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Ryan Kimura 40 Under 40 honor aided in job search
40 Under 40 honors businesspeople under the age of 40 for their success. Being honored by the Dallas Business Journal in 2011 helped cement in my mind that moving to Dallas was the right decision for me and my career. I moved to Dallas in late 2008 with no contacts or connections in DFW and within two years, I was being honored on the DBJ's list of 40 under 40. I think what made the most ...
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Texas Oklahoma Battle Opioids With Legislation
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp In the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states where the battle against opioid abuse among injured workers is being taken up by lawmakers. Both states have seen new bills introduced to curb abuse by raising standards for use of evidence-based medicine, and stricter regulation of drug dispensing doctors and clinics. Oklahoma Oklahoma ...
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Classroom curriculum system dies amid criticism
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A classroom curriculum system used by hundreds of Texas school districts will stop offering lesson plans after some conservative groups claimed it was promoting anti-American values.State Sen. Dan Patrick said Monday that officials who created the system known as CSOPE will vote to scrap thousands of lesson plans this week, effectively killing the entire system.CSCOPE ...
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Study Poverty in Austin suburbs rises sharply
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A new publication reveals the Austin metro area over the course of a decade saw the nation's second-fastest increase in the number of poor people living in the suburbs.The findings by the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. is part of a book being released Monday that argues poverty is shifting from inner cities to America's suburbs.The Austin ...
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Dell committee wants more info from buyout group
Dell Inc. wants more information again from the investor group challenging CEO Michael Dells shareholder buyout. The companys special committee formed to consider buyout offers has asked billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc. for more details about their takeover plan, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 computer maker in the ...
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Tornadoes possible this afternoon forecasters warn
billhanna@star-telegram.com The chance of storms Monday in the Dallas-Fort Worth area Monday is only about 25 percent but forecasters warn this is not the day to be lulled into a false sense of ...
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Though a minority Democrats prevail on school funds
AUSTIN — From Day One of the 2013 Legislature, outnumbered Democrats repeatedly committed themselves to an overarching goal: restoring billions of dollars in education cuts imposed by lawmakers two years ...
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Pedestrian killed by motorist on Grand Prairie street
Naiim Betha, 19, of Grand Prairie, was walking on a bridge over Kirby Creek when he was hit by a pickup, police said. Betha was hit and thrown over the bridge and fell about 19 feet into the creek bed where he was pronounced dead at the ...
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Many agencies rely on lie detectors despite errors in measurement
WASHINGTON — Police departments and federal agencies nationwide are using a type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem that could label truthful people as liars or the guilty as innocent, McClatchy has ...
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El Paso Summer Entertainment Calendar Promises a Hot Time
One thing we know about summer in El Paso: It's gonna get hot. Real hot. Another thing we know: Several traditions -- new and old -- will heat up around here. Music Under the Stars, the diverse free concert series at the Chamizal National Memorial, turns 30 this year. El Paso Playhouse, the little community theater that could, turns 50. Heck, that's as old as the Rolling ...
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WEC begins permitting for new refinery to serve Eagle Ford Shale
Worldwide Energy Consortium is proceeding with the permitting and engineering phase of the company's planned refinery in La Salle County, Texas. Irving, Texas-based energy startup Worldwide Energy Consortium Inc. (WEC) will begin the engineering and permitting process for a new refinery in La Salle County to serve the thriving Eagle Ford Shale petroleum play. The Eagle Ford, which spans La ...
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Koch Ranches receives grant to purchase breeding stock
Koch Ranches of San Antonio received a grant from Animal Welfare Approved to improve the genetic stock of its beef cattle herd. The grant was used to purchase two bulls that were specially bred for grass-fed operations like Koch Ranches. The bulls were also bred to be able to thrive in the South Texas climate. Animal Welfare Approved is a non-profit advocacy group based in Virginia that seeks to ...
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Dwight Howard Report Links Big Man to Houston Rockets or Dallas Mavericks
Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard (12) is defended by Utah Jazz center Al Jefferson during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 7, ...
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Vista Equity Partners to pay $1B for Calif. tech company
Vista Equity Partners has agreed to buy out the shareholders of a California software company for about $1 billion. The Austin-based firm would pay $24.75 per share for Websense Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN), the developer of software and provider of services designed to protect companies from cyber attacks and data theft, according to a Websense news release. The Websense board of directors have approved ...
