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News, Top StoriesWhat’s Next for Seaholm Intake Facility? Austin Wants Your InputThe City of Austin is holding the first of three public meetings today over what to do with the Seaholm Intake Facility... |
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News, Top StoriesPolitiFact: How Many Texas School Days Are Lost from Tests?Some public school students are taking state mandated tests this week. Do Texas schools lose 45 days a year to that testing, as one politico claims?... |
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I-35 Frontage Roads in Kyle Becoming O...
The Texas Department of Transportation is changing about a two-mile section of the frontage roads on both sides of I-35 between FM 1626 (Kyle Parkway) and FM 150 (Center Street) from two-ways into one-ways....
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AMOA’s Louis Grachos Brings New ...
Grachos came to Austin from Buffalo, New York, where he directed the Albright-Knox Gallery...
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Barton Springs Pool’s Re-reopening
Barton Springs Pool is reopening Sunday after a few days of clean-up.
The pool had to be closed on Tuesday because of Barton Creek run-off from this week’s rain storm....
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Time to Start Hoarding the Breakfast T...
North Korean director Kim Jong Un must not have gotten into that South by Southwest showcase he really wanted to see, because he's named Austin as a target in his latest threat to attack the U.S. mainland....
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Legislature Tackles Competing Educatio...
Changing requirements at Texas high schools is a hot topic at the Capitol. The House has passed its version. Next week, it’s the Senate’s turn....
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Barton Springs Pool to Reopen Saturday
Barton Springs Pool is scheduled to reopen this Saturday.
The swimming hole has been closed since December, as the city made improvements to the pool and its buildings.
Followi…...
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Report: Gov. Perry Pressuring UT-Austi...
Simmering tensions between University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers and the UT Board of Regents keep rising: An article in the Houston Chronicle claims Gov. Rick Perry – who appoints the regents – “has communicated through emissaries that Powers should resign to avoid an...
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Texas House, Senate to Iron Out Budget...
Texas lawmakers in the House and Senate will soon begin working out differences between their budgets....
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‘Texas Trash-Off’ This Weekend
Volunteers across the state will work to remove litter from public areas, including parks, waterways and roads. In 2012, more than 80,000 volunteers collected about 7 million pounds of litter. Volunteers and groups can participate in the city or statewide. ...
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Austin Student Scientists Get Major Re...
A brother and sister team of young scientists from Westwood High School are finalists in a national science competition....
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Bill Would Train Teachers to Spot Ment...
A state lawmaker says Texas students are grappling with mental illness, but not all teachers, counselors and principals know how to recognize the signs. ...
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Austin Community College to Break Grou...
Credit Elizabeth Day (courtesy BGK Architects): Rendering of ACC Highland, phase I.
Austin Community College is breaking ground today at a vacant JCPenney store in Highl…...
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Texas Business Signals Concern Over Ai...
With Georgetown and San Marcos losing their air traffic control towers due to sequestration-related budget cuts, one private aviation business owner is concerned the impact could be harmful to Austin and Central Texas....
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Concern Grows as Obesity Soars Among T...
Latinos are Texas’ fastest-growing population group. And they are grappling with soaring obesity rates. According to the Department of State Health Services, almost 40 percent of Hispanics are obese. To combat the health crisis, cities as well as state lawmakers are aiming to get Latinos...
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