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NewsTerm Limits Measure Passes Texas SenateTexas voters are one step closer to deciding whether some state officials should face term limits. The Texas Senate approved a measure today that would limit the governor, li…... |
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NewsTexas Lawmakers Aim to Put the Brakes on Human TraffickingEach year human traffickers force thousands of people into slave-like conditions. Several major highways in Texas make the state a hub for human traffickers.
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Nonprofits Get Cash from F1 Business
For some local charities, Formula One brought an uptick in donations....
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Busy ABIA: F1 Exodus, Holiday Travel
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport expects about 21,800 people will fly out today. That's far more than after this year's Austin City Limits Festival....
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School Districts Could Lose Tax Incent...
One of the issues state lawmakers will have to deal with during January’s legislative session is how school districts use large tax cuts to lure international corporations. But that part of the tax code will expire unless lawmakers act....
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LBJ Library to Charge for Admission
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library will start charging admission when it reopens next month. It had been the last presidential library to not charge an entrance fee....
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Austin’s Size a Plus for F1 Visitors
Austin’s Grand Prix marks the first time in five years that an F1 race has been held in the United States....
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States, Feds Battle Over Health Law
Today is the deadline for states to tell the federal government if they will set up health insurance exchanges....
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Before Health Exchange Deadline, Perry...
Gov. Rick Perry’s office has reaffirmed that Texas will not implement a major tenet of federal health reform, a state-based online marketplace for consumers to buy insurance....
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The Hex Rally Will Go On Tonight
UT will hold its annual Hex Rally tonight even though it’s not playing Texas A&M in football anymore.
The rally has been held every year since 1941, to put a curse on A&M ahead of the game. The rivalry was effectively ended when A&M left the Big 12 this year.
The target of the...
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What AISD’s Arts Center Will Look Li...
Four new Austin school board members will be sworn in tonight, and one of their first orders of business will be approving the maximum price of a new district-wide performing arts center in
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Austin’s First F1 Race Not Witho...
An estimated 85,000 people travelled to the Circuit of the Americas track in southeastern Travis County today to watch German driver Sebastian Vettel seize the pole position for Sunday’s Grand Prix. And while the track has received positive reviews, transportation to and from it was not without a...
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October Job Count in Texas Up 36,000
The Texas economy continues to chug along. The state added 36,600 jobs in October....
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Mysterious Texas: F1 Gets Acquainted
Thousands of visitors continue to stream into Austin for the first Formula 1 race weekend. While Austin has made its reputation as the self-titled “live music capital of the world,” many of the out-of-towners weren’t sure what to expect when they got here....
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What Actually Happens at the F1 Races
F1 doesn’t have a huge following in the U.S., and a lot of people may not know the first thing about the sport, so here's what we learned....
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Busy Day at ABIA as Race Fans Arrive
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport today has additional security, a whole lot of car service drivers, and a bunch of people in yellow shirts speaking a lot of different languages. ...
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