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• Longtime Texas Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. announces retirement

  04-11-2021 23:49 via kxan.com
  
  HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Long-time Texas State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. announced his retirement from public office on Thursday.Lucio said after 35 years in public service it is time to rest.Lucio has served the 27th district of Texas since 1991. He said it has been an honor to serve the community and is appreciative of the opportunity he was given.Texas Senate District 27 includes Cameron, Hildago, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties.
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• Police: UT student pepper-sprayed, robbed of cell phone in central Austin

  04-11-2021 23:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A University of Texas at Austin student was robbed of their cell phone Wednesday night in central Austin. Police are still searching for the robber.
  The UT Police Department says it happened around 11:30 p.m. at Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park.Austin Police responded to the report near 100 East 27th Street, UTPD says. The student reported the robber sprayed them with pepper spray and stole their cell phone.
  Officers looked for the suspect at the time, according to UTPD, bu
  
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• Justice Department sues Texas over voting regulations

  04-11-2021 22:55 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN) — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced it is suing Texas and the Texas Secretary of State over the state's new voting regulations, which were signed into law in September.
  State Republicans say Senate Bill 1 is a way to secure Texas elections. It bans 24-hour polling places, increases ID requirements and implements restrictions on drive-through voting and voting by mail. Those against the law say it makes it more challenging for some Texans to vote, namely co
  
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• Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's reflects on Hall of Fame induction, Austin's music influence

  04-11-2021 22:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- For Austin native Kathy Valentine, this past Saturday was arguably one of the best nights of her life.
  That was the night she and fellow bandmates from The Go-Go's were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, alongside the likes of music figures Tina Turner, Carole King, Jay-Z and LL Cool J. This followed the group's initial nomination and subsequent announcement as inductees in May. Are the goalposts for Stage 2 COVID-19 risk-based guidelines moving?"It takes up a lot o
  
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• Gov. Abbott hosts border roundtable with Midland law enforcement

  04-11-2021 22:12 via kxan.com
  
  MIDLAND, Texas (Nexstar) — Governor Greg Abbott is in Midland to host a roundtable discussion with local law enforcement about the ongoing crisis at the southern border and its impact on local communities throughout Texas. Joining the Governor are Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw, Midland County Judge Terry Johnson, and law enforcement representatives from Upton, Midland, Ector, Tom Green, Dawson, Martin, Howard, and Andrews counties. Border Patrol agents
  
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• Gov. Abbott discusses border security, wall during roundtable with Midland law enforcement

  04-11-2021 22:12 via kxan.com
  
  MIDLAND, Texas (Nexstar) — Governor Greg Abbott was in Midland Thursday to host a roundtable discussion with local law enforcement about the southern border and its impact on local communities throughout Texas. Joining the Governor was Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw, Midland County Judge Terry Johnson, and law enforcement representatives from Upton, Midland, Ector, Tom Green, Dawson, Martin, Howard, and Andrews counties. "We are now deploying more than 7
  
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• Travis County takes 'school-based approach' to vaccinate young kids for COVID-19

  04-11-2021 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Travis County leaders, area school districts and health experts say they're taking a "school-based approach" to pediatric COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the area Thursday.
  This comes after U.S. health officials gave final approval this week to kid-size doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The county says it quickly implemented its distribution plan to reach underserved communities and areas that have been impacted the most by COVID-19, once the
  
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• Travis County leaders, school officials to announce rollout plan for child COVID-19 vaccines

  04-11-2021 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Travis County leaders, area school districts and health experts are set to announce plans for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine rollout Thursday.This comes after U.S. health officials gave final approval this week to kid-size doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids ages 5-11The county says it quickly implemented its distribution plan to reach underserved communities and areas that have been impacted th
  
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• LIVE: Travis County leaders, school officials to announce rollout plan for child COVID-19 vaccines

  04-11-2021 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Travis County leaders, area school districts and health experts are set to announce plans for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine rollout Thursday.This comes after U.S. health officials gave final approval this week to kid-size doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids ages 5-11The county says it quickly implemented its distribution plan to reach underserved communities and areas that have been impacted th
  
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• Are the goalposts for Stage 2 COVID-19 risk-based guidelines moving?

