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Texas Bill Spotlights Minors Charged With Prostitution
One Texas senator wants to allow more counties to set up specialty courts for minors charged with prostitution
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After Boston Bombings, Being Vigilant Without Being Paranoid
In the two weeks since the Boston Marathon bombing, suspects have been identified and news outlets have interviewed people who knew them – asking if there was any sign that they might be capable of the attacks.
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Remembering the First Responders Killed in West
More than 9,000 people gathered at Baylor University yesterday to honor the twelve firefighters and first responders who died in the West Fertilizer Plant Explosion.
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Unemployment Up in Austin

June’s unemployment rate was recorded at 6.4 percent. That was up from 5.8 percent in May....
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Longhorns in London as Olympic Contenders

KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talked with Steven Ungerleider, co-chairman of the board of advisers of the Texas Program in Sports and Media and a visiting scholar at UT, about the medal contenders who’ll be sporting red, white, blue and burnt orange, and what makes Texas an Olympic phenomenon....
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Texas House Deadline is Up

Many bills died at midnight at the State Capitol....
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Almost A Budget

Texas' 2010-2011 Budget clears an important hurdle....
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Texas Reacts to Sotomayor Nomination

President Obama's nomination of the first Hispanic person to the Supreme Court could have a special impact in States like Texas with large Latino populations....
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Top 10% Passes the House

After a two days of debate on how to make changes to the so called "Top 10%" law...the bill passed the House May 26, 2009 after about 20 minutes of debate....
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Another Slow Day in the House

The Texas House actually got to work on some priority legislation today....
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Austin Commemorates Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, as thousands of Texas service men and women fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, services were held honoring those who have fallen in America's armed conflicts....
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College Grads, Jobs, and Finances

Graduates are turning in their textbooks for checkbooks....
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McLeroy Nomination in Limbo

Don McLeroy's nomination for a second term as Chair of the State Board of Education remains pending in the Texas Senate....
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Status Of Uninsured Healthcare In Trav...

When it comes to overall health insurance coverage, Texas is dead last among the 50 States. There are clinics in Austin serving the uninsured, but some still need to draw attention to the services offered. KUT's Julie Moody reports on what is being done to educate those who may need health...
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