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• New changes are coming to the Austin Public Health COVID-19 dashboard

  03-03-2022 23:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Public Health announced changes to its COVID-19 dashboard to align with the state's data collection, the department announced Thursday.
  APH said the changes would include the cumulative number of lab-reported PCR positive and lab-reported antigen cases and deaths in accordance with the Texas Department of State Health Services. Austin moves to Stage 3 COVID-19 risk level, updating guidance following CDC changes
  "This comes as part of our continued effort to get a mor
  
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• Gov. Abbott presents Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to two Texas military families

  03-03-2022 23:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott presented the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to two military families Wednesday.
  The families of U.S. Army Private Marcelino Serna and U.S. Court Guard Seaman Apprentice William Ray Flores accepted the awards on their behalves at the Governor's Mansion.
  Private Serna is being recognized for his efforts during World War 1, while Seaman Flores is being honored for his heroism during the sinking of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn in 1980.
  Abbott said
  
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• Austin OKs $41 million in Project Connect anti-displacement efforts

  03-03-2022 22:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council voted on consent Thursday to approve $41 million in anti-displacement funds to be used as the city gears up for Project Connect, an approved $7.1 billion transit system designed to expand and elevate the city's current mass transit network.Voters approved Project Connect in the November 2020 elections, with $300 million of the project's overall cost allocated to anti-displacement initiatives. According to the city's Project Connect anti-displacement effo
  
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• SXSW: NFTs expected to take center stage

  03-03-2022 22:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — In one week, thousands of people will descend on downtown Austin for South by Southwest, featuring the first in-person festival events since 2019.NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are expected to take center stage. An NFT is a digital asset -- such as an art piece, tweet or GIF -- bought using cryptocurrency.
  Proof of ownership for these items is embedded as digital data, called blockchain. Austin Business Journal reporter Brent Wistrom said SX
  
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• SXSW: Buckle your digital assets up for an NFT and Web3 takeover

  03-03-2022 22:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — In one week, thousands of people will descend on downtown Austin for South by Southwest, featuring the first in-person festival events since 2019.NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are expected to take center stage. An NFT is a digital asset -- such as an art piece, tweet or GIF -- bought using cryptocurrency.
  Proof of ownership for these items is embedded as digital data, called blockchain. Austin Business Journal reporter Brent Wistrom said SX
  
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• 23-year-old man arrested in connection to deadly December shooting

  03-03-2022 21:59 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY (KXAN) — A man has been arrested in connection to a homicide that happened in Taylor in early December 2021, authorities said Thursday.
  The Travis County Sheriff's Office said John Paul Rangel, 23, was arrested in Williamson County and charged with the murder of Joseph Neal, 36. According to TCSO, Neal was found dead on Dec. 8 at an apartment complex in the 1800 block of Cheddar Loop in north Travis County. Previous coverage: 2 unrelated homicides in 2 days: Travis County
  
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• Here's what UT foreign security experts are watching as Russia attacks Ukraine

  03-03-2022 21:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin hosted a panel of foreign security experts to discuss the war in Ukraine this week.
  The panel was hosted by the Asia Policy Program, the Clements Center for National Security, Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Intelligence Studies Project, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.At the end of the discussion, the moderator asked each panelist to talk about one thing they'll
  
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• Teacher accused of inappropriately touching students worked at Hays, AISD, other districts

  03-03-2022 21:28 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Board members of the Hays Consolidated Independent School District have called a special meeting for Tuesday, March 8 to begin the "termination process" for Andrew Hanson Palmore.
  The meeting is set to begin at 9:00 a.m. and there will be an opportunity for neighbors to speak, according to the agenda.
  Kyle Police arrested Palmore Tuesday after they say he was accused of inappropriately touching at least two students."The recommendation supports the Board & Superi
  
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• NEW: Teacher accused of inappropriately touching students worked at Hays, AISD, other districts

  03-03-2022 21:28 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Board members of the Hays Consolidated Independent School District have called a special meeting for Tuesday, March 8 to begin the "termination process" for Andrew Hanson Palmore.
  The meeting is set to begin at 9:00 a.m. and there will be an opportunity for neighbors to speak, according to the agenda.
  Kyle Police arrested Palmore Tuesday after they say he was accused of inappropriately touching at least two students."The recommendation supports the Board & Superi
  
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• Board members to discuss firing Hays CISD teacher accused of inappropriately touching 2 students

