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• Bodies of North Texas sheriff’s deputy, son found in home

  27-01-2017 23:13 via kxan.com
  
  GRAHAM, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy and his son have been found fatally shot in a home northwest of Fort Worth.
  Graham police Chief Tony Widner said Friday that the bodies of 61-year-old Joseph Parker and 27-year-old Kensy Parker were found a day earlier in a bedroom of the home. A weapon was found nearby.
  Widner declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding the deaths but says investigators have an idea of what happened and are awaiting forensic test resul
  
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• Seton medical mission will provide free healthcare in Hays County

  27-01-2017 23:05 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — This Saturday, adults and children in Hays County will be able to get free medical services, no insurance required.
  It’s a Seton Medical Mission, made possible with the help of 230 clinical volunteers and 250 non-clinical volunteers. The event is being held at Seton Medical Center Hays in Kyle, but all Hays County residents are invited.
  They chose Hays County to help the many residents impacted by the 2015 floods that devastated the area.
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• Seton medical mission will provide free health care in Hays County

  27-01-2017 23:05 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — This Saturday, adults and children in Hays County will be able to get free medical services, no insurance required.
  It’s a Seton Medical Mission, made possible with the help of 230 clinical volunteers and 250 non-clinical volunteers. The event is being held at Seton Medical Center Hays in Kyle, but all Hays County residents are invited.
  They chose Hays County to help the many residents impacted by the 2015 floods that devastated the area.
  In a Seto
  
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• Seton medical mission provides free healthcare in Hays County

  27-01-2017 23:05 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — This Saturday, adults and children in Hays County will be able to get free medical services, no insurance required.
  It’s a Seton Medical Mission, made possible with the help of 230 clinical volunteers and 250 non-clinical volunteers. The event is being held at Seton Medical Center Hays in Kyle, but all Hays County residents are invited.
  They chose Hays County to help the many residents impacted by the 2015 floods that devastated the area.
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• The Latest: VP Mike Pence supports abortion opponents

  27-01-2017 22:55 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the March for Life in Washington, D.C., by opponents of abortion (all times local):
  12:30 p.m.
  Vice President Mike Pence told a crowd gathered in Washington for the annual March for Life rally that ending taxpayer-funded abortion is an important priority of President Donald Trump.
  He said the Trump administration would “work with the Congress to end taxpayer funding of abortion and abortion providers, and we will devote those resources to health care s
  
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• Texas Trump supporter overwhelmed by reaction to $450 tip

  27-01-2017 22:50 via kxan.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) — Monday a Lubbock dentist left a Washington, D.C. waitress a generous tip and a note about bridging differences. This gesture has since been shared around the world on social media.
  Lubbock resident Jason White traveled to Washington, D.C. last week with five of his friends to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration. White is the owner of Jason White Dentistry. As a small business owner, White has supported Trump’s candidacy from the beginning as believes the
  
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• Astrodome granted landmark status

  27-01-2017 22:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Historical Commission has granted landmark status to the Houston Astrodome amid plans to redevelop the no-longer-used enclosed stadium.
  Commission members voted Friday to recognize the Astrodome as a Texas antiquities landmark and to provide legal protections.
  The Astrodome opened in 1965 but has been vacant for 18 years, falling into disrepair and declared unfit for occupancy in 2009. Voters in 2013 rejected a $217 million renovation package.
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• Man accused of prostituting 14-year-old girl in Austin, San Antonio

  27-01-2017 21:46 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — A runaway 14-year-old involved in prostitution in Austin, San Antonio and Louisiana was found by police with a 30-year-old man in New Braunfels.
  The driver, Roderick Tasby, 30, of Dallas, has been charged with human trafficking, a first degree felony, for facilitating and benefiting from the teenager’s involvement in prostitution, officers say.
  On Wednesday at 10:35 p.m., a New Braunfels officer on patrol on Interstate 35 pulled over a black Chevrolet Im
  
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• 14 year old trafficked by man in Austin and San Antonio, police say

  27-01-2017 21:46 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — A runaway 14 year old involved in prostitution in Austin, San Antonio and Louisiana was found by police with a 30-year-old man, who police say was prostituting the girl.
  The man, Roderick Tasby, 30, of Dallas, has been charged with human trafficking, a first degree felony, for facilitating and benefiting from the teenager’s involvement in prostitution, officers say.
  On Wednesday at 10:35 p.m., a New Braunfels officer on patrol on Interstate 35
  
