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2006-06-21
Simply Conservative
American Spectator - 7 hours ago was the deficit that had once loomed so large over Austin's City Limits The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was one of the governmental "entitlements
Gone was the practice of status quo budgeting, where the automatic assumption is every previous dollar was spent wisely and well (we will pause whilst you laugh uproariously…; we now continue) and that everyone and everything governmental will need at the very least that much, plus a bump for population growth and inflation, the next go-'round. By so doing, Governor Perry eliminated many duplicitous programs and copious amounts of wasted coin in the myriad levels of Dante's Lone Star bureaucratic hell.

2006-06-20
Pedal, Meet Metal
Smartmoney.com - 14 hours ago While analysts were encouraged by the results, departing Chief Executive Austin Ligon, who Used cars are a peculiar indicator of the health of the retail sector
The Richmond, Va.-based company earned 53 cents a share for the three months ended May 31, up from 35 cents a year earlier. Wall Street analysts were expecting 38 cents a share, according to earnings tracker Thomson Financial. Management said improved sales margins on used cars, gains from its financing unit and improvements in its wholesale operations boosted the bottom line, while same-store used-car sales climbed by six percentage points from a year ago. Total revenue jumped 19.4% to $1.89 billion, with sales of used vehicles accounting for $1.50 billion of the total.

2006-06-19
News briefs from around California
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 8 hours ago Of all the things that universities do, that's the one thing that both my wife and I are interested in - good health. Who isn't interested in that?" Austin said
An analysis of West Nile virus cases in 2005 found diabetics and people with hypertension were more likely to have severe neurological problems resulting from the bite of an infected mosquito, said Cynthia Jean, coordinator of the West Nile virus surveillance program for the state Department of Health Services.

2006-06-18
UC Riverside Receives $15.5 Million Donation
CBS 2, CA - 21 hours ago "Of all the things that universities do, that's the one thing that both my wife and I are interested in: good health. Who isn't interested in that?" Austin said
In the form of a charitable trust, the donations from William Austin and Bart Singletary and their wives', is the largest donation ever given to U.C. Riverside and the largest donation to any campus within the University of California system within the past five years, according to Bill Boldt, UCR's vice chancellor for advancement.

2006-06-16
Nursing program to help underprivileged
UT The Daily Texan, TX - Jun 14, 2006 As the sole provider of pediatric health care in the Del Valle area, the center's proposal was reviewed by members of Impact Austin in the health and wellness
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2006-06-15
Austin doctor elected to AMA board
KVUE (subscription), TX - 15 hours ago Austin anesthesiologist Dr. Joseph P. Annis has been elected to the American Medical Association board of trustees. David's health-care partnership.
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2006-06-14
PDX halts construction on Rx.com operation
Dallas Business Journal, TX - 19 hours ago and the name of former Internet pharmacy Rx.com in Austin, Fort Worth of software changes demanded by the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability
"In order to get in the steel production, we put them (contractors) on the fast track," Hill said. "We also had a government mandate with HIPPA that included huge privacy issues. They involved such things as electronic signature capture that required us to enhance the current version of our software."

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