Rep. Doggett broke his leg in a cycling accident over the weekend. City to provide shower and locker facilities for people who bike to work downtown? UT Center for American History awarded grant from National Park Service to go towards restoration of Stephen F. Austin documents....

Before we let Texas fade off the political radar for a while, let's take a look at the Texas Democratic elite who will likely have the final say in who their nominee for president will be. ...

Lloyd Doggett endorses Obama. Kirk Watson has posted a response to his appearance on MSNBC last night. More news on tomorrow's debate: Texas Dems were able to get 100 more seats, Clinton and Obama will appear at the TDP watch party afterward. Tomorrow's debate will affect bus routes. Voting early? You aren't the only one....

The "ponytail bandit" has been identified as Morgan Michelle Hoke and is married to another bank robber; both have fled to Asia after a string of local bank robberies. Local robber targeting the homes of Austin Hispanics, police say. Dell to buy locally-based MessageOne Inc. for $155 million. Rep. Lloyd Doggett has yet to endorse Obama or Clinton. But former mayor (and current State Senator) Kirk Watson endorses Obama....

Providing incentives for hybrids and investing in renewable technology are just a few of the environmental issues highlighted by U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who spoke at City Hall yesterday. Speaking of her "New Direction Congress", she stood with U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, city council members, and Austin Energy head Roger Duncan to highlight Austin's leadership in finding alternative energy sources and reducing energy consumptions. According to the Statesman: "The boast of a clean energy......

"UT spied on its non comformists and dissident students"Your every move is being watched. Scary thought, right? A thought we like to associate with Orwellian sci-fi or Alex Jones, but in recent years we've seen this idea become a reality. Little black boxes with blinking red lights are at traffic spots, street corners or up in trees making sure you're not up to any funny business. Now, in a democracy sans Habeas Corpus, we......

TxDOT has decided to eliminate funding for trail, beautification and tourist projects, including federal funds distributed by the department. These projects only constituted approximately 2% of the TxDOT budget, but they have now been removed completely, despite the fact that they are mandated by the Transportation Enhancement Program, established by Congress in 1991. TxDOT will spend its entire budget on highway repair and expansion (including ad campaigns). Local projects that will not be receiving......

The former staffer who stole from Lloyd Doggett and some other Austin Democrats has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. There will be no dirty dancing at McNeil High School's homecoming this year. Parents and teachers felt uncomfortable with the idea of possible bumping-n-grinding on the dance floor, so the homecoming dance is now cancelled. The rich get richer, and the middle-class gets screwed. Forget smash and grab. One Italian couple would smooch......

FRIDAY [21] [music] Sons of Hercules and The Bad Rackets at Woody's South (link) [music] Those Peabodys, Grand Champeen, Birds of Avalon (ex-Cherry Valence), Man Eaters of Tsavo at Emo's (link) [music] The Radiators at The Parish (link) [music] Blue October w/ People In Planes and Bril at Stubb's (link) [music] The Shells CD Release at End of an Ear (Free, 6pm) (link) [lecture] The Texas Observer presents David Sirota, author of Hostile Takeover: How......

The Republicans aren't the only lying liars in town. And while that is not news to us, we were still a little shocked to hear the news about longtime Democratic political aide Kristi Willis and her "liberation" of $166,000 from Congressman Lloyd Doggett's coffers, along with more than $25,000 from other Democratic candidates and causes. Maybe she was saving up to buy a new condo in the swank new high-rise at Third and Nueces.......

Reader Erin writes: What is up with the famed Intel Shell that is downtown? Is anything going to happen to that space? Do they own or lease the land? It is so ugly, I hope that that structure has some plans. Well, first a little history. Austin offered Intel $15M in incentives in 2000 in an attempt to bring more of Intel's business to our fair city. Spirits were running high with the prospect......