  04-11-2021 21:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin-Travis County is still in Stage 3 COVID-19 risk-based guidelines as of Thursday but, as some of you have pointed out to KXAN's ReportIt, we've been in the threshold for Stage 2 guidelines for a couple of weeks now. Why hasn't the local health authority made the shift? It's a question we at KXAN have been asking Austin Public Health (APH).While APH has said many metrics go into their decision, it's the 7-day rolling average of new hospital admissions that has been used as
  
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• 'A real crisis in our state': Texas has averaged 11 traffic deaths every day in 2021

  04-11-2021 21:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On average, more than 11 people have died each day in traffic-related accidents on Texas roadways in 2021, state transportation leaders said Thursday. Each of these deaths have contributed to the state's nearly 21-year streak of at least one traffic death per day."We have a real crisis in our state," said Bob Kaufman, chief communications officer with the Texas Department of Transportation. RELATED: Texas nears 21-year mark of daily traffic fatalitiesIn a news conference on Thur
  
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• Will Austin-Travis County move to Stage 2? Health leaders host media Q&A

  04-11-2021 21:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin-Travis County health leaders are expected to host their bi-weekly COVID-19 media Q&A Friday, Nov. 5 at 10:30 in the morning. We anticipate to hear from the Austin-Travis County health authority and several members of Austin Public Health.
  The Q&A comes a couple of weeks after the Austin-Travis County area hit the 7-day rolling average hospital admissions threshold for Stage 2 COVID-19 risk-based guidelines. Despite being in that threshold, health leaders have stil
  
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• LIVE: Austin-Travis County not moving to Stage 2 yet, health leaders explain why

  04-11-2021 21:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County health leaders are expected to host their bi-weekly COVID-19 media Q&A Friday at 10 a.m. Unlike previous weeks, APH indicated it would be specifically talking about why it is keeping the area in Stage 3 risk-based guidelines.
  We anticipate to hear from the Austin-Travis County health authority and several members of APH. A news release indicated they would be talking about community transmission rate data as it relates to why we're still in Stage 3.
  
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• Austin-Travis County not moving to Stage 2 yet, health leaders to explain why Friday

  04-11-2021 21:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin-Travis County health leaders are expected to host their bi-weekly COVID-19 media Q&A Friday, Nov. 5 at 10 in the morning. Unlike previous weeks, APH indicated they would be specifically talking about why APH is keeping the area in Stage 3 risk-based guidelines.
  We anticipate to hear from the Austin-Travis County health authority and several members of Austin Public Health. A news release indicated they would be talking about Community Transmission Rate data as it rela
  
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• Austin-Travis County not moving to Stage 2 yet, health leaders explain why

  04-11-2021 21:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County health leaders are expected to host their bi-weekly COVID-19 media Q&A Friday at 10 a.m. Unlike previous weeks, APH indicated it would be specifically talking about why it is keeping the area in Stage 3 risk-based guidelines.
  We anticipate to hear from the Austin-Travis County health authority and several members of APH. A news release indicated they would be talking about community transmission rate data as it relates to why we're still in Stage 3.
  
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• Clouds begin to break with coldest nights of the season coming

  04-11-2021 21:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —We'll be dry the rest of the day, but it will stay chilly and mainly cloudy. Some sun is starting to break through the clouds, starting northeast and spreading southwest. In northeastern areas you may manage enough sun to put you into the low 60s. Interactive rainfall totalsTemperatures tonight will be among the coolest we've had in months. Depending on cloud cover some of us could start in the 30s. More clouds would mean a milder start meaning 40s.Tonight's lowsMore sun fin
  
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• Pflugerville charter now prohibits LGBTQ discrimination, moves to gender neutral wording

  04-11-2021 20:52 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Voters in Pflugerville approved changes this week aimed at making the language in the city charter more inclusive.City leaders placed 13 charter amendments on the ballot Tuesday. Those proposals included Proposition D, which would ban discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as Proposition E, which would change the charter language to include gender-neutral wording. Both measures passed, one by an overwhelming margin.
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• Austin FC end inaugural season playing on different pitch than they started with

