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• APD searching for suspect in east Austin shooting

  20-05-2023 21:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police released information surrounding a shooting in east Austin in the evening hours of May 14.At approximately 7:30 p.m., APD said officers responded to a shooting call in the 40 block of Comal Street, which is near the intersection of Nash Hernandez Road and Comal Street.According to APD, officers at the scene were told a victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening gunshot wounds.During an investigation, APD said officers discovered that a small car club
  
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• Austin is now the 10th largest US city, census data estimate shows

  20-05-2023 21:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In recently released 2022 population estimates, the U.S. Census Bureau said Austin was now the 10th largest U.S. city, with an estimated population of 974,447.“Austin expanded its population by 12,547 residents, growing at a rate of 1.3%,” the Census Bureau said.According to the data, the Austin metro was the No. 26 most populous metro area in the country and saw the sixth largest numeric increase in population between 2021 and 2022. Texas continues to top the c
  
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• Texas to charge EV owners $400 to register vehicles, $200 every year

  20-05-2023 21:03 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Texas drivers looking to drive cleaner will have to fork out more money to do it, starting Sept. 1. Earlier this week, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 505 into law, which will establish a $400 fee to register an electric vehicle in Texas — in addition to a $200 annual fee.That's in addition to annual Texas vehicle registration fees, which cost $50.75 for most passenger vehicles/trucks. In total, a new EV owner could pay over $650 the first year. What causes those &lsq
  
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• Texas AG opinion questions Project Connect funding

  20-05-2023 20:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion Saturday morning related to Project Connect, Austin's multi-billion dollar plan to expand public transportation. The opinion comes after an inquiry from Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt.
  The opinion highlights two potential issues. One relates debt and tax structure. It points to the city's intention to use the maintenance and operation tax to pay down debt. The attorney general concluded that the Texas tax code "does not au
  
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• Earth could achieve an unwanted record

  20-05-2023 19:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Recent trends across the world show our climate continues to warm. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) forecasts this warming pattern to continue. They suggest record heat between now and 2027, in part because of humans and, in part, due to the developing El Niño.Excessive summer heat in the Southwest U.S. Courtesy: Getty Images
  Earth's record for the hottest year happened in 2016. The average global temperature across lands and ocean surface areas was 1.69&d
  
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• 'We're still here': Austin African American Cultural and Heritage facility reopens

  20-05-2023 18:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)— There have been growing concerns about Austin changing, and some Black Austinites are questioning whether there are enough spaces dedicated to their culture.
  In fact, many have expressed their neighborhoods just aren't the same anymore. Some blame gentrification and even the fact Black neighbors have been pushed out to the outskirts of Austin with the rising cost of living and equity, among other things.Why Black people are leaving Austin, new efforts bringing culture to ret
  
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• Austin African American Cultural and Heritage facility reopens. Here's what to expect

  20-05-2023 18:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)— There have been growing concerns about Austin changing, and some Black Austinites are questioning whether there are enough spaces dedicated to their culture.
  In fact, many have expressed their neighborhoods just aren't the same anymore. Some blame gentrification and even the fact Black neighbors have been pushed out to the outskirts of Austin with the rising cost of living and equity, among other things.Why Black people are leaving Austin, new efforts bringing culture to ret
  
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• One person dead after CapMetro train hits pedestrian

  20-05-2023 18:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person is dead after a train-pedestrian crash near Interstate 35 and Clarkson Avenue.Austin Police said it responded to the crash at 9:45 a.m. and confirmed it was deadly. APD is investigating the incident.
  CapMetro said to expect rail delays. The bus bridge will help customers between Highland and Downtown stations.
  
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• 1 dead after CapMetro train hits pedestrian in Austin

  20-05-2023 18:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person is dead after a train-pedestrian crash near Interstate 35 and Airport Boulevard.
  Austin Police said it responded to the crash at 9:45 a.m. APD is investigating the incident. One adult died at the scene, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.CapMetro said the pedestrian was in the Red Line tracks and not in a crosswalk.
  CapMetro said the tracks remain closed and to expect rail delays. The bus bridge will help customers between the Highland and Downtown stations.
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• These are the top 20 high schools in Texas

  20-05-2023 18:03 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — It may be graduation season for millions of Texas students, but for others, the high school journey is just beginning.
  Texas, meanwhile, is home to some of the country's best high schools, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report. One Dallas school even ranks in the outlet's top 10 for the entire country.
  U.S. News also broke down its national list into state-wide rankings, to give a more detailed look at the best schools in any given state. In Texas, school
  
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• 100+ affordable housing units open on South Lamar in Austin

  20-05-2023 17:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Over 100 more affordable housing units are ready for residents in Austin.
  Zilker Studios will open Monday for 110 Austinites to call home. Many tenants are transitioning out of homelessness, according to nonprofit Foundation Communities.
  The seven-story apartment building on South Lamar features on-site case management, a healthy food pantry, a staff nurse and health and wellness activities.INVESTIGATION: Austinites voted for more affordable housing. Where did your money go
  
