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Round Rock school board set to adopt $339 million budget
The Round Rock school board on Thursday will vote on a $339.4 million budget that gives raises to its 5,900 employees and bumps up the district's contribution for health insurance.The spending plan is up $6 million from the current year. The district's proposed tax rate will stay the same, but because of rising property values, the owner of an average-value home -- $200,264, after ...
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Herman Juneteenth statues get new home for now
Happy Juneteenth, perhaps our only holiday honoring slow-breaking news. On this day in 1865, word made it to Galveston that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862.And on this day in this year I can report some slow-breaking news about the ongoing embarrassment still swirling around Texas' Juneteenth statues. The good news is they're no ...
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Central Texas religious leaders Immigration change must be just humane
With the U.S. Senate debate over immigration reform in its second week, Central Texas religious leaders pressed Tuesday for reforms centered on keeping families together and allowing unauthorized immigrants to earn legal residency with a path to citizenship.In a lengthy statement, about two dozen leaders from various denominations said such principles were key to what they called just and humane ...
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Plan would sink I-35 below ground
In order to relieve congestion on I35, TxDOT is exploring possible improvements to mobility on I35 at key points, including between MLK and Lady Bird Lake. Proposed plans being considered include a fully elevated highway and a sunken highway. Another solution known ...
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Seton new teaching hospital set to open 2017
New details were released on the teaching hospital that will be built for the newly-formed Dell Medical School at UT. The new hospital slated to open in 2017 will be built on land across from UMC Brackenridge on 15th Street and will take over Brackenridge's role in community healthcare. Brackenridge will still be used as an educational center for students but most of its capabilities will ...
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Movie Review
3000 Miles to Graceland
Demian Lichtenstein's 3000 Miles to Graceland opens in the middle of the Nevada desert with a close-up, frenetic battle to the death between two seemingly giant computer-generated scorpions with leering cartoonish scowls. Much like the rest of the movie, this opening fight sequence is loud, crude, and too long for its own good. While I am sure that it is intended to have some kind of symbo ... ...
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New state inspectors target compounding pharmacies
Austin (KXAN) - Pharmacists and technicians at the Dripping Springs Compounding Center measure every gram and every ounce of medication with precise care. They mix each prescription with one patient in mind. "Everybody's body is different, and you react differently to different things," said compounding pharmacy customer Beth Ann Matlock. "So I think the compounding is really ...
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Official Party boat fire started in kitchen equipment
destroyed a party boat on Lake Travis on Friday afternoon originated from kitchen equipment, according to the Travis County Fire Marshal.Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in the two-story Flagship Texas party boat about 4:10 p.m. near the 6300 block of Bob Wentz Park Road near Windy Point Park, according to fire and sheriff's officials.Engineers will have to determine if the ...
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County asks feds for $4.2 million to develop computer-and-paper voting system
Travis County is asking for a $4.2 million federal grant to help build a new voting system that would provide a paper backup of every ballot cast electronically.Officials say the new system, estimated to cost $8.2 million, would feature a more sophisticated program for electronically counting the votes than the present computer-based voting system. It would also print a paper copy of the votes ...
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Icahn Bid for Dell is still in play
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said Tuesday he continues to work on putting together a potential takeover offer for Dell Inc.Icahn's latest plan is the third version he has suggested since March. None of the plans have included a complete list of financial backers.Icahn continues to work with Southeastern Asset Management, a major Dell investor. Icahn said Tuesday that he has bought half ...
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Bicyclist hit by truck in South Austin
A bicyclist has been taken to the hospital after he was hit by a truck in South Austin on Tuesday afternoon, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.The crash was reported at 4:06 p.m. in the 10500 block of Manchaca Road, about half a mile south of West Slaughter Lane, police said.The man, who was in his 30s, was unconscious, but breathing and was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge ...