News/Government
Cornyn, Abbott on law to protect children against sexual predators
AUSTIN—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Friday joined Texas
Attorney General Greg Abbott to highlight a new federal law to enhance federal,
state, and local efforts to fight child pornography, sexual predators and human
trafficking. The bipartisan Child Protection Act of 2012, sponsored by
Sen. Cornyn and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in the Senate and U.S.
Reps. Lamar Smith, R-TX, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL, in the House, was
signed into law Friday by President Obama at a White House signing ceremony. Read more... |
Civil suit filed in Llano inmate death case
The mother of a Llano County Jail inmate who died last year
while incarcerated from self-inflicted head trauma has filed a civil lawsuit
for wrongful death in an Austin
federal court. Read more... |
KMUD getting ready for new compost facility
Kingsland Municipal Utilities District is preparing for the
final walkthrough of the newly completed compost facility on Williamette in
Kingsland. Read more... |
Texas unemployment rate holds steady
AUSTIN — The Texas economy added 38,000 seasonally adjusted
nonfarm jobs in August, for a total of 259,500 nonfarm jobs added since last
year. Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 7.1 percent
in August. The July rate was revised down from 7.2 to 7.1 percent. The state’s
unemployment rate is down from 8.1 percent a year ago, and below the national
unemployment rate in August of 8.1 percent. Read more... |
Cruz beats Dewhurst in Senate runoff
Former Solicitor General Ted Cruz has defeated Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican Primary runoff for U.S. Senate.
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