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The Texas House Public Education Committee passed a sweeping school finance proposal on Thursday, along with a bill that would create a program allowing parents to use public funds to pay for private schools.
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The City of Austin agreed to pay Housing Connector $2.14 million over two years. The company currently operates in at least three other cities, including Dallas, Denver and Portland, Oregon.
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State workers came back to cramped offices and packed parking lots this week. They said the new policy is unworkable.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety said it, along with several other government agencies, has been investigating the Tren de Aragua gang for more than a year.
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Pflugerville ISD students Kyra Newton and Farah Sabah have testified before school board members and state lawmakers. Now, they want to help fellow teenagers understand how to weigh in on local and state policies that affect them.
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The Texas House Public Education Committee was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to take up two high priority bills which would address school funding and the creation of a school voucher plan. But the meeting was canceled late Monday night.
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McDaniels talks about the television show he created that documented the golden age of hip-hop.
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With federal funding set to end in October, refugees in Austin will be left to navigate on their ownNonprofits help refugees pay for rent and groceries, land jobs, sign up for medical benefits and enroll in school. The end of federal funding could mean these services disappear.
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Matthew McConaughey, who has spent more than three decades as an actor, told the Texas Senate Finance Committee on Monday that one of his only regrets is not making more films in Texas.
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Once complete, the bridge will connect the city's most popular trail at a long-overlooked corner of the lake. A nearby pedestrian tunnel under Pleasant Valley Road is already tunneled through.
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Voters in the Austin area will decide on city council positions, school board races, money for roads and more.
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The Williamson County Commissioners Court has appointed Steven Snell to serve as county judge. His appointment comes a little more than two weeks after former County Judge Bill Gravell resigned to take a job with the Trump administration.