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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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NewsAfter Fertilizer Explosion, Concern Over Safety, Regulation & ZoningThe investigation into what caused the fire at the West Fertilizer Plant that led to Wednesday’s explosion is still ongoing. But officials say they’ve found no sign…... |
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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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Bill Lets College Football Playoffs Ta...
Public subsidies could attract college football playoffs to Texas.
A public hearing will be held Thursday on a bill that would modify the language of the major event trust fun…...
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PolitiFact: Texas (Almost) Never Passe...
In this week’s PolitiFact Texas check-in, KUT’s Emily Donahue speaks with the Austin American-Statesman’s Gardner Selby about a comment by State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a Democrat from San Antonio and chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus....
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‘Drowning House’ Plunges R...
Galveston Island is famous for many things: miles of beaches, its many festivals and Victorian architecture – and its sea wall – that was built after the hurricane of 1900. That was the deadliest hurricane in US history – and it rewrote the history of Galveston.
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Religious Leaders Demand Money for Wom...
Religious leaders from Christian, Buddhist, Sikh and Jewish faiths are calling on state leaders to increase funding for women’s health programs. Clergy members held a news co…...
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Civic Leader and Volunteer Mary Margar...
Austin citizen, volunteer and philanthropist Mary Margaret Farabee passed away Sunday morning at home, with her family by her side. The wife of former state Senator Ray Farabe…...
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Express Lanes Coming to Highway 71
Change is on the way for a stretch of State Highway 71 in Southeast Austin.
The Texas Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans tobuild tolled express lanes fr…...
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Take a Multimedia Tour of the Blanton ...
The Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new exhibit — "Through the Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from Alumni Collections". The exhibit features almost 200 pieces of art from the private collections of UT alumni....
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Study: ‘Sonogram Bill’ Doe...
The Texas law that requires women wait twenty-four hours after receiving an ultrasound to get an abortion is not causing them to change their minds but is causing “excessive har…...
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Austin Amps Up Giving as Non-Profits N...
Update: Amplify Austin ended its 24-hour fund drive with nearly $2.8 million in donations.
Original Post (2:48 p.m.): Non-profit funding initiative Amplify Austin doub…...
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Sequester Expected To Squeeze Austin...
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell says the federal spending cuts known as the sequester will have an effect on affordable housing in the city.
Mayor Leffingwell says he was notifi…...
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‘Totes’ Everything to Know...
Update: Austin appears to have survived its first weekend without single-use plastic bags. But, no doubt, many are still getting used to the change. For instance, the change do…...
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New African-American Center Opens Toda...
Today is the grand opening of Austin’s new African-American Cultural and Heritage Facility. The center is housed in a historic structure at 912 East 11th Street. …...
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Not Clear What’s Next for Eastside
A high school on Austin’s east side is once again facing the possibility of state closure. Eastside Memorial High has received the state stamp of academically unacceptable since 2004. In 2008 it was closed and reopened with a new name -- it used to be Johnston High School....
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