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NewsTexas Lawmakers Take Stance on Gays Joining Boy Scouts (Updated)Update: The Boy Scouts of America board delayed its vote on whether to end a ban on gay membership until May.
Original Story (8:13 a.m.):More than 40 elected officials from acr…... |
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NewsAustin Airport Breaks Passenger Record in 2012Austin-Bergstrom International Airport saw more passengers last year than it ever has before. About 9.4 million people departed from or arrived to the airport in 2012. That wa…... |
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You Can Fight City Hall, but Don’t M...
Formula Fest has crashed for the time being. Organizers hoped a planned two-day concert would draw 50,000 people to Auditorium Shores in celebration of Austin's U.S. Grand Prix race in November....
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Company Wants to Build Dallas-Houston ...
Speeding between Houston and Dallas at more than 200 miles an hour could be legal, safe and economical if a proposed bullet train is built between the two cities....
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City Bond Vote: How Much Help for Home...
Finding shelter beds for the homeless in Austin isn't an easy task. It's even harder for single homeless women; few groups in Austin offer beds to them. But with six Austin homeless people killed since last November, advocates have begun pressing the city for more beds, and implementing their own...
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Hutchison: Running a State Not Enough ...
Kay Bailey Hutchison says she doesn’t think experience as a governor necessarily means someone is prepared to be president. The retiring Texas Republican senator spoke today with NBC political director Chuck Todd on The Daily Rundown....
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Lawmakers May Go After More Tobacco Mo...
Getting more money from tobacco companies was on the agenda at the Capitol today. Texas gets more than $500 million a year from industry settlements made in the 1990s, but that number keeps going down as more and more Texans quit smoking....
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Fort Hood Shooting Trial Starts Next W...
The trial of Maj. Nidal Hasan – accused gunman in the 2009 shooting rampage at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas – should begin next week as scheduled....
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AISD Board Asks if Single-Sex Schools ...
The Austin school district is racking its brain trying to come up with a way to help turn around two middle schools repeatedly ranked “academically unacceptable” by the state. The latest plan for Pearce and Garcia Middle Schools involves converting them to single-sex campuses, but that proposal...
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Report Warns Students to Consider Debt
A report released today could serve as a cautionary note to members of the largest incoming freshman class in University of Texas history: remember your debt when choosing a college major.
The report was prepared for the legislature and compiled by TG – a public, nonprofit corporation created...
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Council Gives Preliminary Approval to ...
Austin City Council members spent their morning going line by line through the numerous items being considered for inclusion in November’s bond election. And by the end of the meeting, they gave preliminary approval to an outline of the package....
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PolitiFact Looks at Paul Ryan-Related ...
In a political double-header, PolitiFact Texas checks two Ryan-related claims....
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Dell Tops Austin’s Largest Companies
Dell tops the list of the largest local companies again, a spot it has held for more than two decades. ...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News
Ryan’s Plan for Medicaid, Medica...
If Republican vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan's controversial plan for reforming Medicaid and Medicare sounds familiar in Texas, it should. The Wisconsin congressman’s proposal bears strong similarities to bills that Texas Republicans advocated for — and eventually passed — during the...
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New Gel Could Help Stop Wildfires
Travis County firefighters are testing a new gel made with cornstarch that could make firefighting much more efficient. ...
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2011 Wildfires Helping to Fight 2012 W...
The two wildfires that are blazing across North Texas have charred over 3,000 acres in Palo Pinto County, about 75 miles west of Fort Worth. Officials and aircraft kept a third fire from spreading in the Possum Kingdom Lake area.
Mary Hicks is the Fire Prevention Special Projects Coordinator...
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