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• Austin nonprofit receives $6 million toward affordable housing

  24-06-2022 23:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin nonprofit was awarded $6 million to expand affordable housing as the cost of living continues to rise in the city.
  The $6 million, awarded from the Capital Magnet Fund administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), will help Foundation Communities reach the $30 million it needs to build or complete eight new affordable apartment communities all over Austin, according to a press release. New resea
  
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• 172 babies surrendered under Texas' Safe Haven law since 2009, data shows

  24-06-2022 23:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 170 babies in Texas have been surrendered under Texas' Safe Haven law since 2009, according to data from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.The law, also known as the Baby Moses law, allows parents who are unable to care for newborns to bring their baby to a designated safe place, with no questions asked.The baby must be unharmed and no older than 60 days. Designated safe spaces include any hospital, fire station or emergency medical services s
  
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• Abortion providers, funds pause for legal review

  24-06-2022 23:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Friday's Dobbs v. Jackson decision is a seismic shift in the American political landscape, overturning protections granted by Roe v. Wade, and abortion providers and access funds announced that they will pause operations to review federal and Texas law.The ruling activates 'trigger laws' in many states, some of which target anyone who provides funding or the means for a pregnant person to get an abortion.With Roe overturned, which states are ready to ban abortion?The Austin
  
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• What help exists for women in post-Roe Texas?

  24-06-2022 23:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Supreme Court's decision Friday to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case calls into question what kinds of resources and support will be available to Texas women who become pregnant and face a crisis situation.
  In a statement celebrating the court's ruling, Gov. Greg Abbott touted recent investments into programs that he said are aimed at helping expectant mothers, and he promised to keep working with the Texas legislature to provide more.Texas’ ‘trigger la
  
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• LIVE: APD provides update on police shooting in north Austin

  24-06-2022 20:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are expected to provide more information and show video footage Friday from an officer shooting in north Austin on June 12.During a press conference after the incident, Austin Police Department Chief Joseph Chacon said an officer saw a disabled vehicle on the side of the road near the 800 block of E. Koenig Lane with an occupant inside. The officer said the occupant had a knife, so additional officers were called to respond. APD: 1 man dead in police shooting
  
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• APD provides update on police shooting in north Austin

  24-06-2022 20:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are expected to provide more information and show video footage Friday from an officer shooting in north Austin on June 12.During a press conference after the incident, Austin Police Department Chief Joseph Chacon said an officer saw a disabled vehicle on the side of the road near the 800 block of E. Koenig Lane with an occupant inside. The officer said the occupant had a knife, so additional officers were called to respond. APD: 1 man dead in police shooting
  
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• APH investigating possible monkeypox case in Travis County

  24-06-2022 20:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Public Health announced it is investigating a possible monkeypox case in Travis County. It is waiting for results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm the case.
  The person being investigated did not have to go the hospital and is isolating at home, APH said in a release. The health department is contact tracing anyone who may have come in contact with the person.
  "While the threat of monkeypox remains low, we recommend that all Travis County resi
  
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• City: More than 240 encampments on Austin parkland right now

  24-06-2022 20:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin gave a snapshot of the current number of encampments on city parkland its staff knows about.
  Numbers released to KXAN Thursday showed the city identified 248 encampments on parkland, a slight increase from November 2021, when 228 encampments were found. The city explained relocating camps from roads and bridges "has led to an accumulation of new encampments and additional damage to parkland."
  The city said of the 248 camps, 126 are marked as a "level four
  
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• What happens to the City of Austin's abortion access fund now?

  24-06-2022 20:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin has been funding access to abortion since 2020.
  City council members voted in 2019 to budget $150,000 to pay for things like transportation, child care and counseling for women seeking an abortion.
  The money has been distributed to third-party organizations who offer those services.
  The Supreme Court's decision Friday to strike down Roe v. Wade puts that pot of money in limbo. Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. WadeRoe required that states allow abortion a
  
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• Police investigating two deaths at a Kyle residence

  24-06-2022 20:26 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Two people died Thursday evening after a shooting near the 300 block of Tower Drive, according to the Kyle Police Department. KPD said it was investigating the two deaths.According to police, dispatch received a call that indicated one person was shot and possibly dead while another adult and child were in a home.Police said the caller had a firearm and was not cooperative in following instructions from dispatch.SWAT and other emergency personnel "immediately" responde
  
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• Police investigating two deaths at a Kyle home

  24-06-2022 20:26 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Two people died Thursday evening after a shooting near the 300 block of Tower Drive, according to the Kyle Police Department. KPD said it was investigating the two deaths.According to police, dispatch received a call that indicated one person was shot and possibly dead while another adult and child were in a home.Police said the caller had a firearm and was not cooperative in following instructions from dispatch.SWAT and other emergency personnel "immediately" responde
  