  04-11-2021 20:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — You might not know it when you watch Austin FC play, but the grass they're playing on isn't the grass they started with.Not long after Austin FC played their first home game on June 19 at Q2 stadium, Senior Director of Grounds Weston Appelfeller was noticing problems with the pitch. Austin FC wraps up first season at Q2 Stadium with resounding win over Sporting KC"When the players would come out, they'd plant their foot, we'd have some give to it. We'd have some bigger divo
  
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• APD: Man tried to bribe officer $600 to let him go following bar fight

  04-11-2021 20:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After running from Austin police following a fight inside an east Austin bar Nov. 1, a man tried to pay one of the officers to not arrest him, an affidavit says.APD said Joe Angel Hernandez, 19, was with a group of people who had just been kicked out of a bar on East 6th Street called "Pour Choices" after a fight with another group. One of the people in Hernandez's group was seen "carrying an open knife," the affidavit said, and the group was outside the bar appearing to be
  
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• Police search for suspect accused of touching child who was walking to school in northwest Austin

  04-11-2021 19:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating a man who is accused of exposing himself to a child on Nov. 3.
  The incident happened between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. near Live Oak Elementary School, APD said. The child was walking to school in the 12600 block of Turtle Rock Road when a man called them over.
  The suspect then "forcibly took the child" to a nearby area and touched the child in a sexual manner, APD said.
  The man took off after other students
  
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• Austin-Travis County publishes 100+ recommendations to prevent another winter storm fallout

  04-11-2021 19:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County officials released its "after-action" report outlining what went wrong during February's winter storms, as well as more than 100 recommendations for improving its emergency planning and response system for future events.
  The report is based on dozens of meetings with nearly 200 stakeholders involved in the storm response, as well as document review. It covers six areas — leadership and coordination, food, water, shelter, health and medical, and tr
  
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• Woman accused of shooting, killing neighbor over 'Bouncy House' theft turns herself in

  04-11-2021 18:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police on Friday said a woman who is accused of shooting and killing a neighbor over the alleged theft of a "Bouncy House" in east Austin has turned herself in.The Austin Police Department said the shooting happened Monday in the 8400 block of Garcreek Circle just after 8 a.m.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Police investigating man’s death as city’s 77th homicide of the yearWhen officers arrived, they found James Traylor, 52, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken
  
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• APD searches for woman accused of shooting, killing neighbor over 'Bouncy House' theft

  04-11-2021 18:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police said they're searching for a 30-year-old woman accused of shooting and killing a neighbor over the alleged theft of a "Bouncy House" on Nov. 1 in east Austin.
  The Austin Police Department said the shooting happened in the 8400 block of Garcreek Circle just after 8 a.m.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Police investigating man’s death as city’s 77th homicide of the yearWhen officers arrived, they found James Traylor, 52, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken
  
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• Texas Monthly's Daniel Vaughn Dishes On Austin's Best BBQ From Coveted Top 50 List

  04-11-2021 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  Christmas came early for Steph! Her friend Daniel Vaughn of Texas Monthly joined Steph and Rosie to talk about the Top 50 list and enjoy one of the local top spots Brotherton's Black Iron Barbecue in Pflugerville.Once every four years, Texas Monthly’s BBQ editor Daniel Vaughn travels across the state, along with 35 fellow taste testers, to determine the Top 50 BBQ List.This year, they visited more than 400 barbecue joints, and Austin once again proves to be a frontrunner, with 11 spots in
  
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• Texas lawmakers tried to halt online abortion pill sales. Providers say they won’t stop.