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• PHOTOS: A look at the pop-up mega club for Super Bowl LI

  27-01-2017 19:53 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — The hustle and bustle of getting Houston ready for Super Bowl LI is heating up across town and it’s no different at Club Nomadic, where a 62,500 square-foot club is being erected just west of downtown Houston.
  The nightclub will host some of the world’s biggest musical stars, such as Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift, over a three-day span. On opening night, Feb. 2, the club will host the inaugural EA SPORTS Bowl that will feature pro athlete tournaments in bo
  
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• Trump signs new vetting measures for immigrants

  27-01-2017 19:34 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  4:45 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has signed an executive action implementing “new vetting measures” that he says are aimed at keeping “radical Islamic terrorists” out of the United States.
  Trump says, “We don’t want them here.”
  The president says he only wants to admit people to the United States who will support the country. His comments echoed his campaign pledge to implement
  
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• Travis County sheriff embroiled in immigration debate speaks for the first time

  27-01-2017 19:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time since she has been elected into office, Sheriff Sally Hernandez is finally sitting down with KXAN News to discuss her new immigration policy that is causing a political feud between her office and Gov. Greg Abbott’s office.
  Ever since Hernandez announced her new policy last Friday, Abbott said he would seek to cut $1.8 million in grant funding to Travis County as well as try to remove her from office. Hernandez’s new policy will prohibit
  
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• Travis County sheriff answers policy questions for the first time

  27-01-2017 19:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time since she has been elected into office, Sheriff Sally Hernandez is finally sitting down with KXAN News to discuss her new immigration policy that is causing a political feud between her office and Gov. Greg Abbott’s office.
  Ever since Hernandez announced her new policy last Friday, Abbott said he would seek to cut $1.8 million in grant funding to Travis County as well as try to remove her from office. Hernandez’s new policy will prohibit
  
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• Round Rock substitute fired for relationship with student

  27-01-2017 18:39 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) – A female substitute teacher at Round Rock ISD’s Hernandez Middle School is off the job after an alleged relationship with a student.
  A RRISD spokesperson says the substitute was allegedly caught with a male student at an off-campus park in November. Round Rock police are investigating and said, when the incident happened, the substitute was released from custody the same night.
  RRISD fired her on Jan. 11 and removed her from the active database for sub
  
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• Suspect arrested in deadly Georgetown hit-and-run

  27-01-2017 18:20 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A 20-year-old Hutto man is in jail accused of hitting and killing a 19-year-old Georgetown bicyclist and leaving him on the side of the road earlier this week.
  Georgetown police say Aaron Davison is charged with accident involving death in connection with Thomas “Tommy” Ketterhagen death. Davison turned himself in on Friday morning.
  Ketterhagen was last seen riding his bicycle in east Georgetown around 5 p.m. Monday. When he didn’t return h
  
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• Developments expected in deadly Georgetown hit-and-run

  27-01-2017 18:20 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — The Georgetown Police Department is expected to give an update Friday afternoon on the hit-and-run crash that killed 19-year-old Thomas “Tommy” Ketterhagen earlier this week. Police would not confirm prior to the news conference if a suspect has been apprehended in the case.
  Ketterhagen was last seen riding his bicycle in east Georgetown around 5 p.m. Monday. When he didn’t return home that evening, his family reported him missing. On Tuesd
  
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• President Trump claims he’s been advised that torture “absolutely” works

  27-01-2017 18:17 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NBC News) — Voices from across the world began to express their fear and anxiety Thursday after President Donald Trump claimed he had been advised that torture “absolutely” works.
  The president told ABC News on Wednesday night that within the past 24 hours he had asked “people at the highest level of intelligence … ‘does torture work?’ And the answer is yes, absolutely.”
  His Pentagon chief and CIA Director reject that, as did Republica
  
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• SWAT situation on Chicon Street ends peacefully

  27-01-2017 18:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police say the SWAT situation that had parts of Chicon Street closed off to traffic Friday morning ended peacefully.
  Police say the 911 call came in just after 9:30 a.m. for a potentially suicidal person who was barricaded inside a home in the 1100 block of Chicon Street. As a precaution, Chicon Street was closed to traffic from Rosewood to Cornell Street.
  The situation ended just before 12:30 p.m.
  Nearby Kealing Middle School was placed on a reverse evacuation as po
  
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• Parts of Chicon Street closed due to SWAT situation

  27-01-2017 18:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are calling their SWAT team to assist with a potentially suicidal person who is barricaded inside a home in the 1100 block of Chicon Street.
  Police say the 911 call came in just after 9:30 a.m. As a precaution, Chicon Street is closed to traffic from Rosewood to Cornell Street. It is not known at this time if anyone else is inside the home with the individual.
  