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• Texas' abortion 'trigger law' won't take effect in exactly 30 days — Here's why

  24-06-2022 20:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With Friday's overturning of Roe v. Wade, many expect the Texas "trigger law" to take effect in 30 days, but that's not exactly how it works.The law — which automatically bans most abortions in the state — takes effect 30 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues an official judgment, not an opinion, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Texas’ ‘trigger law’ bans majority of abortions as Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade"The Court wi
  
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• Driver abandoned $250,000 McLaren sports car on side of road after accident, police say

  24-06-2022 20:05 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – A driver in Washington state fled the scene of an accident after getting an expensive McLaren 600LT sports car wedged underneath a guard rail earlier this week.Trooper Robert Reyer of the Washington State Patrol shared news of the collision early on Tuesday morning on Twitter, confirming an investigation into a “hit and run” involving the 2020 luxury vehicle.Included with Reyer’s tweet were several photos of the car, which appeared to have gotten stuck directl
  
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• Thursday fire in Fayette County started from burning leaves, officials report

  24-06-2022 19:52 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- On Friday, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office released information regarding a Thursday afternoon fire that spread several acres.Sheriff Keith Korenek said a grass fire was reported at approximately 1:45 p.m. on State Highway 159 near Columbus Hall Lane in the Fayetteville area.The Fayetteville Fire Department was notified and responded. Firefighters reported seeing several acres on fire and a small structure nearby. Warrenton Fire departments also responde
  
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• Fayette County fire started from burning leaves, officials report

  24-06-2022 19:52 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- On Friday, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office released information regarding a Thursday afternoon fire that spread several acres.Sheriff Keith Korenek said a grass fire was reported at approximately 1:45 p.m. on State Highway 159 near Columbus Hall Lane in the Fayetteville area.The Fayetteville Fire Department was notified and responded. Firefighters reported seeing several acres on fire and a small structure nearby. Warrenton Fire departments also responde
  
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• Whole Woman’s Health clinics cease abortions in Texas after Roe ruling

  24-06-2022 18:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) -- Whole Woman’s Health — which runs four clinics in Texas and half a dozen in other states — said it has stopped providing abortions in Texas following a Supreme Court ruling Friday that eliminated the constitutional protection for an abortion, a spokesperson told The Texas Tribune.The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, allowing states to set their own laws regulating abortion procedures. Texas has a “trigger” law in
  
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• AG Paxton closes offices statewide to honor 'unborn babies,' creates holiday

  24-06-2022 18:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following a Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S., Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton marked the event by closing his offices statewide Friday and creating a holiday.
  A release from his office said the closure, set to start at noon, is "in honor of the nearly 70 million unborn babies killed in the womb since 1973." June 24 will also be recognized as an annual holiday for the Office of the Attorney General beca
  
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• Civil Rights office requests more time for Reproductive Health ordinance

  24-06-2022 17:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Tuesday, the City of Austin’s Office of Civil Rights asked for additional time to complete a request from Austin’s mayor and council members.The request regarded a Reproductive Health Decision ordinance the office was supposed to provide the council with by June 16 prohibiting discrimination based on reproductive health decisions.According to the office, the additional time would be used to conduct research and consult with the law department.To ensure legal
  
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• Protest for abortion rights planned in Austin Friday

  24-06-2022 17:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A protest is planned in downtown Austin Friday afternoon following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.
  The group called @tx4abortion on social media is planning to gather at the federal courthouse on Fifth Street at 5 p.m. to speak out against the SCOTUS ruling.
  "We refuse to accept the Supreme Court's decision to strip our right to abortion," the group wrote on social media. "No going back. No surrender."
  
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• Hundreds gather to protest for abortion rights in Austin Friday

  24-06-2022 17:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several hundred people gathered in downtown Austin Friday afternoon following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.
  The group called @tx4abortion on social media met at the federal courthouse on Fifth Street at 5 p.m. to speak out against the SCOTUS ruling. The group plans to move toward the Texas State Capitol.Hundreds gather near Republic Square in downtown Austin after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to ov
  
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• Texas leaders react to Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision

  24-06-2022 16:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and handing states authority to drastically limit or ban the procedure.In Texas, a "trigger law" will take effect 30 days from Friday's Supreme Court decision. It will make most abortions illegal in the state with few exceptions: if it is necessary to save the life of the pregnant person or if there is a risk of serious impairment because of the pregnancy. Texas&rsq
  
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• READ: The Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade

  24-06-2022 16:41 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) -- The Supreme Court on Friday struck down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that federally protected abortion rights.Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade
  The decision announced by a majority of conservative justices to fundamentally reshape American society is certain to ignite a political firestorm.Read the ruling below.
  