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Austin MA deals worth $11.75B in 2012 slideshow
Click through this slideshow for the top five M&A deals last year, and click here to take a look back at the 12 most-read M&A stories in 2012. It is no surprise to Austin Business Journal readers that deals abound in the Austin area we report on them every day. The Mergers & Acquisitions list in our May 17-23 print issue summarizes the top 25 transactions involving local companies in ...
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Seattles Best Coffee opens 10 DFW area drive-throughs
Seattle's Best Coffee is opening 10 new drive-throughs today, including one off of Skillman St. Seattle's Best Coffee LLC is launching its new drive-through concept with Monday's opening of 10 locations across the Dallas area. The locations are the first Seattles Best Coffee shops in North Texas. The company, which is a featured brand of Starbucks Corp., has 65 caf-style locations ...
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State agency investigating Burnet jail death
BURNET, Texas (KXAN) - The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has opened an investigation into the apparent suicide of a capital murder suspect in the Burnet County Jail over the weekend. Brandon Wood, the executive director of the jail standards commission, said Monday that his office was notified of the death of Gregory Mark Currie, 30. Currie's body was discovered in his cell Saturday. ...
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List of Top 10 area high schools is out
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The list of the Top 10 high schools throughout the Central Texas area is out, and two schools from the Austin Independent School District made the cut. Top 10 public high schools in Central Texas Harmony Science Academy in North Austin Nyos Charter School Westlake High School (Eanes ISD) Westwood High School (Round Rock ISD) Star Charter School (Chaparral Star Academy) Dripping ...
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Dell wont disclose additional information to Icahn report says
Dell Inc. says it won't disclose any more information to billionaire investor Carl Icahn unless he produces a superior buy-out offer to Michael Dell and Silver Lakes. Dell Inc. officials told billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the computer-maker would not release any additional information about itself to the suitors, Reuters reported Monday. That is ...
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Mama Dog is reunited with owners
The dog, who had recently given birth to a litter, moved from place to place frantically sniffing around. That inspired rescuers to start calling her Mama Dog and captured the hearts ...
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Former Spurs star David Robinson launching Admiral Hospitality Scholars
Former San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson has created a new educational program for students interested in the hospitality industry. NBA Hall of Famer and former San Antonio Spur David Robinson is expanding his imprint on Texas post-basketball. Robinson is launching Admiral Hospitality Scholars (AHS), an internship program that will provide select high school students with a pathway to a ...
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Firefighter dies in Dallas condo complex blaze
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter's body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. The firefighter's name wasn't immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported to ...
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San Antonio Spurs beat Memphis Grizzlies in Western Conference Finals Game 1 – video
the San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies 105-83 in Game 1 of their NBA Western Conference Finals at the AT&T Centre in San Antonio, Texas. Spurs coach Greg Popovich says his team did well to negate the impact of Grizzlies players Zach Randolph and Marc ...
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$17 million psychiatric hospital opening Tuesday
Austin Oaks Hospital, a new 80-bed psychiatric hospital and inpatient treatment facility, will have a ceremony to mark its grand opening at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The facility on West Stassney Lane will offer care for children, adolescents and adults, and is expected to see its first patients in early June. With more than 51,000 square feet and more than 200 employees, Austin Oaks is a sister hospital ...
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Chesapeakes new CEO once oversaw Eagle Ford shale for Anadarko Video
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Betty Liu reports on today's "Top Headlines." She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." Robert Douglas Doug Lawler, senior vice president of international and deepwater operations for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., will become CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. on June 17. From shale plays to offshore drilling, Robert Douglas Lawler ...
Fort Worth Digest
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Lack of City Council commitment to streetcar?
Fort Worth looks like it may be a long way off until the city has a proper streetcar system if current commitment to the project by local government is anything to go by.
In July of 2008 the City Council of Fort Worth decided that a modern streetcar system might be beneficial to the rapidly growing city, a solution was needed to urban intra-city mass transportation and plans went into the pipeline, but two years on little progress has been made, it seems instead that the city council lacks the commitment to carry out the necessary work to see a streetcar system come to fruition. Read more
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