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• Speed reduced on US 290 near Fredericksburg after deadly crash

  27-01-2017 17:35 via kxan.com
  
  FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (KXAN) – A 10 mile per hour drop in speed has happened along US 290 between Fredericksburg and Stonewall in Gillespie County.
  The drop from 70 to 60 mph comes after a three-vehicle crash claimed the lives of four people in December. Community members requested a speed study on the 14-mile section on 290.
  “TxDOT investigates every major crash to see how we can prevent future recurrences,” Texas Department of Transportation’s Austin Dist
  
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• Austin to answer San Antonio 911 calls as test next week

  27-01-2017 17:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin 911 call takers will be fielding emergency situations from a different city next week, for one hour.
  According to WOAI, An interlocal agreement between San Antonio and Austin signed in April of last year was meant to be a backup plan in case either city has an issue at the dispatch facility that would prevent calls from being taken.
  On Monday, for one hour, as a final test of how it will all work out, the ‘switch will be flipped’ and San Antonio emergency
  
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• Anti-abortion protest gets unprecedented encouragement from the White House

  27-01-2017 16:14 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in years, abortion opponents will have all the political momentum when they hold their annual rally Friday on the National Mall.
  The March for Life, held each year in Washington to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, will have one of its biggest-name speakers in years: Vice President Mike Pence.
  The March for Life said that neither a president nor a vice president has ever addressed the event now in its
  
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• Leander principals prepare to ‘Drop the Mic’ for benefit gala

  27-01-2017 15:35 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) – The Leander ISD is having a benefit gala this weekend to raise money for early literacy and college readiness.
  Gloria Gonzalez-Dholakia with the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation was up early for KXAN News Today to talk about what LEEF does.
  LEEF’s three main program initiatives aim to make a foundation for learning with a focus on early literacy, enriching great teaching through innovative teaching grants and professional development and thi
  
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• Police rescue 103 puppies from overturned box van

  27-01-2017 15:08 via kxan.com
  
  AVOCA, N.Y. (AP/NBC News) — An animal welfare group is caring for the scores of puppies that were being transported in a box van when it crashed and overturned on an upstate New York highway.
  State police say the vehicle crashed Tuesday on Interstate 86 in the Steuben County town of Avoca, 50 miles south of Rochester.
  Troopers say a Missouri woman was driving the van carrying more than 100 puppies when she lost control of the vehicle, causing it to hit a ditch and overturn.
  Troopers and em
  
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• WATCH: Skier’s fall from cliff caught on camera

  27-01-2017 14:49 via kxan.com
  
  MOUNT TIMPANOGOS, UT (WCMH) — A skier says its a miracle he didn’t get hurt after falling off a cliff.
  Devin Stratton was backcountry skiing near Mount Timpanogos. Video taken from his GoPro camera shows snow as far as the eye can see.
  Stratton thought he was coming up to a jump. He then was in a free-fall for the next 3.08 seconds, which seemed like an eternity to him.
  “I was going over some jumps, seeing these tracks, thinking it’s all good; then I hit a jump at the edg
  
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• Free Fun in Austin for weekend of January 28-29

  27-01-2017 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Looking for something to do this weekend?
  Free Day of Dance– All day Saturday. From Ballet to Ballroom and Two Step to Tango, find a FREE class near you for you and your kids to have some dancing fun. View the full schedule and participating studio locations here.
  Texas Wildlife Day– Saturday from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Celebrate everything feathered, furred, smooth, and scaled while enjoying free admission to th
  
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• Man accused of assaulting Muslim airline employee faces hate crime charges

  27-01-2017 13:57 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Massachusetts man is accused of attacking a Muslim airline employee at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, allegedly kicking and shouting obscenities at the woman and telling her that President Donald Trump “will get rid of all of you,” authorities said.
  The Queens District Attorney’s Office said Robin Rhodes, of Worchester, had arrived from Aruba and was awaiting a connecting flight to Massachusetts Wednesday night when he approached
  
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• Kremlin says Putin-Trump call set for Saturday