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• Boil water notice lifted in Taylor

  20-05-2023 16:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A boil water notice in Taylor was lifted Sunday afternoon, the city said.
  Taylor water customers in the upper-pressure plane were put under a boil water notice Saturday morning. The city said this was due to complications in a water main project.
  The city said test results sent to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality showed the water is safe to drink and use as of Sunday.
  Taylor water customers in the upper-pressure plane were under a boil water notice Saturday mor
  
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• Boil water notice issued for part of Taylor

  20-05-2023 16:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Part of Taylor is under a boil water notice as of 10 a.m. Saturday, the city said.
  Taylor water customers in the upper-pressure plane will be under a boil water notice until further notice. These customers will also see low water pressure until noon.
  The city said this is due to complications in a water main project. Crews are working to stabilize the system.
  Taylor water customers in the upper-pressure plane will be under a boil water notice until further notice. (Courtesy
  
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• Best BBQ spots in Austin, Central Texas

  20-05-2023 16:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Lone State States is well known for some of its top-notch barbecue spots. After receiving more than 400 recommendations for the restaurant with the best barbecue in Central Texas, KXAN has compiled a list of ten locations most frequently mentioned.“Pretty much anywhere in Central Texas will you find great bbq,” one viewer said. “If it’s not good, it won’t be here long.”
  While many viewers said the best barbecue in Central Texas could
  
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• Fort Cavazos soldier reported missing from Killeen

  20-05-2023 15:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The III Army Corps is asking for help finding a missing soldier from Fort Cavazos.
  Spc. Craig Chamberlain was last seen leaving his Killeen home around 6 p.m. Monday with no contact with his family or chain of command since, according to a Friday news release.
  Chamberlain is described as a 5-foot-7-inch white male with brown hair and hazel eyes, weighing 156 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white shirt and gym shorts.
  (Courtesy United States Army Criminal Investigation Di
  
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• San Marcos to stop eviction delays, end COVID-19 disaster declaration

  20-05-2023 15:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — San Marcos' eviction delay rule, which started in 2020, will end at the end of June, according to the city.
  The city's disaster declaration will end June 30 after a 4-2 city council vote Tuesday. An eviction delay ordinance will also end June 30 when the local state of disaster ends.RELATED: San Marcos approves new contract with police unionThe disaster declaration began in March 2020 at the onset of the pandemic. In April 2020, council members approved an ordinance requiri
  
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• ATCEMS: 1 dead following crash involving pedestrian in south Austin

  20-05-2023 14:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin-Travis County EMS reported a traffic fatality overnight Friday into Saturday in south Austin.ATCEMS responded to a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at 3:34 a.m. at the intersection of East Stassney Lane and South Interstate 35 Frontage Road heading north.First responders said medics attained a “Deceased on Scene” pronouncement for an adult patient from the incident.According to ATCEMS, there was no other information available, and it was
  
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• Cooler air today and tomorrow from this morning's cold front

  20-05-2023 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Severe thunderstorms roamed the Hill Country Friday night. Hail was an issue for a few areas. Valley Spring, northwest of Llano, reported hen egg-sized (2" in diameter). There were two reports of walnut-sized hail (1.50" in diameter) at Cherokee (San Saba County.
  Friday night/Saturday morning rain totals found the higher numbers in the Hill Country. There were many areas that measured more than an inch, topped 2.48" at a gauge 6 miles east-northeast of Willow City (Gillespie Cou
  
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• Cloudier with a few raindrops on Sunday

  20-05-2023 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The clouds of the morning have given way to mostly sunny skies this afternoon. High temperatures should reach the mid 80s today after some beneficial rain for many of us last night. Central Texas Rain Totals
  Clouds will thicken up tonight ahead of another, lighter, rain chance for Sunday. INVESTIGATION: LCRA didn't plan for climate change until KXAN investigationOvernight lows drop into the mid 60s as clouds return. Low sprinkle or light rain chances head for our southwestern co
  
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• Austin serial killer: Servant girl murderer terrorized city in 1800s

  20-05-2023 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- While current Austin is known for its music scene and its cultural life, there is also some dark history.
  In the 1880s, a killing spree ensued in Austin, according to an excerpt from the novel "The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer," which was published in a 2016 Texas Monthly article.A total of seven women were murdered and the boyfriend of one of the victims was attacked with knives, axes, bricks or iron rods, the article s
  
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• Scholarship honors legacy of former Bastrop football star

  20-05-2023 04:26 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP, Texas --A family in Bastrop is honoring the legacy of a former Bastrop High School football star with a scholarship.The L.B. Evans, III Memorial Football Scholarship was awarded to Damari Monroe of Bastrop High School, and he will attend Mary Hardin-Baylor University in the Fall.Evan's wife, and former KXAN reporter Sonta Henderson, said the scholarship is a way to continue the legacy of Evans, who was a 1988 graduate and a football star on the Bastrop Bears team.Evans was known for his
  