  04-11-2021 17:45 via kxan.com
  
  Investigative Summary:After Texas lawmakers passed the country’s most restrictive abortion law, more people began turning to online pharmacies for access to medication abortion. State leaders then passed more legislation attempting to stop pills from being sent through the mail, but the law may do little to halt organizations operating outside the state and the country.AUSTIN (KXAN) – Hours after Texas’s most restrictive abortion bill became law, activist Jessica Craven posted
  
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• Austin city leaders looking to fund fix for 'high-crash' intersection

  04-11-2021 16:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — City leaders are looking to fund a fix for a "high-crash" intersection in south Austin.
  The Austin City Council on Thursday is set to consider putting $4 million into improvements at South Congress Avenue and Stassney Lane.The funding would come from the 2018 Mobility Bond, and the project would require coordination between the Austin Transportation Department (ATD) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) which oversees that portion of S. Congress.
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• Texas DPS to give update on operations at the border

  04-11-2021 15:56 via kxan.com
  
  WESLACO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be having a press conference Thursday morning to give an update on operations on the border as part of Operation Lone Star.This will be the sixth weekly briefing held by the department. Texas DPS gives briefing on ongoing operations at the border
  At last week's briefing, the department gave updates on the latest number of migrants and drugs that have been seized since the start of Operation Lone Star in March
  
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• LIVE: Texas DPS to give update on operations at the border

  04-11-2021 15:56 via kxan.com
  
  WESLACO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be having a press conference Thursday morning to give an update on operations on the border as part of Operation Lone Star.This will be the sixth weekly briefing held by the department.Texas DPS gives briefing on ongoing operations at the borderAt last week's briefing, the department gave updates on the latest number of migrants and drugs that have been seized since the start of Operation Lone Star in March.A
  
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• LIVE: APD on scene in north Austin investigating homicide

  04-11-2021 15:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department says officers are investigating a homicide Thursday in north Austin.APD said via Twitter it originally was a "suspicious death" call and sent officers to the 600 block of W. St. Johns Ave. to check the area. It's close to the intersection with Guadalupe Street and east of North Lamar Boulevard.APD is in north Austin on Thursday investigating a homicide on St. Johns Ave. (KXAN photo/Todd Bynum)APD is in north Austin on Thursday investigating a ho
  
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• Austin's 78th homicide at north Austin apartment complex, no suspect in custody

  04-11-2021 15:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department says officers are investigating a homicide Thursday in north Austin.APD responded to a call at 7:27 a.m. of a man lying in a stairwell at the St. Johns West apartment complex at 601 W. St. Johns Ave. APD said the caller thought the man was "beyond help." The man, who APD described as a "Middle Eastern man in his mid-30s," was pronounced dead at the scene. APD said the man had "obvious signs of trauma incompatible with life" when officers found h
  
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• APD on scene in north Austin investigating homicide

  04-11-2021 15:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department says officers are investigating a homicide Thursday in north Austin.APD said via Twitter it originally was a "suspicious death" call and sent officers to the 600 block of W. St. Johns Ave. to check the area. It's close to the intersection with Guadalupe Street and east of North Lamar Boulevard.Austin-Travis County EMS said it received a 911 call about the incident at 7:27 a.m., and a person was pronounced dead nine minutes later at 7:36 a.m.KXAN
  
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• APD on scene at 'suspicious death' in north Austin

  04-11-2021 15:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is investigating a "suspicious death" Thursday in north Austin.APD said via Twitter it has officers going to the 600 block of W. St. Johns Ave. to check the area. It's close to the intersection with Guadalupe Street and east of North Lamar Boulevard.KXAN has a crew headed to the scene and will update this story once more information becomes available. APD said an officer will hold a media briefing, but the time has yet to be determined.
  
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• Austin rings in National Adoption Month with 20 children finding their forever homes

  04-11-2021 15:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With November marking National Adoption Month, 12 families will celebrate the next chapter of their lives and the finalization of their adoption efforts.Nearly 4,600 children were adopted statewide during fiscal year 2020-2021, with 191 of them in Travis County. Currently, there are 2,902 children awaiting reunion with their permanent families and adoption homes, per a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services release.“Family isn’t always about blood, a
  
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• 'A new life': Austin rings in National Adoption Month with 20 children finding forever homes

  04-11-2021 15:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For Ava Smith, officially becoming her children's adoptive mother marks a "final prayer" answered after a yearslong journey.“We have finally come to a closure of an old life beginning a new life," Smith said. "And a new beginning is always exciting. And that’s what these kids have waited for.”With November marking National Adoption Month, 12 families will celebrate the next chapter of their lives and the finalization of their adoption efforts.Nearly 4,600
  
