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19-year-old suspect arrested in two-fatality shooting at NW Austin hookah lounge

A 19-year-old suspect was recently arrested in the Jan. 28 two-fatality shooting of teens at a northwest Austin hookah lounge.Christijan Deshaun Stevens was found and arrested in Killeen by the Lone …

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Leander ISD clears up debris after massive ice storm, compensates teacher pay

Excessive tardy days and worker pay compensations coupled with an array of tree limbs are just a few of the still lingering detrimental impacts Leander ISD is having to deal with after the recent, …

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Rouse girls soccer win final game to clinch district title

Not many people picked the Rouse girls’ soccer team to challenge for a district title this season. 

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Maxi Urruti provides boot for Austin FC against CF Montreal

Maxi Urruti came up clutch when Austin FC needed a boost.

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Texas prepaid tuition program enrollment deadline approaches Texas families can lock in today’s cost of undergraduate resident tuition and schoolwide required fees at Texas public colleges and universities by enrolling their children in the tax-advantaged …
Here’s what you need to know about the fight over property tax cuts in the Texas Legislature Property tax cuts will be one of the dominant topics of debate during this legislative session, and the fight over how much to spend on them is starting to take shape.Lawmakers on both sides of the …
In audio, high-ranking TEA official admits public school funds could drop with voucher-like programs A high-ranking Texas Education Agency official was caught on audio advocating for voucher-like programs on behalf of Gov. Greg Abbott and admitting that funding to public school districts could …
Texas DPS scraps plan for $1.2 billion active-shooter training facility The Texas Department of Public Safety is scrapping its proposal for a $1.2 billion state-of-the-art active-shooter training facility, aiming instead at a much lower target of $381.5 million to update …
End of public health emergency causes cascade of changes The Biden administration’s plan to unwind the public health emergency tied to the COVID-19 pandemic will spur a whirlwind of changes related to telehealth, Medicaid, pharmaceuticals …
Want people to use less water? Tell them it’s going to cost more When people hear that their water is going to cost more, they start to use less of it.That seemingly obvious finding comes from a new study led by researchers at the National University of Singapore …
Court overturns federal law that kept guns away from people with restraining orders The decades-old U.S. law barring Americans who commit domestic-violence from possessing guns contradicts the nation’s “historical tradition” of access to firearms even for people who aren’t …
Peak gasoline heralds price shocks for drivers, inflation headaches Gasoline demand in the U.S. has peaked, with a surprise slowdown last year signaling that consumption is unlikely to ever again return to pre-COVID levels.This long-awaited milestone shows that …
Nearly 20% of US firms expect to reduce headcount, survey shows A new survey of business economists suggests U.S. job market conditions are beginning to soften, with firms indicating an easing of labor shortages and a pullback in hiring expectations.A National …
US payrolls surprise with surge as jobless rate hits 53-year low The U.S. labor market burned red-hot in January as hiring unexpectedly surged and unemployment fell to a 53-year low, defying recession forecasts and adding pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep …
United Heritage Credit Union names new chief executive Michael Ver Schuur is the new president and chief executive officer of United Heritage Credit Union. The UHCU board of directors announced the appointment earlier this month."Ver Schuur has been …
US sues Google to break up ad unit in heated antitrust fight The U.S. Justice Department and eight states sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google, calling for the break up of the search giant’s ad-technology business over alleged illegal monopolization of the …
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