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News, Top StoriesSome West Residents Still Waiting to Return HomeBuilding inspectors are going house to house, making sure the residences are safe to re-occupy... |
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NewsAISD Moves Forward With Partners for Eastside High – But Makes Plans For Possible ClosureThe Texas Education Commissioner has until June to decide if Eastside Memorial High School in Austin will be shut down for poor academic progress.... |
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Where Are the Bluebonnets?
If you are one of those parents who drag your kids all over town to find the picture-perfect patch of Texas bluebonnets in the spring, then brace yourself: There aren’t as many flowers this year....
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Quick Turnaround Expected for Austin E...
The Austin City Council has approved a study of public energy utilities governed by an independent board. But the city will have to work quickly....
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Why Fredericksburg Could Be In For a G...
Fredericksburg peach trees are just starting to bloom, and growers in the Hill Country are cautiously optimistic about this year’s crop.
The cool weather early in the year that…...
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Williamson County Named Healthiest in ...
The study from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that Williamson County is the healthiest county in Texas this year, ahead of Collin County in Northeast Texas....
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Longhorns Lose to Houston in Opening C...
UT Men’s Basketball team lost their opening game in the College Basketball Invitational against Houston last night....
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Expanded Asset Tests for Medicaid Prop...
The state of Texas has not joined in the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. At the Conservative Political Action Conference late last week, Gov. Rick Perry said…...
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Rain, Hail Over Central Texas on First...
The calendar now says spring!
Some much-needed rain fell over Central Texas last night and this morning. Rain totals could range from a tenth of an inch to one inch.
People in some ar…...
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March 25th: A History of Hail in Austi...
This Monday, March 25, has a date with a dark recent history here in the Austin area. The last three major hail storms we’ve had all have been on March 25, in 1993, 2005 and 2009.
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Should School Ratings Take At-Risk Stu...
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) reports that less than 85 percent of the students in the class of 2010 graduated. At a hearing Thursday in the Texas Senate, lawmakers heard the case for better tracking students who end up back in school....
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Austin Home Sales, Leases Continue The...
Austin-area home sales were up 26 percent in February, according to the Austin Board of Realtors....
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Early Numbers Show Fewer Claims Under ...
The state’s move to drop Planned Parenthood from a health program for low-income women has resulted in a decline in claims of more than five percent....
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Legislature Considers Job Help for Vet...
Unemployment among U.S. veterans fell in 2012 but is still higher than the rest of the workforce. Two bills dealing with vets and employment are before the Texas Senate Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Committee. One would help veterans find work in Texas agencies; the other would ensure...
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AISD Kids Make the (Average) Grade on ...
Austin Independent School District teachers may tell their students they’re special, but numbers never lie. And the numbers say that they’re (just a bit) above average....
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Term Limits Measure Passes Texas Senat...
Texas 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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