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• Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade

  24-06-2022 16:20 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) – The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and handing states authority to drastically limit or ban the procedure.The decision by a majority of conservative justices to fundamentally reshape American society by overturning the landmark 1973 precedent is certain to ignite a political firestorm and yield a complex patchwork of state laws that will effectively block large swathes of the population from termin
  
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• Popular breakfast chain Waffle House plans location in Kyle

  24-06-2022 16:03 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Plans are in the works for a popular 24-hour breakfast restaurant chain to expand to the city of Kyle.
  On June 14, the Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a 1,791 square foot, free-standing Waffle House.The restaurant would be located at 5767 Kyle Parkway, which is near Walgreens and Broadway Bank just east of Interstate 35.Planned Waffle House location on Kyle Parkway (City of Kyle Documents)Planned Waffle House renderings for Kyl
  
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• Georgetown's Conan Gray releases new album 'Superache'

  24-06-2022 15:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A rising pop music star from Georgetown is getting a lot of attention.Conan Gray released his new album "Superache" Friday. The 23-year-old songwriter and platinum-selling singer has been dubbed "the Prince of Sad Songs" for striking Oliva Rodrigo-like lyrics: "You gave her your sweater, it’s just polyester / But you like her better / Wish I were Heather."The Georgetown High School alum's rise to fame started at the age of 15 when he started posting videos on his YouT
  
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• Dead star speeds through Milky Way; 'one of the fastest' ever seen

  24-06-2022 15:04 via kxan.com
  
  A recently discovered pulsar may be one of the fastest objects in the galaxy. (Courtesy: NASA)Cambridge, Mass. (KXAN) -- "One of the fastest objects of its kind ever seen" has been spotted moving through the Milky Way galaxy. A young pulsar was first witnessed speeding by researchers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
  They believe it is moving at least 1.4 million miles per hour from the center of the supernova that formed it. That is about twenty times faster than the Earth orbits the Sun.
  
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• Grand jury clears APD officers in August 2020 police shooting

  24-06-2022 14:34 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A grand jury chose not to indict two Austin Police Department officers for shooting at a man who officials said ran away and fired at the officers first in August 2020.
  The Travis County District Attorney's Office said the grand jury reviewed the police shooting involving Officers Todd Gilbertson and Gordon Niels and found their use of force was warranted.
  The police shooting occurred Aug. 25, 2020. The two officers at the time were part of the Lone Star Fugit
  
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• Williamson County temporarily closes tax office in Taylor

  24-06-2022 14:32 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — The Williamson County Tax Assessor/Collector is closing its location in Taylor from Friday until Monday, July 4.
  Normal business hours resume Tuesday, July 5 at 8 a.m.
  The office is shutting down, so staff can help with training new staff at three other Williamson County Tax Offices.Williamson County said the Cedar Park and Round Rock locations both have drive-thrus.
  The Georgetown location handles most of the mail-in title transactions, registration renewals and dea
  
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• 'Give us a chance to survive:' 1,639 Texas educators weigh in on school safety

  24-06-2022 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  This story is part of a KXAN series of reports called “Stop Mass Shootings,” providing context and exploring solutions surrounding gun violence in the wake of the deadly Uvalde school shooting. We want our reports to be a resource for Texans, as well as for lawmakers who are convening a month after the events in Uvalde to discuss how the state should move forward. Explore all “Stop Mass Shootings” stories by clicking here.AUSTIN (KXAN) — In
  
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• Pilot reports seeing jet pack near LAX … again

  24-06-2022 13:21 via kxan.com
  
  (KTLA) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a commercial airline pilot reported seeing a jet pack near the Los Angeles International Airport.The sighting happened around 2:45 p.m. Thursday, about 15 miles east of the airport.It's not the first time the FAA has been alerted about possible jet pack sightings near LAX. Several sightings have been reported since October 2020, and there have been continued reported sightings every few months.‘Revenge travel’:
  
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• Tesoros Trading Company to close S. Congress store for good

  24-06-2022 12:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A legendary Austin store is shutting down for good after 33 years.      Tesoros Trading Company will close Sunday after being at 1500 South Congress Ave.The store sells folk arts and crafts from more than 20 countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
  "The time has come to refocus our business. We're still going to continue working with artisans and selling to shops around the country. But we wanted to just retire from retail on Congress Avenue, ev
  
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• Weekend heat followed by wetter, cooler pattern

