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• Cedar Park has big first half to capture UIL 5A-DII girls soccer title

  11-04-2025 23:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Cedar Park jumped out to a two-goal lead in the opening 10 minutes, sailing to the UIL Class 5A-Division II girls soccer championship 3-1 over Frisco Wakeland on Friday at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown.Cedar Park made the most of its opportunities, scoring on three of its four shots on goal. All of the Timberwolves' goals came in the first half, with Meredith Koltz scoring two. She kicked off the scoring at the 6:56 mark from assists by Alivia Towns and Blake Gilkey, and t
  
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• Thousands expected to move to Bastrop in next 5 years

  11-04-2025 23:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Central Texas is seeing a population boom with no signs of slowing down.Small communities outside Austin are seeing major growth as more people move to the area, and some are leaving the big city for better prices.Over in Bastrop, the city is expected to grow by about 40% over the next 5 years. That's easy to see if you are driving through the area.New developments are popping up, and that means there is a need for more restaurants, grocery stores and other businesses.Bastr
  
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• 'A lot of candidates and a lot of money': Early look at Texas's 2026 races

  11-04-2025 23:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar)- Texas elections are taking a turn in 2026. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R- Texas, in next year’s midterm elections. This GOP-versus-GOP clash promises to be among the most heated and expensive Republican primaries in the country and in recent Texas history. Cornyn has served in the Senior Republican Senate seat for 22 years. Paxton, the third-term attorney general, survived a bipartisan impeachment with
  
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• 'A lot of candidates and a lot of money': Early look at Texas' 2026 races

  11-04-2025 23:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar)- Texas elections are taking a turn in 2026. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R- Texas, in next year’s midterm elections. This GOP-versus-GOP clash promises to be among the most heated and expensive Republican primaries in the country and in recent Texas history. Cornyn has served in the Senior Republican Senate seat for 22 years. Paxton, the third-term attorney general, survived a bipartisan impeachment with
  
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• Rock crusher near youth camp could be 'crushed' by new legislation

  11-04-2025 22:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A controversial proposal for a new rock crusher in Burnet County is seeing new push back at the state capital.Representative Ellen Troxclair with Mr. Perry Fowler and Miss Grace Fowler, who testified for the bill (Credit. Office ofRep. Ellen Troxclair)
  On Wednesday, House Bill 3482 saw public comment at a Natural Resource committee hearing. The bill aims to make approval of the new plant, which shares a property line with Camp Longhorn and is within a few miles of Inks Lake and
  
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• Egg prices dropping just in time for Easter

  11-04-2025 22:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Egg prices are dropping just in time for Easter, and that downward trend should continue following the holiday, according to Agrilife Today, the Texas A&M digital magazine.Although egg price reach their peak around the holiday, prices have been on a "downward trend in recent months," according to Agrilife."Wholesale prices fell from $8.51 to $3.84, or 55%, between March 1 and March 29," said David Anderson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and professor at Texas A&M.A
  
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• Q2 Stadium to host 3 CONCACAF Gold Cup matches, 1 includes USMNT

  11-04-2025 22:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The United States men's national soccer team is coming to Austin again for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.Gold Cup organizers announced the draw and venues for the group stage of the tournament Friday, and the USMNT is pleased it'll be at Q2 Stadium for a Group D match. Lozano’s golazo: Austin Achieve captures first-ever state championship with boys soccer winThey'll take on Saudi Arabia, the tournament's guest team, at 8:15 p.m. CT, June 19, for their second group match
  
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• Immigration statuses revoked for dozens of international students at Texas universities

  11-04-2025 22:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dozens of international students at universities across Texas have had their legal status to study in the United States changed in recent days.KXAN has confirmed at least 48 students have had visas revoked or had their immigration status marked as terminated in the federal government's database of foreign students, known as the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS).Our reporting partner, the Texas Tribune, reports the number is at least 122 statewide. KXAN
  
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• Off-duty Georgetown firefighter killed in motorcycle crash

  11-04-2025 22:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A firefighter with the Georgetown Fire Department died Friday morning after a crash on US-29, west of Wolf Ranch Parkway, according to a press release from the city of Georgetown.The crash occurred around 9 a.m. The firefighter was riding a motorcycle home at the time and had worn a helmet, the city said.Georgetown police officers and other emergency responders arrived at the scene around 9:13 a.m. An ambulance took the firefighter to Ascension Seton Williamson Hospita
  
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• APA! Thrift Pflugerville holds Pfirst anniversary sale

  11-04-2025 21:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — APA! Thrift in Pflugerville said it would hold an anniversary sale April 11-13. On those days, everything in the store is 50% off.According to Austin Pets Alive!, the sale is to thank the community for supporting its mission. Every purchase made at the store helps pets in need because all net proceeds directly support the programs and animals of APA!.The store is located at 15803 Windermere Dr. Ste 603 in Pflugerville, and it will be open noon to 6 p.m., with a 10 a.m. open
  