  03-03-2022 21:28 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Board members of the Hays Consolidated Independent School District have called a special meeting for Tuesday, March 8 to discuss the firing of Andrew Hanson Palmore.
  The meeting is set to begin at 9:00 a.m. and there will be an opportunity for neighbors to speak.
  Kyle Police arrested Palmore Tuesday after they say he was accused of inappropriately touching at least two students."The recommendation supports the Board & Superintendent’s goal of ensuring that
  
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• AG Ken Paxton files appeal after Travis Co. judge blocks DFPS investigation into family of trans teen

  03-03-2022 21:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just after a Travis County District Court judge temporarily blocked the state of Texas from investigating a transgender teenager's family, the Attorney General has filed an appeal.
  On Wednesday, Judge Amy Clark Meachum granted a temporary restraining order to block the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating the parents of a transgender teen. Gov. Greg Abbott had issued a directive on Feb. 22 for DFPS to pursue child abuse investigations
  
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• UT expert: Russia is violating international law, so now what?

  03-03-2022 20:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's a question that has been met with widespread, overwhelming agreement. Is Russia's invasion of Ukraine lawful?"If this was my classroom, I would wait for someone to put their hand up," an intelligence and law expert at the University of Texas at Austin said during a panel on that war this week. "I know that you would all say 'no.'"Bobby Chesney is the dean for academic affairs at the University of Texas School of Law and the director of the Robert Strauss Center for Int
  
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• UT expert: Russia is violating international law, now what?

  03-03-2022 20:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's a question that has been met with widespread, overwhelming agreement. Is Russia's invasion of Ukraine lawful?"If this was my classroom, I would wait for someone to put their hand up," an intelligence and law expert at the University of Texas at Austin said during a panel on that war this week. "I know that you would all say 'no.'"Bobby Chesney is the dean for academic affairs at the University of Texas School of Law and the director of the Robert Strauss Center for Int
  
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• Punishing bars that repeatedly have violent incidents part of new 6th Street resolutions

  03-03-2022 20:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council approved another resolution Thursday in an effort to make Sixth Street in Austin's entertainment district safer.Council member Kathie Tovo sponsored the resolution that directs City Manager Spencer Cronk and other city staff to:Provide Council with options for taking legal action against establishments with records of repeated violent incidentsWork with Sixth Street bar owners to encourage written safety plansInitiate a comprehensive lighting survey
  
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• Travis County explains why its website crashed during Texas primary elections

  03-03-2022 19:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Elections officials in Travis County explained Thursday why its website was briefly down during the Texas primary elections Tuesday.The clerk's office said in a press release that new requirements from Senate Bill 1, an elections overhaul bill, led to an influx of traffic to the site and caused its server to shut down and the site wasn't operational for about 40 minutes.For in-depth coverage of the races and election news, head to KXAN's election coverage pageSB1 requires v
  
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• Would you clone a pet? Austin woman shares journey on TikTok

  03-03-2022 19:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When Austin resident Kelly Anderson prematurely lost her five-year-old cat, Chai, in 2017, she said she felt as if she lost her soulmate.Five years later, she now has a six-month-old cat named Belle, cloned from Chai's genetic DNA. As cloning technologies advance and questions around it emerge, it's a journey she chronicles online for her nearly 15 thousand TikTok followers and approximately 65,000 Instagram followers.Austin resident Kelly Anderson's five-year-old cat, Chai
  
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• Harris County reports final election results after drama between state, parties

  03-03-2022 18:58 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (Nexstar) — After delays and intervention from county parties to impound election records, the Harris County Elections Division released its final primary election results early Thursday morning.The state's largest county took the longest time to release its election results from Tuesday's primary. About two hours before the 7 p.m. deadline for results to be reported, the Harris County GOP filed a petition to impound the county's election records, temporarily stopping the vote coun
  
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• Bastrop animal shelter in 'crisis of cuteness' with over 100 puppies

  03-03-2022 18:44 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Are you looking to be a parent for a new fur-baby?Bastrop County Animal Shelter is looking for new homes for over 100 puppies and small breed dogs. They say its high puppy population is because of an influx of new litters.The shelter said that over 80 animals came from a home whose owner died in February."Bastrop County Animal Shelter is facing a crisis of cuteness," said a spokesperson from the shelter. "We are desperately seeking adopters as there are many
  
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• 80 animals from 1 home drive need for puppy adoptions in Bastrop shelter

  03-03-2022 18:44 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Are you looking to be a parent for a new fur-baby? Bastrop County Animal shelter said since it put out a call after seeing an unusually large increase of puppies, people have been visiting and exploring adoption.
  Bastrop County Animal Shelter said Thursday it is looking for new homes for over 100 puppies and small breed dogs. They say its high puppy population is because of an influx of new litters. It's working to adopt out as many animals as it can because
  