  24-06-2022 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Our 8+ day streak of triple digit heat continues through the weekend... but changes arrive by early next week as a rare June cold front moves through.Today through Sunday will look and feel about the same - hot, dry and mainly sunny. Afternoon highs will near records today with Austin likely to top out at 104 degrees (current record: 105 degrees, 2009)... but weekend records are likely to stay out of reach.We are tracking a welcome pattern change next week that may send an
  
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• Two days of heat ... three days with rain

  24-06-2022 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin has reached a high of 100 degrees and higher 18 times this month.There have been two instances of nine consecutive days of 100 and higher.The first was from June 6 to 14 followed by this current streak that started June 16.Highs are forecast to reach 100 and higher today (103 degrees) and tomorrow (102 degrees). A HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect until 7 p.m. for Lampasas, Mason, Milam, and San Saba Counties.We finally have good news to share with you.Excitement in th
  
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• Hot again Sunday, then rain arrives at last

  24-06-2022 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin has been plagued with highs of 100 degrees or hotter 19 times this month. Today was the 10th consecutive day of temperatures in the triple digits, tying the record for longest streak of days with temperatures 100 degrees or hotter in the month of June set in 2011. After another triple digit day on Saturday we expect one final day (at least for a little while) in the triple digits on Sunday.Sunday ForecastHowever, the hot streak will finally come to an end by the star
  
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• One in critical condition following fiery crash on I-35

  24-06-2022 11:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Police say one person was taken to the hospital after a car caught fire during a crash on Interstate 35 in far North Austin Friday morning.
  Austin Travis County EMS says paramedics took an adult to the hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries.Police say the person was trapped inside the vehicle that caught fire but fire crews were able to get them out.
  Police shut down two north bound lanes of I-35 just south of Wells Branch.While an officer was directing drivers
  
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• LIVE: One in critical condition following fiery crash on I-35

  24-06-2022 11:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Police said one person was taken to the hospital after a car caught fire during a crash on Interstate 35 in far north Austin Friday morning.
  Austin-Travis County EMS said paramedics took an adult to the hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries.Police said the person was trapped inside the vehicle that caught fire, but fire crews were able to get them out.
  Police shut down two northbound lanes of I-35 just south of Wells Branch. The Texas Department of Transportat
  
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• Austin ISD passes 2022-23 budget

  24-06-2022 11:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Trustees with the Austin Independent School District approved the district's 2022-23 budget early Friday morning.
  The vote on the $1.898 billion budget was 7-2. The budget includes pay raises for teachers and staff.
  It includes:
  General fund expenditures: $1.68 billion;Food service fund expenditures: $42.1 million;Debt service fund expenditures: $174.4 million; Appropriation of $26.1 million from General Fund's Fund Balance, excluding ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emerg
  
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• AISD passes 2022-23 budget

  24-06-2022 11:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Trustees with the Austin Independent School District approved the district's 2022-23 budget early Friday morning.
  The vote on the $1.898 billion budget was 7 to 2.
  The budget includes pay raises for teachers and staff.
  It includes:
  General fund expenditures: $1.68 billion;Food service fund expenditures: $42.1 million;Debt service fund expenditures: $174.4 million; Appropriation of $26.1 million from General Fund's Fund Balance, excluding ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Em
  
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• Eanes ISD approves budget, increases teacher pay

  24-06-2022 10:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Eanes ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the budget for the 2022-23 school year at its June 21st regular meeting, providing a pay increase for teachers and staff and adjusting to declining enrollment.The approved budget includes $211 million in estimated revenues, countered by $212 million in estimated expenditures."Roughly 85% of our budget is devoted for staff salaries and compensation and that is a continual challenge especially in this market," said Dr.
  
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• Austin ISD looks to finalize budget with emphasis on teacher retention

  24-06-2022 04:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As students and teachers are off for the summer, the Austin Independent School District board is meeting to discuss the 2022-2023 budget Thursday."It is going to be the first balanced budget proposed to the trustees in six years that doesn't require dipping into cash reserves," said AISD spokesperson Jason Stanford. "It is going to do that in a way that we can offer retention bonuses and pay increases to teachers, hourly workers such as custodians, bus drivers and the couns
  
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• Police arrest man after hit-and-run in Travis County

  24-06-2022 03:07 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – A man was arrested in connection to a June 13 incident where he failed to stop and render aid after striking and killing a person with a vehicle.Records showed Juan Alberto Diego-Meneses, 24, was driving near the 5800 block of Blue Bluff Road at approximately 1 a.m. when he hit a woman walking in the road. Police said the woman’s body was not discovered until 6 a.m. — five hours after being struck by the vehicle. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: TCSO search for
  
