AUSTIN (KXAN) — An indictment against Austin police officer Nicholas Gebhart stemming from the May 2020…
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Texans waiting for hours for drivers licenses and state IDs
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TAMIU students react to TikTok restrictions
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Ken Paxton whistleblowers should force the case to trial
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Young Texas Artists Holds Classical Music Competition, Gala
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2023 Fiesta Poster invites one and all to the party
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Man sentenced to 40 years in prison for setting girlfriend on fire in 2021
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YouTube workers strike over forced ‘return’ to an office most never worked at
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Gov. Abbott urges Texans to report ice storm damage
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Why 4 carbon monoxide patients couldn’t be treated in Austin
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Boil water notices issued for parts of Hays, Travis and Bastrop counties
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Governor Abbott, HHSC Announce Final Extension Of Emergency SNAP Benefits For February 2023
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Texas lawmakers want feds to reimburse states for the high cost of Biden’s border crisis
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Texas Senate leaders signal intent to spend big on border security
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39th Annual Governor’s Volunteer Awards Recipients
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Governor Abbott Appoints Camacho As Deputy Adjutant General For Air
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Texas Board of Education drops opposition to school vouchers
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North Texas Performing Arts Names Mike Mazur Vice President Of Youth Theatres
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Governor Abbott Appoints Johnson As Injured Employee Public Counsel
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Governor Abbott Reappoints Richards, Thompson To Manufactured Housing Board
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Governor Abbott Proclaims February 2023 As Black History Month In Texas
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WATCH LIVE: Andre McDonald guilty on lesser charge of manslaughter
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Parker McCollum Shares Glimpse Of His Family Ranch In East Texas In ‘Handle On You’ Video
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MD Anderson, biotech co. team up to improve cancer therapy
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Jurors unable to reach verdict after 11 hours of deliberations in Andre McDonald trial; Judge reads ‘Allen Charge’
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Off-duty SAPD officer arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated
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NASA Awards Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract
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NASA Awards Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Universities
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Turning Problematic Sea Algae into a Replacement for Plastic in Common Products
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Western Heritage Parade on Saturday harkens back to San Antonio’s cowtown days
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Texas Leaders’ Plan to Fight Power Outages Ignores Clean Tech
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Chicken Salad Chick celebrates its first SA location with week-long giveaways
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BMWs, pickup trucks and more will be available at SAPD vehicle auction Tuesday
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Governor Abbott Announces Music Friendly Texas Workshop In Corpus Christi
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Jefferson High School’s lasso rope and dance team to show off their skills at Western Heritage Parade
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Survey: This is how Texas loves their chicken wings
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Texas Will Likely Lose A State Park To A Real Estate Developer
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DQ Offering Texas T-Brand Tacos® Through End of February, Three Tacos for $5
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Coastal Football Adds to 2023 Signing Class – Coastal Carolina University Athletics
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Trainees translate research, display creativity in SRP video competition
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SAPA hosts dump-your-ex Valentine’s fundraiser
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Boil water notice rescinded for New Braunfels Utilities customers within Riverchase Pressure Zone
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Koe Wetzel Joins Josh Abbott & Larry Joe Taylor For Ray Wylie Hubbard Cover, “Screw You, We’re From Texas”
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HB 1825 Introduced
Relating to the consumption, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages at certain performing arts facilities owned…
HB 1823 Introduced
Relating to certain documents or instruments purporting to convey real or personal property.
HB 1822 Introduced
Relating to review and approval of advanced placement courses by the State Board of Education.
HB 1819 Introduced
Relating to the repeal of the authority of political subdivisions to adopt or enforce juvenile curfews.
HB 1818 Introduced
Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate of certain counties and the procedure for…
HB 1817 Introduced
Relating to the validity of a contract for which a disclosure of interested parties is required.
HB 1814 Introduced
Relating to creating a special education certification to teach students with disabilities.
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17-year-old charged with his mother’s murder has bond set at more than $1 million
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John Leguizamo filmed part of docu-series ‘American Historia’ in San Antonio in January
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Texas ice storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power
Updated February 3, 2023 at 4:54 AM ET An intense winter storm finally passed through Texas…
Texas ice storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power
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Texas ice storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power
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Five minutes slow My wall clock celebrating A new year That was today’s poem for the…
Japanese Archaeologists Find Beautiful Bronze Mirror Buried With a 7-Foot-Long Sword
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Several local districts close, delay classes amid winter storm
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several school districts in Central Texas have adjusted schedules this week due to…