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• 'A new life': Austin rings in National Adoption Month as pandemic impacts adoption levels

  04-11-2021 15:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For Ava Smith, officially becoming her children's adoptive mother marks a "final prayer" answered after a years-long journey.“We have finally come to a closure of an old life, beginning a new life," Smith said. "And a new beginning is always exciting. And that’s what these kids have waited for.”With November marking National Adoption Month, 12 families will celebrate the next chapter of their lives and the finalization of their adoption efforts.Nearly 4,60
  
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• 'Our fight, our future': Greg Casar will run for newly-drawn Congressional district

  04-11-2021 15:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council Member Greg Casar made it official Thursday — he's running for Congress.Casar made the announcement via Twitter with a video post.A better world is possible, if we fight for it. Organize for it.That’s why I’m running for Congress. To stop the attacks on working Texans. To win Medicare For All, good jobs, affordable housing, & a strong democracy. Join our movement & chip in 👉🏽 https://t.co/9atA4DVwqJ #TX35 pic.twi
  
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• Thursday vote could allow Austin Pets Alive! to take in animals from outside Central Texas

  04-11-2021 13:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the last decade, Austin Pets Alive! has called the old Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) in downtown Austin home. During this time, the nonprofit has worked in aiding the city with its efforts of implementing and maintaining its "no kill" status.
  However, for the last several months, the nonprofit has been working with the city under a short-term agreement. This has allowed APA! to continue occupying TLAC. The agreement is set to expire on Nov. 23, and if they cannot reach
  
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• City Council passes resolution that allows Austin Pets Alive! to take in animals from outside Central Texas

  04-11-2021 13:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the last decade, Austin Pets Alive! has called the old Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) in downtown Austin home. During this time, the nonprofit has worked in aiding the city with its efforts of implementing and maintaining its "no kill" status.
  However, for the last several months, the nonprofit has been working with the city under a short-term agreement. This has allowed APA! to continue occupying TLAC. The agreement is set to expire on Nov. 23, and if they cannot reach
  
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• Which Austin services could benefit from federal coronavirus relief funds

  04-11-2021 12:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some City of Austin services could get a funding boost after the Texas Legislature passed a bill during the third special session that divvies up federal coronavirus relief funds.
  Senate Bill 8 directs the $13.3 billion that Texas got as part of the American Rescue Plan Act to different state agencies. Those funds could eventually funnel down to impact Austin, the city's intergovernmental relations officer explains in a Monday memo.
  While the governor hasn't signed off on t
  
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• Robot moves into Austin assisted living center, serves residents meals amid worker shortage

  04-11-2021 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are dealing with a staffing crisis.There just aren't enough people who want to work in those facilities, so how are the centers filling those positions? With robots.Longhorn Village, an assisted living facility in Steiner Ranch, is doing just that."Total amazement," said one of the residents. "I didn't have any forewarning that such a creature was going to be inhabiting our halls."It's not every day you have a robot as a ser
  
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• Rain slowly clears but the chill continues

  04-11-2021 11:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —After Wednesday's soaking rainfall, our skies will slowly dry Thursday but the chilly weather sticks around just a bit longer. Interactive rainfall totalsMost of us will not get out of the 50s Thursday afternoon, falling short of early November normals by ~20 degrees. A few pockets of light rain are possible through sunrise but drier, cloudy skies can be expected for the majority of the day.The sun finally comes back out on Friday ahead of a warmer weekend. This weekend's we
  
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• Chilly and mostly cloudy today before one of the coldest nights in months

  04-11-2021 11:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —We'll be dry the rest of the day, but it will stay chilly and mainly cloudy. Some sun may try to break through the clouds, starting northeast and spreading southwest. In northeastern areas you may manage enough sun to put you into the low 60s. Interactive rainfall totalsMost of us will not get out of the 50s Thursday afternoon, falling short of early November normals by ~20 degrees.
  More sun finally comes back out on Friday ahead of a warmer weekend. This weekend's weather w
  
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• Austin FC wraps up first season at Q2 Stadium with resounding win over Sporting KC

