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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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‘Drowning House’ Plunges Readers Into A Dark, Victorian Galveston

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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Sequester Expected To Squeeze Austin’s Affordable Housing

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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No Simple Solution for Austin Homeless

The city of Miami claims to have taken almost half of its homeless population off the streets in the last 10 years. In Austin, where homeless services are stretched to the limit, the City Council is looking for new solutions. Last...
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Looking Back at the Republican Decade

Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party won control of the Texas Legislature. With that control, the long-time minority party got a chance to flex its conservative muscle. Over the next three days, KUT will look back on the Republican decade. Today, KUT’s Ben Philpott looks at how the party...
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Texas Book Festival 2012: Mark Updegro...

2012 would have been the year of the 104th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson. His presidential library and museum here in Austin has been undergoing some renovations, and its director says the same might be due for LBJ’s legacy. Mark Updegrove says that Johnson’s presidential record needs a...
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Travis County Begins Early Voting

Early voting is now underway in Texas for the November election. The polls opened this morning at 7 and will stay open until 7 p.m. Early voting continues through November 2. Travis County voters can cast a ballot at any of 23 early-voting locations or one of several mobile locations. A voting...
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Cap Metro to Offer Mobile Fares for F1

Capital Metro is introducing a mobile ticketing option for use during the Formula 1 weekend. With the free app, riders will be able to buy passes on their mobile phones and present them to drivers when they board. For now, the app will only be available for...
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Props 3 & 4: New Structure for Council

But two proposals on the November ballot would have council members elected from geographic districts. If passed, either plan would fundamentally change local politics....
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Texas Appeals Redistricting Decision; ...

Texas is appealing a federal court's denial of preclearance to the Legislature's redistricting maps, saying the court overstepped its authority. That appeal won't affect the current election....
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AISD Board Extends Superintendent̵...

The Austin school board voted 7-2 to extend an employment contract with Dr. Meria Carstarphen, the superintendent who oversees the education of more than 86,000 Austin children in the largest school district in Central Texas. If Carstarphen fulfills her contract to June 2015, she will have served...
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Props 5 & 6: City Hall Hiring Practice

Propositions 5 and 6 on the Austin ballot deal would change City Council hiring policies to fit the city's growing size, Mayor Lee Leffingwell says....
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Fight Over Water: Drinking vs. Farming

The Lower Colorado River Authority is coming under fire from some Central Texans over a recommendation by LCRA staff that could lead to less water being sent downstream next year for rice farming....
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Group Sues to Kill County Health Distr...

An anti-tax group contends that the description on the ballot is written in a way that encourages voters to approve the tax increase, which would help pay for for a medical school....
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Texas Book Festival 2012: Lynda Rutled...

Faith Bass Darling is getting ready for a trip and she’s selling all her worldly possessions; possessions that are imbued with history – her own and that of the small Texas town over which she’s reigned her whole life. Local author Lynda Rutledge...
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Arguments Begin in School Finance Suit

Opening arguments begin today in a school finance lawsuit pitting about 600 school districts against the state of Texas. The legal battle could reshape how money is distributed to classrooms....
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