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• Mexico to make ‘immediate’ water payment to US as Trump threatens sanctions

  11-04-2025 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Hours after President Donald Trump threatened Mexico with additional tariffs over a massive water debt, that country's president publicly vowed to make a substantial payment soon.Under a 1944 treaty, Mexico must send 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the U.S. from the Rio Grande every five years, and the United States is to pay Mexico 1.5 million acre-feet of water annually via the Colorado River out West. Border Report Live: US, Mexico at odds over water
  
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• BREAKING: Mexico to make ‘immediate’ water payment to US as Trump threatens sanctions

  11-04-2025 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Hours after President Donald Trump threatened Mexico with additional tariffs over a massive water debt, that country's president publicly vowed to make a substantial payment soon.Under a 1944 treaty, Mexico must send 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the U.S. from the Rio Grande every five years, and the United States is to pay Mexico 1.5 million acre-feet of water annually via the Colorado River out West.Border Report Live: US, Mexico at odds over water p
  
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• Texas Senate passes bill to help child support families

  11-04-2025 20:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Legislation that would modernize administrative processes in child support cases passed the Texas Senate this week. Senate Bill 1403 would allow the Texas Office of the Attorney General to expedite procedures and provide "clarity that reduces unnecessary delays in delivering child support services to Texas families," according to the bill analysis. The legislation comes after a KXAN investigation highlighted that Texas parents are owed billions of dollars in child
  
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• Senate passes bill to help Texas families with child support services

  11-04-2025 20:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Legislation that would modernize administrative processes in child support cases passed the Texas Senate this week. Senate Bill 1403 would allow the Texas Office of the Attorney General to expedite procedures and provide "clarity that reduces unnecessary delays in delivering child support services to Texas families," according to the bill analysis. The legislation comes after a KXAN investigation highlighted that Texas parents are owed billions of dollars in child
  
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• Athena the Owl named Austin's official owl ambassador

  11-04-2025 20:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — She is beauty, she is grace. She is Austin's official owl ambassador! RELATED | Athena’s owl cam captures egg cracking, owlet breaking free at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterAfter years of being a nocturnal aviary legend in the city, Austin honored Athena, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s resident Great Horned Owl, with the proclamation at a ceremony Friday morning.(KXAN photo/Ed Zavala)(KXAN photo/Ed Zavala)April 9, 2025 - The first of the two eggs
  
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• Lozano's golazo: Austin Achieve captures first-ever state championship with boys soccer win

  11-04-2025 19:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With about 12 minutes left in the UIL Class 4A-Division II boys soccer championship match, the Austin Achieve Polar Bears started to roar.In a match that looked destined for extra time against Gainesville on Thursday at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown, Austin Achieve's Fredy Lozano connected on the only goal of the match, lifting the Polar Bears to a 1-0 victory and the school's first state championship in any sport.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like
  
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• Police still searching for suspect in Leander attempted child abduction case; ask residents to check security cameras

  11-04-2025 19:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police asked for help identifying a suspect related to an April 2 attempted kidnapping that occurred in Leander.According to police, the suspect was an approximately 5’9” white man with a thin build and short, curly hair. He was last seen wearing a black long-sleeved t-shirt, light-colored shorts and no shoes.The incident happened at 3000 N. Lakeline Boulevard at an apartment complex, and police said the suspect was seen running south from the area following the
  
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• Austin City Council approves changes to fire safety code, adding more wildfire protection

  11-04-2025 19:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin City Council on Thursday approved several amendments to city code that would change building requirements in the city. Those changes included some ways to make Austin more fire-resistant and ready for potential wildfires.The changes included requiring certain fire-resistant materials to be used when building near green spaces, or requiring larger buffer spaces between buildings and green spaces. Past coverage: Austin considering changes to code that protects homes against
  
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• Austin billionaire may move HQ from California to Texas

  11-04-2025 19:37 via kxan.com
  
  (Austin Business Journal) — John Paul DeJoria could bring even more of his business operations to the Lone Star State.The longtime Austinite — Forbes clocks his net worth at about $3 billion — who helped build Patron Spirits Co. and many other businesses, said he's had "very serious" discussions about moving the headquarters of his flagship company, John Paul Mitchell Systems, from California to Texas. John Paul DeJoria Vocational Skills Center opens at Esperanza CommunityDeJor
  
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• More than 100 international students’ immigration statuses revoked across Texas universities

  11-04-2025 18:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — At least 122 international students at Texas universities have had their legal status changed in a wave of removals from a federal database that have swept across the state and the nation, according to university officials and media reports.The students learned in recent days their visas were revoked or their immigration status was marked as terminated in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS database.Visa revocations prevent re-entering the
  