  04-11-2021 05:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In its final home match of the season, Austin FC ended its inaugural season at Q2 Stadium in dominant fashion, downing Sporting Kansas City, 3-1.The win was Austin's first against Kansas City this year to improve its record against SKC to 1-1-1.Austin scored in the first 30 seconds of the game on a great sequence that started with a Zan Kolmanic pass to Diego Fagundez, who crossed it to Jared Stroud who headed it to Sebastian Driussi who had the easy finish on the near post for
  
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• Austin FC wraps up first season at Q2 Stadium with resounding win over SKC

  04-11-2021 05:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In its final home match of the season, Austin FC ended its inaugural season at Q2 Stadium in dominant fashion, downing Sporting Kansas City, 3-1.The win was Austin's first against Kansas City this year to improve its record against SKC to 1-1-1.Austin scored in the first 30 seconds of the game on a great sequence that started with a Zan Kolmanic pass to Diego Fagundez, who crossed it to Jared Stroud who headed it to Sebastian Driussi who had the easy finish on the near post for
  
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• Weiss aims at undefeated district season against Georgetown — watch Thursday on KBVO

  04-11-2021 05:00 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Weiss High School can close out its district championship season with a bow Thursday night at The Pfield against Georgetown. While Georgetown needs a win to seal its spot in the UIL state playoffs.You can watch Weiss take on Georgetown live on KBVO and KXAN.com. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Thursday. Texas high school football on KXANThe Wolves haven't looked back from a season-opening loss at Harker Heights, winning eight straight games. Weiss (8-1, 6-0) clinched
  
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• Weiss aims at undefeated district season against Georgetown

  04-11-2021 05:00 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Weiss High School can close out its district championship season with a bow Thursday night at The Pfield against Georgetown.Georgetown needs a win to seal its spot in the UIL state playoffs.You can watch Weiss take on Georgetown live on KBVO and KXAN.com. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Thursday. Texas high school football on KXANThe Wolves haven't looked back from a season-opening loss at Harker Heights, winning eight straight games. Weiss (8-1, 6-0) clinched the Di
  
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• LIVE: Weiss aims at undefeated district season against Georgetown

  04-11-2021 05:00 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Weiss High School can close out its district championship season with a bow Thursday night at The Pfield against Georgetown.Georgetown needs a win to seal its spot in the UIL state playoffs.You can watch Weiss take on Georgetown live on KBVO and KXAN.com. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Thursday. Texas high school football on KXANThe Wolves haven't looked back from a season-opening loss at Harker Heights, winning eight straight games. Weiss (8-1, 6-0) clinched the Di
  
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• Austin Pets Alive! land use agreement among council agenda items this week

  04-11-2021 03:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here's what we'll be watching for at Thursday's Austin City Council meeting.
  Austin Pets Alive! no-kill agreementCity council plans to vote on terms that will allow Austin Pets Alive! to continue housing animals at the city-owned Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC).APA! takes in animals the city can't due to space constraints. The city manager is being asked to negotiate new animal intake requirements with the organization based on a specific percentage of how many animals the c
  
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• Austin FC salutes fans, looks ahead to 'really important' offseason as inaugural MLS season comes to an end

  04-11-2021 03:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s no secret that Austin knows a thing or two about hosting professional soccer matches.Results haven’t always gone Austin FC’s way during the club’s first ever MLS season – but as that season draws to a close with the team playing its last home game at Q2 Stadium, there have been plenty of positives.It starts with the team’s vibrant fanbase and the electric atmosphere they’ve forged at their new home, Austin FC president Andy Lou
  
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• Coldest temperatures since April as damp conditions continue

  04-11-2021 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —Temperatures have been steadily dropping since the cold front passage around sunrise this morning as periods of rain continue.Steady, persistent rainfall has totaled 1-2" across much of Central Texas -- a beneficial soaking that is replenishing flow in area creeks. Austin-Bergstrom Airport tallied a daily rainfall record of 1.95" as of late Wednesday evening. Interactive rainfall totals Live radarAs the cold front progresses southeast of our area overnight, the main focus fo
  
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