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NewsWhy Bother? Austin After 10-1In a reporting series on the crisis of civic engagement, KUT News is examining the impact of changing demographics on civic participation in central Texas, how to get your voice heard by the Texas Legislature and what it will take to get more citizens involved in Austin city government and planning.... |
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NewsWeak TX Drug Court Oversight Worries Lawmakers, AdvocatesTexas lawmakers may shore up a little-known system of courts, called specialty courts. Voices on both the left and the right are saying that these courts are working — benefiting the state despite being underfunded, uncounted and, at the state level, unmanaged.... |
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Texas Lawmakers Aim to Put the Brakes ...
Each year human traffickers force thousands of people into slave-like conditions. Several major highways in Texas make the state a hub for human traffickers.
State Rep. Senfron…...
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Friends Say Goodbye to Civic Leader Ma...
Friends 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...
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Zac Effron’s ‘At Any Price...
On the last day of SXSW Film, Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron and Ellen Page were some of the stars at the Paramount for screenings of “At Any Price“ and “The East.…...
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UT’s Barnes on NCAA Shutout: ...
The men’s basketball program at the University of Texas has been on a winning streak lately. That is, until last night.
The streak is over – and so is the team’s season –…...
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SXSW News
SXSW Film: One Maiden’s Fantasti...
A word of warning: if you're going to see “Maidentrip” at SXSW Film this week (and by all means, you should), you may want to secure a large line of credit beforehand, as afterwards you'll likely have the inclination to go out, buy a boat, and set...
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Should Texas Use ‘Rainy Day̵...
Should Texas take money from the state’s so-called Rainy Day Fund for water projects? It’s an idea that will get a closer look today.
Lawmakers in the House Appropriations C…...
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Stars Come Out for Texas Film Hall of ...
By Tyler Pratt and Filipa Rodrigues
The red carpet was out, a fancy dinner was served, Turk Pipkin shot ping pong balls out of his mouth… Last night was just anothe…...
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Pre-Screening Program Launches at ABIA
Some 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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It’s Not the NCAA, Nor the NIT, ...
The University of Texas at Austin men’s basketball team is not eligible to play in the upcoming NCAA tournament. The Longhorns were not even invited to play in the NIT.
But th…...
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Agenda Texas: Cutting Tests, Keeping S...
If you’ve got kids, you know the state rolled out a new testing system last school year called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR. It includes 15 en…...
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SXSW News
Photos: Rockers at the Paramount for D...
Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was at the Paramount Theater yesterday for the South by Southwest screening of his new film "Sound City".
The documentary features the famed LA...
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SXSW Film Traces New Orleans’ Po...
Hurricane Katrina changed more than just the landscape of New Orleans. After the disaster, thousands of people moved away from the city, most of them black and poor. In the years si…...
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Gaming Expo Brings Geek Culture to SXS...
SXSW Gaming Expo kicked off today, with thousands of people filling the Palmer Events Center. From computer tech to board games, the expo has companies from all over country u…...
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Next-Generation Space Telescope Gettin...
First it was a music festival, then a film festival, then an interactive festival. Since then, South by Southwest has added education, the environment and venture capital to its r…...
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