House gives final OK to craft brewing overhaul
Sweeping changes to the Texas craft brewing industry easily won final approval in the House on Monday afternoon. The legislation now moves to the governor’s desk.
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House signals approval for campus construction bonds
The Texas House gave tentative approval to billions of dollars in bonds for campus construction projects on Monday. Senators already gave the go-ahead, but they will have a chance to revisit the proposal, because the House increased the total from about $2.4 billion to nearly $2.7 billion.
As Texas grows, infrastructure shrinks
Touting Texas’ low taxes and light regulations, Gov. Rick Perry has relished trying to poach jobs from other states. In February, he described building a business in California as “next to impossible.” Last month, he warned Illinois entrepreneurs to “get out while there’s still time.”
Man stabbed after interrupting apartment burglary
An unidentified suspect who allegedly stabbed a young man when he was caught red-handed in an apparent burglary early Wednesday is still at-large.
In IRS scandal, Smith, Doggett have their moments in the spotlight
Hays County’s two heavy-hitting congressmen — political polar opposites who find agreement on high-profile national issues as rarely as their respective parties do — have both waded into the fray over the extent of an Internal Revenue Service operation that targeted tea party and other conservatives groups for extra scrutiny.
Woman jumps from I-35 overpass, lands alive in moving bus
A woman who police say flung herself off the Kyle Parkway overpass and landed inside a moving motor coach on Interstate 35 is recovering at an Austin hospital nearly four weeks after the early-morning incident.
San Marcos school bus struck in mini pileup on River Road
A pickup truck rear-ended a San Marcos CISD school bus and was promptly rear-ended itself by a second pickup truck at roughly 3:30 p.m. today on River Road. No one was injured in the collisions, an officer at the scene said.
Already OKed in House, campus carry bill moves through Senate
After hearing testimony from faculty, students and law enforcement officers Tuesday, a panel of state senators passed along a bill allowing college students, faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on college and university campuses around the state.
With strong early voting in the bag, Election Day is here
If early turnout is an indication — and it always is — voter participation in the San Marcos CISD construction bond and school board elections today could set a new record.
Video: Obama’s speech on tech, manufacturing in Austin
Watch the President Obama’s speech at Applied Materials in Austin on manufacturing and technology.
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