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• Round Rock mom charged after child drowns in bathtub

  24-06-2022 02:56 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A 21-year-old mother was arrested after her 1-year-old drowned in a Round Rock apartment bathtub in January, according to an arrest affidavit.Victoria Tristan, 21, was charged with injury to a child, a first-degree felony after she fell asleep for around 10 minutes, leaving the child unattended in the bathtub, the affidavit said.An attorney for Tristan wasn't available at the time of this report. KXAN will update this story if that information becomes avai
  
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• Westlake, Lake Travis highlight local 7-on-7 football state tourney teams

  24-06-2022 01:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There's no tackling or blocking, but it's a way to build skills during the summer to win games in the fall. It's 7-on-7 football, and the Texas state championships are this weekend at Veterans Park in College Station.Quarterbacks and pass catchers will showcase their skills in three divisions based on classification. Division I teams include Class 6A and 5A and TAPPS Division 1 teams, Division 2 is Class 3A D1-4A plus all other private schools and Division 3 is comprised of
  
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• Travis, Williamson, Hays counties ban some fireworks amid worsening drought, fire conditions

  24-06-2022 01:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Fourth of July celebrations are approaching, but with current, dangerous fire conditions, Williamson, Hays and Travis countries are taking extra precautions.One of the precautions involves the limited sale of aerial fireworks. Stick rockets and missiles with fins or rudders will not be sold. The Travis County burn ban does not cover fireworks, here’s whyTravis County Fire Marshal Tony Callaway said these products pose a greater fire hazard than other retail fireworks.
  
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• Travis, Williamson, Hays ban some fireworks amid worsening drought, fire conditions

  24-06-2022 01:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Fourth of July celebrations are approaching, but with current, dangerous fire conditions, Williamson, Hays and Travis countries are taking extra precautions.One of the precautions involves the limited sale of aerial fireworks. Stick rockets and missiles with fins or rudders will not be sold. The Travis County burn ban does not cover fireworks, here’s whyTravis County Fire Marshal Tony Callaway said these products pose a greater fire hazard than other retail fireworks.
  
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• US Rep. Louie Gohmert asked Trump for a pardon after insurrection, Jan. 6 committee reveals

  24-06-2022 01:12 via kxan.com
  
  (Texas Tribune) — U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, was among the members of Congress who asked former President Donald Trump for a pardon after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, according to a testimony shown at a hearing Thursday by the House committee investigating the attack.Cassidy Hutchinson, the former aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, told the committee that Gohmert asked for a pardon. The other Republicans who asked for pardons were Reps.
  
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• More than 1,000 homes planned for $500M vineyard in Florence

  24-06-2022 00:44 via kxan.com
  
  FLORENCE, Texas (Austin Business Journal) — A Dallas-based real estate developer has partnered with the owners of a winery and resort north of Austin to add more than 1,000 Tuscan-style luxury homes on the 600-acre scenic property in the Hill Country.Since August 2021, representatives for Hoque Global LLC said they've been marketing and selling one-acre to three-acre estate home lots at a "brisk pace" at the Vineyard at Florence, a neighborhood modeled after the Italian countryside. It wil
  
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• More than 1,000 homes planned for $500M vineyard development in Florence

  24-06-2022 00:44 via kxan.com
  
  FLORENCE, Texas (Austin Business Journal) — A Dallas-based real estate developer has partnered with the owners of a winery and resort north of Austin to add more than 1,000 Tuscan-style luxury homes on the 600-acre scenic property in the Hill Country.Since August 2021, representatives for Hoque Global LLC said they've been marketing and selling one-acre to three-acre estate home lots at a "brisk pace" at the Vineyard at Florence, a neighborhood modeled after the Italian countryside. It wil
  
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• First Warning: Next tropical system may be brewing

  24-06-2022 00:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After more than two weeks with no tropical activity in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic basin, we're seeing signs of increasing activity and the potential for the second named storm of the season.
  The Atlantic Hurricane Season began June 1, and Tropical Storm Alex formed on June 5 before quickly becoming post-tropical.The National Hurricane Center expects a cluster of clouds coming off western Africa will continue to head westward and potentially develop in the waters northea
  
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• Five more local counties now considered at 'medium' risk from COVID

  24-06-2022 00:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Five more counties in the KXAN viewing area have been upgraded to "medium" risk for COVID-19.Each week since Feb. 24, the CDC assigns a "COVID-19 Community Level" to each county nationwide based on how the virus is impacting local populations.
  Low, medium and high-risk categories are determined based on three factors: number of new cases in the past seven days, new hospital admissions in the past seven days, and percent of staffed hospital beds being used by COVID-19 patien
  
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