  27-01-2017 13:36 via kxan.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to speak by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend, the Kremlin said Friday.
  Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the conversation is scheduled for Saturday. They last spoke when Putin congratulated Trump on his victory shortly after his election.
  Peskov said that Putin wants to congratulate Trump on taking office, adding that the two leaders are also expected to “exchange views about main par
  
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• Little girls doubt that women can be brilliant, study shows

  27-01-2017 12:48 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Can women be brilliant? Little girls are not so sure.
  A study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests that girls as young as 6 can be led to believe men are inherently smarter and more talented than women, making girls less motivated to pursue novel activities or ambitious careers. That such stereotypes exist is hardly a surprise, but the findings show these biases can affect children at a very young age.
  “As a society, we associate a high level of intell
  
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• City working on plan to remove hazardous materials from Austin roads

  27-01-2017 12:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin city leaders say they want to avoid more accidents on roadways, especially ones that cause hazardous material spills that could cause prolonged traffic issues.
  Firefighters say they work as fast as they can to remove them but city leaders are working on a plan to remove hazardous material from the busiest roads completely.
  In the midst of an 18-month study, the city says next month it will unveil some new alternate routes truck drivers can use. Up until last yea
  
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• Man convicted of killing 2 at Texas sandwich shop executed

  27-01-2017 12:07 via kxan.com
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man convicted of a fatal robbery at a Dallas-area Subway shop just weeks after he was fired from his job there was executed Thursday night.
  Terry Edwards, 43, received lethal injection for the $3,000 holdup at a Subway restaurant where two employees were shot to death in 2002.
  Asked by a warden if he had a final statement, Edwards replied: “I’m at peace with God. I hope y’all find peace in this.” As the lethal dose of pentobarbital was adm
  
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• ‘Tim Tebow’ bill for homeschoolers returns to Texas legislature

  27-01-2017 11:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A Texas lawmaker wants to allow homeschooled students to participate in public school extra-curricular activities.
  State Senator Van Taylor — from Plano — is filing the ‘Tim Tebow Bill’ Friday. It’s named after the football star who rose to fame with the University of Florida Gators before going on to play for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets. Tebow was homeschooled — but Florida law allowed him to play for his local public school.
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• Silver Alert issued for elderly man who never returned from bank

  27-01-2017 11:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police need your help finding an elderly man .
  91-year-old Robert Davis went missing Thursday afternoon in the Hornsby Bend neighborhood on Farm to Market 969 east of State Highway 130.
  Davis said he was going to the bank at Capital Plaza, but didn’t return.
  He was last seen driving a blue Chevy Silverado, with the license plate CLL8455.
  He is described as 6 feet 2 inches, 190 pounds, gray hair, brown eyes and was wearing jeans and a brown button up shirt.
  
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• MoPac contractor fined $20M; another company to finish job

  27-01-2017 05:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The remainder of the work on the MoPac express lane construction project will be completed by Connecticut-based subcontractor, Lane Construction.
  CH2M, the company overseeing the construction of the project, has hired Lane Construction for subcontract work on the project before, along with other subcontractors. Now, Lane Construction will finish it.
  Despite the contractor change, representatives with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, CTRMA, say they expect the
  
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• CH2M contracting out rest of MoPac project, $20 million in fines imposed

  27-01-2017 05:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The remainder of the work on the MoPac express lane construction project will be completed by Connecticut-based subcontractor, Lane Construction.
  CH2M, the company overseeing the construction of the project, has hired Lane Construction for subcontract work on the project before, along with other subcontractors. Now, Lane Construction will finish it.
  Despite the contractor change, representatives with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, CTRMA, say they expect the
  
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• Rainey St. to West Sixth St. trial shuttle route starts Friday

  27-01-2017 04:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Chariot, a company trying to reinvent mass transit for commuters, is running a month-long trial nighttime route in downtown Austin, serving people going to bars and restaurants on weekends.
  The company, which only operates in San Francisco and now Austin, is rolling out their first late-night offering. Chariot will run service each Friday and Saturday night, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. between the Rainey Street and West Sixth Street nightlife.
  The 14-passenger shuttles will arrive at
  
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• Gloves come off at Capitol ‘Homeland Security Summit’

  27-01-2017 03:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week, suspending the nation’s refugee program for at least 120 days. The order would also suspend visas from people in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
  On Thursday, that debate over protecting our nation from foreign threats was front and center at the Texas Capitol.
  Republican State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-New Braunfels, hosted a “Homeland Security Summit” Thursday mo
  
