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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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Project Will Add Bicycle, Pedestrian Access to Southwest Austin

The bridge is part of what’s called the Mopac Mobility Improvement Project and it would run along Mopac across Loop 360....
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Claims and Counterclaims in Senate Race

All of the Republican state senators except one have signed a letter assailing Ted Cruz for his characterization of the Senate’s actions under David Dewhurst, the state’s lieutenant governor. PolitiFact Texas examines some claims....
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Latinitas Debuts in Print

The magazine for teen girls bucks the trend and goes from digital to newspaper....
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Austinites Raise Concerns Over Compreh...

The public got a chance to give input on what kind of consultant Austin should hire to design a guiding framework for city growth....
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Roller Skating Is Fun!

The dance troupe "Forklift Danceworks":http://www.forkliftdanceworks.org presents encore performances of skate! A night at the rink on Thursday March 5 and Sunday March 8 at the Playland Skate Center in North Austin....
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Meet Dr. Meria Carstarphen

Austin school district students and parents have 2 opportunities to meet the lone finalist for superintendent....
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Is there a Disconnect?

Democratic lawmakers have once again publicly called on Texas Governor Rick Perry to use as much of the Federal stimulus money as possible....
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City Weighs Switch to Solar Powered Me...

Meters like this one could soon be a rare sight in the city of Austin....
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Leave the Judging to History?

On March 17, former President George W. Bush gives his first paid speech since leaving the Oval Office....
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Texas Executes Tenth Inmate of the Yea...

Kenneth Wayne Morris was put to death for the 1991 robbery and fatal shooting of James Moody Adams in Houston....
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Trying to Change the Top Ten Percent L...

Another attempt to make changes to the way the University of Texas at Austin admits students has begun in the Texas Legislature....
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Covering the President: Now vs. Then

Part of what historians will examine, as they pore over records both public and, for the moment, private will be who George W. Bush was....
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Man Who Killed Elderly Woman Executed

An Oklahoma man convicted of murdering a Texas woman during a robbery was executed March 3....
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Texas Could Soon Measure TAKS Growth

Texas legislators are preparing to unveil a bill that would change how scores are tabulated on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills....
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Paving the Roads with Green

Some groups worry that lawmakers' excitement of being flush with cash could lead to careless spending....
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The Move to Appoint Judges

The issue of money in judicial elections comes before the U.S. Supreme Court March 3, 2009. The court will hear oral arguments in a case involving a West Virginia Supreme Court judge....
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