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• Overnight thunderstorms continue, mainly in the Hill Country

  20-05-2023 04:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Strong to severe thunderstorms continue in parts of the Hill Country overnight with lighter rain showers expected at times in the Austin area.Friday night, Valley Spring near Llano reported egg size (2"-diameter) hail, while Cherokee (San Saba Co.) reported quarter size (1"-diameter) hail. Much of the Hill Country enjoyed 1-2 inches of rainfall.As additional storms arrive overnight, there is a 2 out of 4 risk of flash flooding near the Highland Lakes -- welcome news for the low
  
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• Transgender Texan, family start new life in New Zealand

  20-05-2023 02:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lauren Rodriguez has a limit of 20 boxes to pack up everything that matters most to her ahead of a big move from the Austin area next month. One already contains dozens of figurines she collected since childhood, which she said will help make where she's headed next feel much more like home.
  "I'm excited, but I've got a million little things to do between now and then," Rodriguez said from the short-term rental where she's staying temporarily outside of Austin.Texas Democra
  
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• Texas may soon have a process to remove local prosecutors who won’t pursue abortion, election cases

  20-05-2023 02:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — The Texas Senate passed a bill Friday that would allow locally elected prosecutors who choose not to enforce certain laws to be removed for misconduct.The bill is part of a larger effort by Republicans to rein in “rogue” district attorneys in Texas’ large, left-leaning counties who have said they do not intend to prosecute abortion cases and, in some cases, have adopted policies about prosecuting low-level theft and drug offenses.“There must
  
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• New study: Texas earned the title of 'Most Superstitious'

  20-05-2023 01:48 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS(KDAF) — Texas takes its superstitious beliefs very seriously...very superstitious.. like writing on the walls superstitious.Online Sports Betting website, BETMGM listed the states who are the most to least superstitious states.
  BETMGM said "We surveyed people from all 42 states to see which states are the most and least superstitious and which superstitions are the most popular across the country. Based on these answers, we developed a “superstition score” that took into
  
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• PD: Texas mom upset after losing weed, slaps newborn 'I can hit her'

  20-05-2023 01:46 via kxan.com
  
  EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Texas woman told police she hit her child after becoming upset when she could not find weed, documents reveal.Zaira Rina Worrel, 23, of Edinburg, was arrested on charges of injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury, according to Hidalgo County records.On April 30, Edinburg police received a call from a relative of Worrel, who said Worrel had slapped her 4-month-old several times.
  The relative told police she heard Worrel scream "callate" sever
  
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• Congresswoman suggests withholding pay from lawmakers if government defaults 

  20-05-2023 01:41 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) — A new bipartisan bill would block paychecks to members of Congress if the U.S. government defaults or shuts down. The charge is being led by two lawmakers in an attempt to motivate their colleagues to prevent either of those outcomes. As the threat of default looms over the economy, Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick introduced a bill to withhold pay for lawmakers if the event of a default or gover
  
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• Lawmakers renew push to protect 'Documented Dreamers'

  20-05-2023 01:34 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) — Right now, people known as "Documented Dreamers" are living in limbo, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to change that. On Wednesday, lawmakers and advocates talked about their new push to protect Documented Dreamers and allow them to permanently stay in the United States.
  "Documented Dreamers" are people whose parents brought them to the U.S. legally, but when they turn 21 they lose the protections of their parent's long-term visa. That forces the
  
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• Opportunity for Texas Prime customers to earn money through Amazon pick-ups

  20-05-2023 01:33 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (KDAF) — Commerce Empire, Amazon, is offering $10 to pick up purchases rather than have them shipped to a home address.
  The company is hoping to reduce home delivery costs. Prime subscribers have received an email with a $10 offer to pick up an order of $25 or more at locations such as Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods, or Kohls's.Pick-up locations aren't new to the company as they first started introducing pick-up locations back in 2019.
  As Amazon comes up with new initiatives for prime cu
  
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• City of Austin employees going back to the office later this year: Will it hurt hiring?

  20-05-2023 01:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As City of Austin employees shuffle to in-person work starting later this year, recruitment and staffing companies say the city could face hiring challenges.
  Murray Resources -- a recruiting and staffing firm with an office in Austin -- said clients that don't offer a work from home option at all get anywhere from 25% to 75% less candidates, depending on the position.
  "If it's 100% in the office, what we tell our clients is that you are giving up a large portion of the candidate
  
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• CapMetro van crashes, sends 7 to the hospital, ATCEMS says

  20-05-2023 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- At least seven people were taken to the hospital after a CapMetro access vehicle crashed in southeast Austin Friday, Austin-Travis County EMS said on Twitter.Shortly after 3 p.m., four ambulances responded to the crash, located at Nuckols Crossing Road and South Pleasant Valley Road, medics said.Austin-Travis County EMS responded to a bus crash in southeast Austin Friday, May 19. (KXAN photo/Andy Way)
  The ambulances transported seven patients, five to St. David's South and two t
  
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