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• 80 animals from 1 home drive need for puppy adoptions

  03-03-2022 18:44 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Are you looking to be a parent for a new fur-baby?Bastrop County Animal Shelter is looking for new homes for over 100 puppies and small breed dogs. They say its high puppy population is because of an influx of new litters.The shelter said that over 80 animals came from a home whose owner died in February."Bastrop County Animal Shelter is facing a crisis of cuteness," said a spokesperson from the shelter. "We are desperately seeking adopters as there are many
  
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• Plea deal expected Thursday in University of Texas theft and fraud case

  03-03-2022 17:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --Jason Shoumaker, a former University of Texas at Austin law school facilities director indicted on three felony counts for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the university, is scheduled to reach a plea deal Thursday in Travis County District Court.
  Shoumaker, 43, was indicted in December 2018 on first degree felony charges of theft of property exceeding $300,000, money laundering exceeding $300,000 and abuse of official capacity exceeding $300,000, accordin
  
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• Plea deal expected Friday in University of Texas theft and fraud case

  03-03-2022 17:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --Jason Shoumaker, a former University of Texas at Austin law school facilities director indicted on three felony counts for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the university, is scheduled to reach a plea deal Friday in Travis County District Court.
  Shoumaker, 43, was indicted in December 2018 on first degree felony charges of theft of property exceeding $300,000, money laundering exceeding $300,000 and abuse of official capacity exceeding $300,000, according
  
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• ATCEMS: Person had 'medical situation,' found on southeast Austin road

  03-03-2022 17:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS said a person was taken to the hospital after they were found "lying in the road" in southeast Austin on Thursday.ATCEMS first tweeted about the call at 9:03 a.m. and said the person was in the road near Cheviot Lane on the State Highway 71 westbound service road. Originally, medics thought the person was part of a motorcycle crash, but later said it was due to a "medical situation."Dispatchers gave instructions to perform CPR over the phone until m
  
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• Data shows surge in Central Texas teacher, school staff resignations

  03-03-2022 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Data from the Austin Independent School District shows a surge in resignations from teachers and support staff, including bus operators and food service workers.
  This after more than two years of challenges ranging from the pandemic to a flurry of new laws and proposed legislation impacting classrooms across the state.In December, Bronwyn Merritt resigned from her position as a fifth-grade math teacher in Austin after more than a decade as an educator.“Education has n
  
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• Austin's major roads are under construction; here's what's next

  03-03-2022 16:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Traffic on Austin's streets is getting busier every day, especially along Austin's major corridors. Those corridors include roads you likely drive on every week: Slaughter Lane, Congress Avenue, North and South Lamar Boulevards and Riverside Drive.
  The City of Austin has been working to improve these corridors by adding pedestrian crossings, new bike lanes and various other features.
  There are more improvements on the way and plenty of others that wrapped up last year. Aman
  
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• Kyle Fire Department working to keep up as city continues to grow

  03-03-2022 16:43 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Kyle, like many cities around Austin, is growing immensely — but with growth comes growing pains.As more people move to town, the fire department is working to keep up.In January, the Kyle Fire Department called on neighboring departments to help them fight a downtown fire."We had six departments at that fire, including Austin," said Kyle Fire Chief Kyle Taylor.Currently, the department has 36 firefighters at three stations."We are up to 500 calls a month and whe
  
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• Protest injury settlement, boil water credit up for Austin City Council vote

  03-03-2022 15:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here's what we're watching at the Austin City Council meeting Thursday.
  Approve settlement of personal injury claim by Brad Levi Ayala
  The council could approve the settlement of a personal injury claim by Brad Levi Ayala and direct the City Manager to return to Council with the necessary resolution and ordinance to finance the settlement. An amount wasn't disclosed in city council paperwork.Ayala was shot in the head with a "less lethal" bean bag round during the racial in
  
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• Austin City Council approves protest injury settlement; 6th Street safety up for vote

  03-03-2022 15:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here's what we're watching at the Austin City Council meeting Thursday.
  Settlement of personal injury claim by Brad Levi Ayala - APPROVEDThe council approved the settlement of a personal injury claim by Brad Levi Ayala and direct the City Manager to return to Council with the necessary resolution and ordinance to finance the settlement. An amount wasn't disclosed in city council paperwork.Ayala was shot in the head with a "less lethal" bean bag round during the racial injus
  
