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Jun. 10, 2021 PARD announces that the Our Parks, Our Future Long-Range Plan has won a 2021 National Planning Excellence Award. Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) announces that the Our Parks, Our Future Long-Range Plan has won a 2021 National Planning Excellence Award from the American Planning Association (APA). APA’s National Planning Awards program recognizes outstanding planning efforts that help lead communities forward to a stronger, more equitable, and sustainable future...

The program’s returns were also unimpressive. If measured by job creation, the program cost the state at least $211,600 per job, according to a calculation by the Houston Chronicle. “No one had really questioned this program,” said Greco, of Central Texas Interfaith. The reauthorization was a once-in-a-decade chance to challenge it. “We knew in our guts that the program was just a blank check, but we also are very sober about the realities of the Texas legislature.” In Texas, the legi...

A proposed solar power plant project in southwest Brown County is still under consideration.  The project has been proposed by IP Radian/Intersect Power of San Francisco, California.  It would cover approximately 3000 acres and produce up to 300 mega-watts of electricity, enough to power up to 50,000 homes.  The project would be solar only, no wind turbines. In January of 2020 the Brookesmith ISD voted to create a “Radian Reinvestment Zone for the 3000 acres of the project, and approved a ...

By Big Frank Texas-based, GRAMMY-nominated La Maquinaria Norteña (pronounced “Lah Ma-kee-NAR-ee-ah Nor-TEN-ya”) and Rolling Stone’s "perpetual live favorite,”Randy Rogers Band, collaborated on a new song called “Chupacabra” that released on May 5 — Cinco de Mayo. “This song is a product of lockdown and division that slapped our world In the face," says Randy Rogers. "Keith and I had a vision of joining forces and cultures to create something to believe in. The common man, hum...

Texas House passes bill seeking to impose voting restrictions across the state We break down the controversial legislation that is being called a bid for election integrity by Republicans, and voter suppression by Democrats. Author: Alan Kozeluh Updated: 9:38 PM CDT May 7, 2021 SAN ANTONIO — The Texas House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 7 by a vote of 81-64 in the early hours of Friday morning, advancing a bill whose authors say will provide election ...

Rolling Stone’s “perpetual live favorite,”  Randy Rogers Band, collaborated on a new song called “Chupacabra” that will be out on May 5 — Cinco de Mayo. “This song is a product of lockdown and division that slapped our world In the face,” says Randy Rogers. “Keith and I had a vision of joining forces and cultures to create something to believe in. The common man, humanity, and the gift of music and how it can bring us all together. Chupacabra is real, it’s our way of remind...

How to become an American Red Cross volunteer Over at the Brazos Center Vaccine Hub, the American Red Cross began in-person seminars to train anyone to become a first responder. Author: Elisabeth Tharp Updated: 10:23 PM CDT April 15, 2021 BRYAN, Texas — Ever thought about doing even more for your community? Have you ever wanted to bring peace of mind and safety to those around you? Well, over at the Brazos Center Vaccine HUB, you can. Starting today, anyone can...

MBHS rebuilds at 147 April 6th, 1874-April 6th, 2021. The Methodist Boys’ High School in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of the oldest secondary schools for boys in the country. It has produced, over the years, countless alumni in many walks of life. If you do a search in th present government infrastructure in Sierra Leone you will find a lot of its alumni especially in the civil service , secondary and tertiary education. It is a very old school with tentacles deep in the country. Just ima...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Chancery Freezes Highland Capital Cases Until Ch. 11 Done Law360 (March 10, 2021, 8:52 PM EST) -- A Delaware Chancery Court judge stayed a pair of fraudulent transfer cases in her court Wednesday, saying the Texas Chapter 11 case of investment firm Highland Capital Management needs to be resolved before damages in Delaware can be properly addressed. During a hearing conducted via telephone conference, Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn said plaintiff Patrick Daugherty h...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As we approach the one-year mark of COVID-19 lockdowns, state and federal courts continue to struggle with the scheduling of civil cases – with some cases backed up to the end of 2022 and even the beginning of 2023. For parties wishing to speed up the resolution of their disputes, arbitration may be the perfect solution. Jackson Walker Labor & Employment partner Lonnie Schooler, who serves as Chair of the Texas Chapter of the North ...