Southeast Travis County will elect a new leader for the first time in decades. Here’s who’s running.
KUT News asked each Travis County Precinct 4 Commissioner about their personal background, why they are running and what their top priority in office would be. Here’s what we learned.
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For the past three years, Early Era Collective has presented the dance/hip hop/spoken word show Say That Again for Black History Month, and this year's version will be the biggest one yet. -
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Trooper Jason Tye shot Elijah Barrientos after a traffic stop. Now, Tye faces a jury trial for the shooting, as well as a federal civil rights lawsuit. -
The Facebook message derided its recipient as a “leftist” and “whore” whom he hoped would be deported. The message gained widespread attention when it was shared online. -
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Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and its local Texas chapters, asking a court to shut them down. His office previously argued the local chapters were not part of Texas' foreign terrorist designation. -
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