admits that this has been an unjustified shooting. Once it's out there, that Jeanie is ...
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7/29/2010
The city of Austin will be using homeland security funds to buy a robotic bomb detector. John bush says the maker of the device Northrup Grumman, is a war profiteer and urged the city council to vote against the measure.Council approved buying the robot - which mayor pro tem mike martinez says is necessary for police safety. Martinez says it would be better to have a machine do the initial inspection instead.
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7/29/2010
Four years after the Austin City Council awarded Hewlett-Packard Co. a $3.2 million incentive to create 140 jobs and invest $300 million in Austin data centers, the city has made its first payment: $206,000. Both the city and company said HP is compliant, despite the state canceling two years ago its $5 million Texas Enterprise Fund agreement, citing noncompliance on HP’s part. Neither the city nor the company would disclose the current employment or investment in Austin and said HP has until the end of 2011 to reach the incentive goals. According to the most recent compliance report, filed in June 2010, but detailing 2008, the company employed at least 42 people and had invested $263 million at its East Austin data center on Ed Bluestein Boulevard.
Read more: HP meeting incentives criteria - Austin Business Journal
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/07/26/story10.html?b=1280116800^3688871
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7/29/2010
People whose pets are picked up and taken to Town Lake Animal Center will now have three business days to retrieve their animal before it is either put out for adoption or euthanized. The Austin City Council today clarifying the rule.
The council also adopted a ban on the retail sale of dogs and cats who were bred in puppy or kitten mills. Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez says it is not a complete ban on the sale of animals.
Petland in South Austin closed last week in anticipation of the Austin Council passing the ordinance, which will now go into effect in 90 days.
The city of Austin has released the following on the Council's action as part of its consent agenda:
· Approved pre-construction phase services with Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Austin for the new Central Library on West Cesar Chavez Street along Shoal Creek near the Seaholm Power Plant. During the pre-construction phase, Hensel Phelps will work with the design team and City staff to ensure quality and cost containment controls are in place for future construction. The new facility will eventually house the collections currently in the John Henry Faulk Central Library. The new library will ...
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7/29/2010
City Manager Marc Ott pitched his $2.8 billion budget recommendation to city council Wednesday, proposing 113 new hires and a higher tax rate. The budget is slightly higher than last year's $2.75 billion ledger and includes about $650.2 million for the general fund. Austin City Council members are scheduled to vote on the plan in mid-September. The plan includes trimming about 20 vacant positions saving about $500,000. The 2011 proposed tax rate is 46.13 cents per $100 valuation, higher than the current 42.09 cents rate. It would be the first increase in four years.
2011 budget highlights include:
• Police – $250.8 million, adds funding for 48 new officers and maintains funding for the next cadet class scheduled to begin at the end of February 2011
• Fire – $126.2 million, provides funding to add 10 firefighters; maintains funding for the next cadet class scheduled to begin January 2011; eliminate funding for a training academy and the LBJ High School Fire Academy
• Emergency Medical Services – $46.2 million, adds funding for 30 new paramedic positions to staff stations at Avery Ranch, Harrisglenn Dr. and Harris Branch.
• Municipal Court – $12.3 million, includes funding to maintain services at the ...
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7/29/2010
The CTRMA, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, is asking the Department of Transportation's parent group for 27-million for several projects around the Austin area. The proposed Mopac toll lanes, tolling 290 east, toll upgrades to 183 or Ed Bluestein Boulevard, upgrading the Y at Oak Hill and the proposed 45-southwest. The money would go for project costs that do not include construction. The Texas Transportation Commission meets today to consider the request.
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7/29/2010
Researchers have linked high blood pressure to dementia in older people...now News Radio 590 KLBJ's Diann Hodges reports UT scientists are turning to hispanic volunteers to figure out what can be done about it. UT research assistant Danniel Egan says hispanics seem to have a resistance when it comes to the treatment of high blood pressure and that could be for many reasons. Egan says they're paying hispanic volunteers between the ages of 40 and 60 125 dollars to undergo a cognitive assessment, cardiovascular screening and an MRI to get a baseline of brain function...to see how high blood pressure affects that later in life.
News Radio 590 KLBJ's Diann Hodges reports
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7/28/2010
A civil rights attorney is suing two Travis County correctional officers for a woman’s alleged jailhouse assault. The Texas Civil Rights Project’s Scott Medlock says Shay Morrow’s injuries were so extensive she had to be taken to UMC Brackenridge.
According to arrest records, Morrow was booked into jail on drunk driving charges when she was allegedly attacked by correctional officers; Tracey Hill and Layla Rendon. She is seeking compensation for her medical bills and psychological counseling.
In her own words Shay Morrow details what led to the alleged attack by officers:
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7/28/2010
The state's annual sales tax holiday is less than a month away. Allen Spelce with the Comptroller's Office says it'll a good time to shop for back-to-school items.Between August 20th and 22nd, Spelce says shoppers can also buy clothing priced under a hundred dollars.
KLBJ'S Perry Watson Reports:
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