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TAB announces inductees to 2010 Texas Housing Hall of Honor
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The Texas Association of Builders is proud to announce this year's inductees into the Texas Housing Hall of Honor. Leaders of the residential construction industry will come together to honor C. Kent Conine of Dallas, the late C. W. L. (Dub) Dennis of Wichita Falls, Jean MacDonald of Kerrville and formerly Austin, and the late Martin Perlman of Houston. On Saturday, October 16, 2010, at the conclusion of the Sunbelt Builders
Show™, a ceremony will be held to honor these great contributors as well as past inductees. More
Council could pass worker break law
Austin News KXAN
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Austin could become one of the only cities in the nation to require rest breaks for construction workers if the City Council passes the ordinance. In Austin's hot summers, construction workers often work long hours in temperatures that near or exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The Workers Defense Project said one construction worker died last summer of heat-related causes on a job site after working for three consecutive days in
extreme temperatures.
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Texas manufacturing activity sluggish, but up slightly in July
The Fort Worth Business Press
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Texas factory activity rebounded slightly in July, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey conduced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The production index, a key indicator of state manufacturing conditions, rose from –2 to 5, suggesting output expanded slightly in July after showing a contraction in June.
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100 days later, BP taps new CEO, seeks fresh start
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Associated Press via The Amarillo Globe-News
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One hundred days after the rig explosion that set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the oil giant behind it is hoping to move beyond the losses, the gaffes and the live video that ran
for weeks of the busted well coughing up massive amounts of crude every second. BP is replacing CEO Tony Hayward with Managing Director Robert Dudley, selling $30 billion in assets and setting aside $32.2 billion to cover the long-term cost of the spill. It's also claiming a $9.88 billion tax credit in the second quarter based on the $32.2 billion charge.
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Austin's budget rosier than expected
The Austin American-Statesman
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The City of Austin would hire 88 more police officers, firefighters and paramedics under the 2010-11 budget that officials have proposed. Programs that were in
danger of being axed, such as library hours, a police cadet class, free playground programs and the Trail of Lights, would be spared because of higher-than-predicted sales tax revenues.
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Stroud: Hutchison crossover support boosts White
The San Antonio Express-News
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George Block calls himself "seriously independent," says he's utterly disillusioned with President Barack Obama and recently shifted his allegiance in the governor's race from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to former Houston Mayor Bill White. He did so, he said, out of animus for Gov. Rick Perry, the incumbent and White's Republican opponent in the November general
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Border sheriffs split on governor's race
The San Antonio Express-News
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White cut sharply into Gov. Rick Perry's endorsements from border sheriffs, but stumbled by claiming support from two who are backing the incumbent. Perry has enjoyed broad support since 2005 from the 18 members of the Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition, in part because he has steered millions of dollars in state and federal funding to the coalition and their individual departments.
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Foreclosures Rise in Three-Fourths of U.S. Cities in 2010
HousingWire
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Foreclosures increased in 154 of 206 US metro areas in the first half of 2010 over the year-ago period, according to RealtyTrac, which analyzed foreclosure
data in metropolitan areas with 200,000 people or more. "While we're seeing early signs that foreclosure activity may have peaked in some of the hardest-hit markets, foreclosures continued to rise in three-quarters of the nation's metropolitan areas in the first half of the year," said James Saccacio, CEO of RealtyTrac.
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Dallas-area home prices see modest increase in May
The Dallas Morning News
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Dallas-area home prices are continuing the modest increases that began last fall. Dallas had a 2.9 percent rise in prices in May from a year earlier in the latest Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home
Price Index report. While it was a solid increase, the local gain is less than the national 4.6 percent average price rise recorded in the cities Case-Shiller tracks.
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Fed: US economic recovery has slowed; region sees moderate growth
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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The Federal Reserve said U.S. economic growth slowed in some areas over the past two months, dragged down by commercial real estate and the expiration of a tax credit for home buyers. In the Fed's Dallas District, which covers Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico, the economy "expanded at a moderate pace over the past six weeks, although business
outlooks were slightly more cautious."
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Editorial: White, Perry need to address college grad rates
The Dallas Morning News
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The College Board's report about the U.S. falling to 12th in worldwide graduation rates has tremendous relevance here in Texas. As it turns out, not only is the U.S. lagging, but Texas ranks 40th among the 50 states plus the District of Columbia in the number of 25- to 34-year-olds who hold an associate degree or higher.
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Other energy issues seep into spill legislation
The Houston Chronicle
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Energy legislation advancing in the Senate would force companies to reveal closely held details about the chemical cocktails they use to extract natural gas from shale rock, imposing the first federal regulation on hydraulic fracturing. The disclosure provision is buried in a 409-page bill that has been cast as a response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster — but which also is home to dozens of unrelated proposals on everything
from energy efficiency to electric cars.
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Texas beaches cleaner than most, escape oil spill
The Associated Press via The Brownsville Herald
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An annual report on the state of the nation's beaches says Texas beaches are slightly cleaner than most, but that is largely due to a two-year drought. Texas has also escaped the worst of the BP spill that has fouled many Gulf beaches, leading to 1,755 beach closings and advisories in the region.
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Texas 3rd highest in teen births
The Associated Press via The Abilene Reporter-News
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Texas has the third highest rate of teenage births in the country, an improvement over last year's worst-in-the-nation ranking, according to the annual Kids
Count report. The report, conducted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, found that 64 babies are born for every 1,000 girls between 15 and 19 in Texas, earning the state a ranking of 48. The national rate is 43 births per 1,000 teens.
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Get the latest Texas Association of Builders news as well as information affecting the building industry by visiting www.TexasBuilders.org. For information about Education, Exhibits and Special Events happening at the 2010 Sunbelt Builders Show™, visit www.SunbeltBuildersShow.com.
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