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APRIL 17, 2015
BY DREW JOSEPH
At 11:59 p.m. Thursday, things got a lot quieter in San Antonio’s Beacon Hill and Alta Vista neighborhoods.
A new quiet zone, years in the making, officially started then, meaning Union Pacific trains that rumble through the area can only blow their horns in emergencies. The zone, which stretches from West Hollywood Avenue to Hickman Street, is the city’s 11th, according to the Transportation and Capital Improvements department.
March 04, 2015
By: Michael McAuliff
WASHINGTON -- Democrats on Wednesday fired their own salvo in Capitol Hill's ongoing tax cut battles, offering a slew of breaks that would primarily help middle-class and lower-income earners.
February 20, 2015
By Tim Eaton
Federal health officials offered a break Friday to uninsured Texans who could be facing fines for not obtaining health insurance by the Feb. 15 deadline established by the Affordable Care Act.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created a special enrollment period for uninsured people who face fines when they file their income taxes this year so that they do not face higher fines next year. This special enrollment will be only for people in states with federally run marketplaces, like Texas.
By Rep. Lloyd Doggett
January 27, 2015
This new Congress began with the hope that reasonable, bipartisan answers could be found to address a range of important challenges. Next week, I look forward again to welcoming the “SA to DC” delegation of local officials and business leaders, who focus our attention on Bexar County.
Read Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s perspective and that of Rep.
JANUARY 8, 2015
We've just posted a brief reminder of the economic voodoo peddled by a certain well known U.S. economist, Arthur Laffer. Now we bring you a second, related example of economic prestidigitation: a devious and increasingly popular wheeze known as "dynamic scoring." It emerged in the United States but has been seeping into the United Kingdom and other countries.
January 6, 2015
Washington is covered with a beautiful blanket of snow this morning. As the 114th Congress begins at noon, the view from my office displays scaffolding and what looks like a giant, white Band-Aid on the front of the Capitol dome— perhaps symbolic of this new Republican controlled Congress. Under conditions either good or bad, it is an honor to represent the families of our area and to strive to seek solutions to the challenges our country faces.
December 21, 2014
The Austin Chronicle featured Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s comments regarding the Senate’s report on the CIA interrogation program as the “Quote of the Week.”