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• 2 year old abducted near Galveston triggers Amber Alert

  27-01-2017 02:56 via kxan.com
  
  LA MARQUE, Texas (KXAN) — The La Marque Police Department is searching for Mark Leeson, 2, described as having brown hair, brown eyes and last seen wearing a black shirt with a dump truck on it and blue jeans. An Amber Alert has been issued for Leeson.
  Police are looking for Hailey Richter, 18, described as a white female, 5-foot-9 inches, 190 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes. Officers are also looking for Zikeyas McCullum, 21, described as a black male, 5-foot-2, 134 pounds, with black h
  
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• Bus driver shortage met by San Marcos CISD with higher pay

  27-01-2017 02:49 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – Multiple school districts in Central Texas are feeling the pain of not having enough bus drivers. At the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District, the transportation department reports that they are 15 drivers short.
  The shortage is forcing the entire transportation staff and the mechanics to add a bus route to their primary job.
  “The mechanics, on average, if they drive in the morning and afternoon, they lose four hours of wrench time of working
  
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• Millions for UT Austin research in limbo after budget proposals

  27-01-2017 02:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Millions of state research dollars will not flow to the University of Texas at Austin if a proposed Texas budget becomes law. When the State Senate announced its first form of the next two year budget, more than $500 million were not there from the year before for “special items” across Texas higher education. Thursday, university leaders made their case to key lawmakers to keep many programs.
  Low oil prices and dedicating money to highway upkeep caused the
  
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• Travis County considers settlement with Judge Julie Kocurek

  27-01-2017 01:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Travis County Commissioners will discuss and possibly vote on a settlement with Judge Julie Kocurek over how the county handled a threat made against her.
  On Nov. 6, 2015, Kocurek was pulling into the driveway of her home when a suspect approached the vehicle and fired shots into her car. Kocurek suffered shrapnel injuries to her upper body and arm.
  Kocurek said there were mistakes that were made prior to the attack on her life. When KXAN interviewed Kocurek after she retur
  
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• Refugees settling in Austin: ‘We are not dangerous’

  27-01-2017 01:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — President Trump is expected to deliver an executive order putting a hold on the U.S. refugee program for people fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other Muslim Countries.
  The president’s goal, he says, is to strengthen national security against terror threats.
  For refugees, it’s increasing their fears for their families still abroad, and also for their own futures here in the U.S. Students studying English at the Austin Interfaith Action of Centra
  
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• 17 suspects busted in Hill Country meth undercover sting

  27-01-2017 00:59 via kxan.com
  
  BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Authorities in the Hill Country say they’ve made a major dent in the local Methamphetamine supply.
  The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office said they started serving arrest warrants for 17 suspects in Burnet and Llano Counties Thursday. The department says the warrants are the result of a month-long undercover operation that targeted meth dealers.
  All of the suspects, which the authorities have not named, will be charged with possession with intent to de
  
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• Officer fired for giving homeless man feces sandwich gets 2nd suspension

  27-01-2017 00:35 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — A San Antonio police officer fired in November 2016 for giving a homeless man a sandwich made of feces and two pieces of bread has been indefinitely suspended, or fired, a second time over a similar accusation.
  According to the San Antonio Express-News, Matthew Luckhurst defecated in a women’s bathroom stall at SAPD’s Bike Patrol Office in June and “spread a brown substance with the consistency of tapioca on the toilet seat,” giving the appearan
  
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• Work starts on replacement for ’embarrassing’ Williamson Co. training center

  27-01-2017 00:14 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — County leaders broke ground Thursday afternoon on the new Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Training Center. The 25,000-square foot building is located next to the sheriff’s office shooting range off County Road 130 in Hutto. The center will have space for defensive tactics training, driving simulation, officer fitness and classroom training.
  The current training center in Georgetown has been around since the mid-80s. The building used to hous
  
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• Austin company’s ‘Trump and Dump’ turns president’s tweets into donations

  27-01-2017 00:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There’s something to be said about President Donald Trump’s relationship with Twitter and the stock market.
  When the president criticized General Motors for making Cruze models in Mexico on Twitter — the brand’s stock fell .7 percent. The same thing happened to Boeing shares when Trump complained about the cost of building a new Air Force One in December. Shares dropped 1.4 percent.
  Notice a pattern? So did T3.
  “We noticed a relationship to his
  
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