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NewsPre-Screening Program Launches at ABIASome airline passengers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will soon be able to move through security lines faster. The Transportation Security Administration&…... |
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News, UncategorizedFriends Say Goodbye to Civic Leader Mary Margaret FarabeeFriends and family of local philanthropist and Texas book festival co-creator Mary Margaret Farabee met this morning at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. They were there to remember a woman who they say made Austin a better place to live.
Farabee’s work in Austin spanned much more than her high profile creation of the book festival. From rebuilding the Paramount Theater to placing the Philosopher's Rock statue in Zilker Park, she had a hand in helping numerous projects succeed. Her friend Nona Niland read some descriptions that friends had sent in on how Farabee worked.... |
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AISD Parents Lobby for More Input
A group of parents says the Austin school district is ignoring their concerns....
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AG Says DNA Tests Implicate Hank Skinn...
DNA testing that death row inmate Hank Skinner sought for more than a decade further implicates him in the New Year’s Eve 1993 triple murder, according to the Texas Attorney General’s Office....
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LCRA Approves Plan for Rice Farmers
The Highland Lakes that supply water to most of Central Texas are still only 43 percent full.
So today the Lower Colorado River Authority voted on a new emergency water plan outlining whether and when it will release more water downstream to rice farmers in the coming year. For StateImpact...
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Redistricting Process Getting Going
Soon the city of Austin will invite residents to apply for the redistricting commission, the group of 14 people that will draw boundaries for new City Council districts....
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Water and Population Fact Checking
Sen. Kirk Watson says the state’s population will double in 50 years or so, while the state will have about the same amount of water. KUT’s Emily Donahue spoke with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas....
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EPA Plane Surveying Downtown and F1
An airplane will be taking a low-altitude flight over downtown Austin and the Circuit of the Americas Formula 1 track tomorrow, monitoring for chemical and radiological levels to ensure safety over F1 weekend....
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Photos: Memorial for Darrell K. Royal
Thousands of people paid their final respects to former University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal today at the Erwin Center....
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Formula One Draws Wealthy to Austin
The international sporting event tends to attract the super-rich....
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Cornyn Elected U.S. Senate Minority Wh...
By Alana Rocha, Texas Tribune
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn will serve as minority whip in the 113th Congress after Senate Republicans elected him to the leadership post on Wednesd…...
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LCRA to Vote on Water Release
Today the Lower Colorado River Authority may make a crucial vote that could determine whether water will be released for downstream agriculture next year....
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Downtown Police Push Worries Homeless
Police have ramped up their downtown presence, and that’s raising its own set of concerns among advocates for the city’s homeless....
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Perry Supports Drug Tests Before Benef...
Citing fiscal responsibility, Gov. Rick Perry has given his support to a bill that would have recipients of unemployment benefits and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program submit to drug tests. ...
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First Black Letterman Remembers DKR
Thousands gathered in the Frank Erwin Center today to honor former UT football coach Darrell K. Royal, who died last Wednesday in Austin. Among the mourners was Julius Whittier. ...
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F1 Fans About to Start Flying In
This weekend’s Formula 1 race is sold out, except for a few premium ticket packages. The weather forecast is looking better, with the chance of rain for Sunday’s race at 10 percent. And the fans are about to descend on Austin....
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