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• Austin City Council considering money for rebates or improvements after boil water notice

  03-03-2022 14:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thursday, the Austin City Council will discuss a resolution that would direct the Austin City Manager to look into two responses to February's citywide boil water notice. A potential one-time rebate of $10 to all Austin Water customers or nearly $4 million in improvements.One Austin Water customer said he just wants city leaders to figure out how to keep this issue from happening again.Former Austin Water director explains mistake leading to boil water noticeLarry Abraham s
  
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• Wrong-way driver wrecks on SH 130 near COTA

  03-03-2022 13:49 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) — A driver going the wrong way on State Highway 130 in southeast Travis County crashed and closed the road briefly early Thursday morning.The Travis County Sheriff's Office said the driver was going south on the northbound side of the highway just before 4 a.m. near Elroy Road, close to the Circuit of the Americas race track. Deputies then pursued the vehicle and about 15 minutes later the driver wrecked, TCSO said.A viewer sent us the above video they recorded of the
  
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• Warm and humid leading up to next cold front

  03-03-2022 12:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A steady increase in temps, humidity and rain chances is expected late week into the weekend.Today will look and feel similar to what we had yesterday, the difference being a few more clouds and temps a few degrees warmer. Expect a partly sunny sky (high clouds) overhead with afternoon temps soaring well into the upper 70s.More clouds will fill in Friday, limiting sunshine but not the warm-up. Afternoon highs will once again reach the upper 70s, followed by low 80s over the
  
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• More clouds, more warmth and eventually a little more rain on the way

  03-03-2022 12:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A steady increase in temps, humidity and rain chances is expected late week into the weekend.Today will look and feel similar to what we had yesterday, the difference being some scattered afternoon clouds and temps a few degrees warmer. Expect more sun than clouds (high clouds) overhead with afternoon temps soaring well into the upper 70s.More clouds will fill in Friday, limiting sunshine but not the warm-up. Afternoon highs will once again reach the 70s, followed by highs
  
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• Teen killed in shooting across street from LBJ high school

  03-03-2022 11:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Police say a juvenile male died inside a home Wednesday night across the street from LBJ High School in east Austin.
  They consider his death suspicious, but possibly accidental. Someone called 911 to report a shooting on Lazy Creek Drive around 10:30 p.m.They found a boy inside and said he died just before 11 p.m.Police did not say exactly how old the boy was.
  
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• LBJ student killed in shooting across street from school Wednesday

  03-03-2022 11:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Police say a boy died inside a home Wednesday night across the street from LBJ High School in east Austin.
  LBJ principal Dr. Joseph Welch sent a letter to LBJ families that confirmed the boy was a student at the school.APD considers his death suspicious, but possibly accidental. Someone called 911 to report a shooting on Lazy Creek Drive around 10:30 p.m.They found a boy inside and said he died just before 11 p.m.This is a developing story and we will update it as more in
  
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• LBJ student killed in shooting across street from school identified by police

  03-03-2022 11:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police said a boy died inside a home Wednesday night across the street from LBJ High School in east Austin.
  LBJ principal Dr. Joseph Welch sent a letter to families and confirmed the boy was a student at the school, and AISD confirmed with KXAN he was a freshman.
  On Friday, Austin Police identified him as Breyjon Martin, 15.
  APD considers Martin's death possibly accidental and suspicious. Someone called 911 to report a shooting on Lazy Creek Drive around 10:30 p.m.Ac
  
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• Juvenile killed in shooting across street from high school

  03-03-2022 11:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Police say a juvenile male died inside a home Wednesday night across the street from LBJ High School in east Austin.
  They consider his death suspicious, but possibly accidental. Someone called 911 to report a shooting on Lazy Creek Drive around 10:30 p.m.They found a boy inside and said he died just before 11 p.m.Police did not say exactly how old the boy was.
  
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• MAP: Where did Greg Casar perform best in the District 35 Democratic primary?