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• 'How the hell are you doing this?': Watson says cities look to Austin for housing policy

  11-04-2025 18:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- During a regional housing summit Friday, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson flexed on adjustments made by the city of Austin to allow for more affordable housing.Over the past few years Austin has made significant changes to its land development code, including: reducing minimum lot size requirements, allowing for more units to be built on a single-family lot and eliminating parking requirements.
  "I can tell you for certain that Austin, Texas is in the vanguard of the national housing dis
  
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• Hays Sheriff, Texas law enforcement agencies investigate 'cloned' GMC trucks

  11-04-2025 16:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Hays County Sheriff's Office issued a press release Thursday to announce that they had recovered four stolen trucks that had their vehicle identification numbers (VIN) cloned."VIN-cloned vehicles appear to be legitimate due to the VIN returning to a vehicle that is not reported as stolen," wrote HCSO Deputy Bryant Cuadros in the release. "The GMC Denalis were reported stolen through the Dallas Police Department, the Houston Police Department and a law enforcement agency
  
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• China hits back at US and will raise tariffs on American goods from 84% to 125%

  11-04-2025 16:28 via kxan.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown.
  While U.S. President Donald Trump paused import taxes this week for other countries, he raised tariffs on China and they now total 145%. China has denounced the policy as “economic bullying" and promised countermeasures. The new tarif
  
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• Inside the Investigation: The Texas Senate's push to fix "pass the trash" problem in schools

  11-04-2025 15:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The number of school employees landing on the Texas Education Agency's Do-Not-Hire Registry is rising.
  After a KXAN investigation exposed how people can exploit the state’s backgrounding system, lawmakers are working on solutions. This week on Inside the Investigation, investigative reporter Kelly Wiley explains how one state senator is touting KXAN's reporting as an example of a flawed system.Related reading:Austin tutor’s arrest reveals ‘cracks’ in how
  
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• $532 million toll road project under consideration in Williamson County

  11-04-2025 14:52 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — At the request of Williamson County, Cedar Park and Leander considered backing a study that could add toll lanes to Ronald Reagan Boulevard, a major arterial roadway on the county's west side.Williamson County's plan for the entire Ronald Reagan Boulevard corridor.
  Williamson County is seeking a partnership with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority to continue its plans for the boulevard from Cedar Park to Jarrell. The improvements to the 31-mile
  
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• Spanish family and pilot killed in NYC sightseeing helicopter crash

  11-04-2025 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (NEXSTAR) — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said.The victims included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, a global manager at an energy technology company, and three children, in addition to the pilot, a person briefed on the investigation told The A
  
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• Family from Spain, pilot killed in NYC sightseeing helicopter crash

  11-04-2025 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (NEXSTAR) — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said.The victims included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, a global manager at an energy technology company, and three children, in addition to the pilot, a person briefed on the investigation told The A
  
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• Watch: Hawks attack humans outside Florida business

  11-04-2025 05:42 via kxan.com
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman has a unique problem outside of her Sarasota business. A pair of nesting hawks is attacking anyone who walks through the front yard."Everybody, the minute you go in the walkway here, you get attacked," businessowner Odalys Hayes said. ‘Chicken jockey’ stunts at Minecraft Movie screenings spark chaosHayes called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to come investigate, only for the birds to attack an FWC officer who r
  
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• 83-year-old Ohio woman fulfills lifelong dream of skydiving

  11-04-2025 05:39 via kxan.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — An Ohio woman traveled three counties away from her senior living community on Wednesday to live out her lifelong dream of skydiving.Nancy Lykins, 83, lives at StoryPoint Senior Living in Troy and has always dreamed of becoming a skydiver. During a community event, she shared that wish with other StoryPoint residents and employees, who were also sharing items on their bucket lists. 5 extinct species we hope science never brings backOn April 9, StoryPoint's Dream Big i
  
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• Movie theaters erupt in chaos as part of 'Minecraft' social media trend

  11-04-2025 05:36 via kxan.com
  
  (WFLA/WROC/WPIX) -- Rowdy crowds of young people have been disrupting screenings of the newly released "A Minecraft Movie" around the country as they take part in the so-called "chicken jockey" trend.Based on the wildly popular video game, the movie hit theaters last week and racked up $157 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada during its opening weekend, delivering Hollywood a much needed box office hit.Some of that success can be attributed to crowds of young people who saw online "me
  
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• Hard-hitting Texas meets stingy Tennessee pitching in SEC softball clash

  11-04-2025 04:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Something has to give this weekend at McCombs Field.Top-ranked Texas, the No. 2 team in the country in batting average, meets No. 7 Tennessee, the nation's leader in ERA, for a 3-game series beginning at 8 p.m. Friday in Austin. The opening game will be aired on ESPNU, with the second game on ESPN at 5 p.m., Saturday. The series concludes with the third game at noon Sunday. It will stream on SEC Network+. LAST SERIES: Kavan’s no-hitter highlights No. 1 Texas’ sw
  
