Although it is too early to predict what the final franchise tax revenue total will be for this fiscal year, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts announced that as of June 24, the revised tax has produced about $4.2 million in revenue. Approximately 133,000 payments have been received, including 46,000 extension payments.
According to the comptroller’s [...]

No chef polarises people so fervently; those who love him can’t seem to get enough but his critics will surely baulk at another cookbook (his 10th and a spin-off from The F Word television series). Gordon Ramsay’s Healthy Appetite (Hardie Grant, $45) will be released on June 24 in tandem with his appearance at Sydney’s [...]

Mahu Wairau, 42, had earlier admitted the January 21 burglary of Lorneville Superliquor and the January 22 burglary of Southern Fish Supply.
He had also admitted unlawfully possessing a sawn-off shotgun, threatening to kill, resisting police, driving while disqualified and refusing to permit a blood specimen to be taken at Invercargill on January 22, and driving [...]

Infant explorers SlovakiaWho said adventures were just for older kids? With a minimum age of two, this eight-day exploration of Central Europe’s Tatra Mountains is one of the new infant itineraries offered by the Adventure Company. Relaxed, slow paced and liberally scattered with opportunities for picnics, paddling in rivers and petting farm animals, highlights of [...]

Who made your holiday? Tell us by filling in our questionnaire. Your votes will decide the winners - and you could pick one of these breaks in our prize draw1.A week’s holiday for two at Villa Nirides, a villa with private pool on [...]