Topic: Texas

Fuzzy (Jobs) Math

This bit from Bethany McLean's Street Life column yesterday was just too good not to pluck out for the FC blog: "Do you believe the job statistics? Texas Hedge Report, one of my favorite publications, writes that they believe those ...READ»

Property Tax Relief

Propel Financial Services specializes in helping Texas property owners pay their property taxes through four of our loan locations around Texas. Propel understands that unexpected circumstances can make it difficult to afford a large ...READ»

Local Hero: Frost Bank

San Antonio, Texas In Texas, it's not uncommon for us locals to anoint our homegrown institutions with cult status. Whataburger. Austin City Limits. But a bank? As I heard murmurs about how 138-year-old Frost Bank, with fewer ...READ»

Texas Lobbyist - The honest lobbyists

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Next-Gen Latchkey Kids?

A school district in Spring, Texas, is forging ahead to "1984," thanks to RFID technology. It's planning to equip some 28,000 kids with computerized ID badges so their parents can track their whereabouts to and from school, as ...READ»

E.ON Unveils World's Largest Wind Farm

Texas is home to the world's biggest wind farm, according to officials at E.ON Climate & Renewables. The wind energy company recently put the finishing touches on its 781.8 megawatt (MW), 627-turbine facility in Roscoe, Texas. ...READ»

Science Wins, Creationism Given The Boot in Texas Schools

The "science versus creationism" debate has been using up much of the energy and time of legislators and educators, but in Texas at least the arguments have come to a close. A series of meetings to revise the curriculum have just ...READ»

Dallas Fort Worth Chevy Dealer Offers GM’s Money Back Guarantee

Dallas Fort Worth Chevy dealer to extend GM’s money back guarantee to Texas Chevy buyers. Classic Chevy will begin the promotion on September 14th.READ»

Attorney Daniel Wannamaker Discusses the Increase in Crime in a Bad Economy

When the economy gets bad, one of the first things that seems to come apart at the seams is the crime rate. It goes up.READ»

Texas Chevy Dealer To Offer Limited Texas Edition Silverados after NASCAR Race

50 Texas Edition Silverados that will appear at the NASCAR Spring Cup Dickies 500 will return to Classic Chevy after the race to be sold to buyers on a first come first serve basis.READ»

Watercooler

States with jobs, cool podcasts, and job venting in this month's buzz roundup.READ»

The Crime of Murder in Texas

Murder isn't just plain and simple in Texas.READ»

Truehome and Christopher K. Travis Media Home Runs!

Truehome in the New York Times!READ»

Yee-haw! Texas Dominates Best-Performing Cities Index

Perhaps that famous photo illustration should read, "Everything's bigger--and better!--in Texas." Lone Star cities, led by Austin (#1) and Ft. Hood (#2), lassoed nine of the top 16 spots on this year's Milken Institute/Greenstreet ...READ»

Office Handbook

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Kelly Rogers Dallas Texas ~ Lawyer Kelly Rogers

Damages - Compensation recovered in the courts by a person who has suffered loss, detriment or injury to his/her person, property or rights, through the unlawful act or negligence of another.(Sunday 10 August 2008 : Kelly G. Rogers ...READ»

Updates

Texan Trees"Carbon Boom" (July/August) addressed the idea of offsetting greenhouse- gas emissions by preserving forests, largely in tropical regions like Brazil and Indonesia. Now the so-called forest carbon trade has come ...READ»

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Texas Employment Complex

There are numerous forms of illegal discrimination recognized under Texas employment law. Not a lot of people are aware of the many forms of illegal discrimination relating to employment law in Texas.READ»

Texas Property Tax Loans – A Solution for Delinquent Residential & Commercial Property Taxes

Past due and delinquent property taxes can now be addressed through specialized lenders in Texas. READ»

Generational Equity Dallas

Terms and Conditions ~ Standardized language commonly referred to as "boilerplate" which is used in a uniform context in contracts without variation. Preferences ~ During bid evaluation, an adjustment made to provide a monetary or ...READ»

Is China the Next U.S. Renewable Energy Superhero?

Oh, the irony. All-American oilman T. Boone Pickens scraps his plans for the world's biggest wind farm--a $10 billion project in Texas--and who comes in to pick up the pieces? China. The communist country is honing in on the Texas ...READ»

Texas to Host Biggest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm, but T. Boone Pickens Isn't Involved

Move over T. Boone Pickens, your grand Texas wind farm dreams have been overtaken by energy start-up Baryonyx, which has won bids for three land leases--two offshore, and one in the Texas Panhandle--to build data centers in ...READ»

Big Wind from Texas

Fast Interview: Jerry Patterson, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, on how Texas became the leader in wind power development.READ»

• Tilting at Windmills: The Unfulfilled Promise of Offshore Wind
• Jim Gordon May Have an Answer to our Energy Problems
• 10 Questions with Wind Power Entrepreneur Jim Gordon

Deceptive Trade Practices in Texas

Texas has their “act” together when it comes to misleading, deceptive or false business practices under the auspices of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act (DPTA). READ»

Be Sure to Tip the Sound Guy

Last weekend I moderated an author event at the Texas Book Festival. The author I presented, Travis Nichols, is also a musician and said something that caught my attention. A simple phrase that went un-noticed until I brought it up at ...READ»