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NewsBarton Springs Pool to Reopen SaturdayBarton Springs Pool is scheduled to reopen this Saturday.
The swimming hole has been closed since December, as the city made improvements to the pool and its buildings.
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NewsTexas Business Signals Concern Over Air Traffic Tower ClosuresWith Georgetown and San Marcos losing their air traffic control towers due to sequestration-related budget cuts, one private aviation business owner is concerned the impact could be harmful to Austin and Central Texas.... |
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AISD Cancels Contract With IDEA Charte...
An experimental partnership between the Austin school district and a South Texas charter school company will come to an end. On Monday night, the AISD board voted narrowly in favor of terminating its contract with South Texas charter school operator IDEA Public Schools. ...
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The Debate Ahead on Guns in Texas
Five bills relating to firearms had been filed before Friday. One would reduce the hours of instruction needed to acquire a concealed-carry permit; another would expand where a person can carry a gun in Texas....
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Storytelling: Flying With The Moth
"Once upon a time...." Many stories you know or remember probably start that way. But there are actually all kinds of ways to tell a story. And all kinds of people tell them.
The Moth is a national storytelling organization that fosters and promotes the art of long-form personal storytelling....
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Austin Schools Seek to Reassure Parent...
The district already has armed officers at all middle and high schools in Austin, with regular armed patrols at elementary schools ...
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TX Officials React to School Shooting
Elected officials in Texas are issuing statements about the elementary school shooting in Connecticut....
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Protesters Hope to Draw Attention to M...
Protesters gathered today in front of the Mexican Consulate in Austin to draw attention to drug-related violence and human rights violations taking place in Mexico....
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Driver’s License Center Working Well
The Texas Department of Public Safety opened two new driver’s license mega-centers in the Houston area today. Central Texas was site of the first mega-center, a 24,000-square-foot center in Pflugerville....
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Seniors Defrauded by Income Tax Scam
The attorney general’s office says hundreds of seniors in east Texas were scammed by a company called Syam Tax Services....
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Homelessness Persists in Austin, Natio...
Austin is doing better than the nation when it comes to fighting homelessness, but there’s still plenty of work to be done....
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School Board Discussing Charters, IDEA
Tonight’s Austin school board meeting will provide a stark contrast in approaches for charter schools operating within the school district....
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What to Tell Kids About the Shooting
School-age children may come home today with questions about the Connecticut school shooting. Reassurance is important....
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Q&A: Lawsuit Could Change School ...
A school finance lawsuit underway now could transform how we pay for public education in Texas....
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F1 Track to Seek Funds for Other Races
The promoters behind Austin’s Formula One racetrack will tap a state trust fund for more than F1....
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New Wheatsville Co-op Wants Liquor Wai...
The Austin City Council is set to hear a request from Wheatsville Co-op on whether it can sell beer and wine at a new location on South Lamar Boulevard....
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