  03-03-2022 04:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Austin City Council member Greg Casar coasted to victory in the Democratic primary for Texas Congressional District 35 Tuesday night, winning more than 60% of the vote.KXAN projected Casar the winner just before 10 p.m. Tuesday.The seat created a highly-contested race for Texas Democrats, after incumbent Rep. Lloyd Doggett chose to run in newly-drawn District 37. District 35 covers east and southeast Travis County and snakes down along Interstate 35 through Hays and
  
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• UT women win 7th straight in final regular season road game

  03-03-2022 04:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — UT women's head coach Vic Schaefer spent his birthday watching his Longhorns outscore Kansas 25-17 on their way to a 70-60 win in Lawrence.Senior Joanne Allen-Tayor led the 9th ranked Longhorns with a season high 20 points including a tough layup in traffic to give Texas a 59-54 lead with 2:54 in the game.Texas has won seven in a row and they extract a little revenge after losing an overtime game to Kansas at home in January.Lauren Ebo scored 12 points and grabbed seven reb
  
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• 24 hours of giving: 10th annual Amplify Austin Day

  03-03-2022 04:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 10th annual Amplify Austin Day has officially begun, and their goal is to reach 50,000 donors in one day.Amplify Austin is a communitywide day of giving starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ending the next day at 6 p.m. You can make a gift of any value of $5 or more at AmplifyATX.org.The event has raised a collective $82 million benefiting Central Texas nonprofits since being founded in 2013. The event is organized by I Live Here I Give Here (ILHIGH) and brings together nea
  
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• Austin Police sets goal for 30% women in its police force by 2030

  03-03-2022 04:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police Department Chief Joseph Chacon signed a pledge Wednesday, setting a goal to have women as 30% of sworn APD officers by the year 2030.APD joined the 30x30 initiative, which is a coalition of police leaders, researchers and professional organizations working to boost representation in police forces across the country. APD said women comprise about 11% of the current force.A group of officers flanked Chacon at the Ann Richard School for Young Women Leaders for th
  
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• 1 taken to hospital after being hit by bus in south Austin

  03-03-2022 03:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A person was taken to the hospital Wednesday night after being hit by a bus in south Austin.
  The crash occurred in the 3800 block of South Congress. That's near West Ben White Boulevard. Austin-Travis County EMS said crews responded to the scene just before 7:45 p.m.The adult patient was reported to be unconscious after the crash, and they were unconscious when they were taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries, according to ATCEMS.
  The agency said t
  
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• Hays County: CDC data doesn't accurately reflect COVID in its community, situation improving

  03-03-2022 02:28 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — As COVID-19 cases drop across the country, we're still tracking numbers in Central Texas.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both Travis and Williamson counties are considered low-risk areas. However, the CDC said Hays County is still at high risk for COVID-19 transmission, due to hospitalizations and COVID cases.To find out why KXAN went digging for answers. A Hays County spokesperson told KXAN the CDC doesn't have the complete picture.
  
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• U.S. Rep. Van Taylor ends reelection campaign after he admits to affair

  03-03-2022 01:11 via kxan.com
  
  PLANO, Texas (Texas Tribune) — U.S. Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, has decided to end his reelection campaign after he was forced into a primary runoff amid 11th-hour allegations of infidelity.Taylor made the stunning announcement Wednesday, hours after he finished his five-way primary with 49% of the vote, just missing the cutoff for winning the primary outright. The runner-up was former Collin County Judge Keith Self, who is now likely to become the next congressman for the 3rd District.
  
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• Stanford University soccer star found dead on campus

  03-03-2022 00:49 via kxan.com
  
  PALO ALTO, Calif. (KRON) -- A young woman who led Stanford University's soccer team to a national championship was found dead on campus Tuesday.
  Katie Meyer, 22, was a star goalkeeper and team captain of the Stanford Women's Soccer Team."It is with great sadness that we report that Katie Meyer, a senior majoring in International Relations and minoring in History, a Resident Assistant, and a team captain ... has passed away," Susie Brubaker-Cole, vice provost for student affairs, wrote in a messa
  
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• Manslaughter warrant issued for minor involved in deadly Hutto teen shooting

  03-03-2022 00:33 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — A warrant has been issued for a girl involved in the December 2021 shooting of a friend in Hutto, police confirmed to KXAN Wednesday.
  Hutto Interim Police Chief Jim Stuart announced warrants related to the death of 15-year-old Faith Monreal, who died in February after months of being on life support following the shooting. According to police, Monreal was at a friend's house on Dec. 12 for a sleepover when she was shot in the head.Previous coverage: ‘We need jus
  
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• Alternative to I-35: San Marcos traffic may see relief with new FM 110 project

  03-03-2022 00:27 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS (KXAN) — A new project in San Marcos will provide drivers with an alternative route to the often-congested Interstate 35.
  The Texas Department of Transportation said it broke ground on the FM 110 North Project Tuesday. When complete, the project will create an east-side loop which can be utilized as an alternative to I-35. Hays CISD teacher arrested, accused of inappropriately touching two students
  The $36.5 million project includes a section of new roadway from SH 80 to I-35 wi
  
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