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• 'Shocking': Hear from the Austin attorney helping represent a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador 

  11-04-2025 04:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Lucia Curiel went several years without hearing from her former client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but now the Austin-based immigration attorney said she is in almost daily contact with his wife.
  "She's in, understandably, just a state of desperation," Curiel told KXAN.
  The attorney reconnected with his family after Abrego Garcia was mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador, as a part of an effort from the Trump Administration to deport Venezuelan gang members. According to NBC New
  
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• Austin approves resolution for new safety tools on 6th Street

  11-04-2025 03:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin City Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday for the Sixth Street Safety Plan.The resolution green lights things such as data collection and reporting, along with fencing and traffic changes designed to address safety issues and create a better entertainment district. RELATED | Memo: Police data shows Sixth Street safety pilot has ‘positive effects’ so farThe city said the resolution also advances a “year-round Public Assembly Code En
  
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• Arch Manning on handling the hype, settling is as Texas' starting QB, Quinn Ewers' influence

  11-04-2025 03:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Arch Manning doesn't want to stop doing "normal things."Now in the middle of spring practices as the Longhorns' starting quarterback, Manning understands that people are going to view him as a celebrity. They did even when he was a backup, mainly because of the last name his grandpa Archie and uncles Peyton and Eli made so famous. Arch called the attention "undeserved" because he "hadn't done anything yet." Arch Manning’s competitive spirit affecting Longhorns defense
  
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• Arch Manning on handling the hype, settling in as Texas' starting QB, Quinn Ewers' influence

  11-04-2025 03:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Arch Manning doesn't want to stop doing "normal things."Now in the middle of spring practices as the Longhorns' starting quarterback, Manning understands that people are going to view him as a celebrity. They did even when he was a backup, mainly because of the last name his grandpa Archie and uncles Peyton and Eli made so famous. Arch called the attention "undeserved" because he "hadn't done anything yet." Arch Manning’s competitive spirit affecting Longhorns defense
  
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• Texas university first to add women's flag football as sport grows in Lone Star State

  11-04-2025 03:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In 2024, Concordia University announced they would be adding a women's flag football team, making it the first university in Texas to offer the rapidly growing sport on the collegiate level.Since then, more students have joined the team and next year they will have a full schedule, but this is only the beginning.Daniella Goodridge, who plays linebacker, safety and receiver, said it's a dream come true and she's excited to see so many students showing interest."I am doing the spo
  
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• Supreme Court rules Trump administration must 'facilitate’ return of mistakenly deported man

  11-04-2025 03:02 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) — The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lift a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.The court’s emergency ruling instructs the lower judge to clarify the language of her order but said she acted properly in ensuring that Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case is handled “as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.”
  
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• New city building code will now require all Austin residences to have working air conditioning

  11-04-2025 01:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A new property code adopted by the Austin City Council will now require all Austin residences, new and existing, to have working air conditioning.On Thursday, city council adopted the 2024 Technical Building Code, which makes it so no habitable rooms, including rental homes, apartments and houses, should ever rise above 85 degrees. The updated requirements for the property code will take effect on July 10, according to the city of Austin. Austin could mandate AC cooling standard
  
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• Austin building code will now require all homes to have working air conditioning

  11-04-2025 01:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A new building code adopted by the Austin City Council Thursday will now require all residences, new and existing, to have working air conditioning, according to a release from the city of Austin.On Thursday, city council adopted the 2024 Technical Building Code, which makes it so no habitable rooms, including rental homes, apartments and houses, should ever rise above 85 degrees. The updated requirements for the property code will take effect on July 10, according to the city o
  
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• 'Scrambling to stay alive': Central Texas businesses impacted by Trump's 145% tariffs

  11-04-2025 00:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- Businesses across the country are still grappling with the high tariffs on products coming in from China. Some in Central Texas are feeling the impacts as well. Austin’s China Town shoppers react to Trump’s 125% tariffsOn Wednesday, President Donald Trump raised the tariff on Chinese imports to a staggering 125%. That number was adjusted even higher on Thursday to 145% after the White House accounted for Trump's previous 20% fentanyl tariffs.
  'Scrambling to stay ali
  
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• Report: Former Texas WR Isaiah Bond turns himself in on sexual assault warrant, says allegations are 'patently false'

  11-04-2025 00:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Isaiah Bond turned himself in for an outstanding sexual assault warrant Thursday, according to the NFL Networks Ian Rapoport.Texas wide receiver Isaiah Bond speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
  Collin County records show that Bond posted a $25,000 bond Thursday and was released from custody. Rapoport reported that Bond turned himself into
  
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