Crews with the Texas Department of Transportation will close IH-35 tonight at FM 1327 just north of Buda starting at 9:00pm.
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For the first time since 2003, the Texas State Comptroller's Office has reported a decline in state-wide sales tax revenue when compared to the same month last year.
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On May 10th, Round Rock voters in the two-thirds of the Round Rock Independent school district will vote on whether Austin Community College's taxing district will expand adding to the existing one-third of the college's annexed taxing district.
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CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - The town of Crawford is sort of like a bridesmaid at arm's length from Jenna Bush's wedding tomorrow. All of the action is at President Bush's 1,600-acre ranch seven miles outside the one-stoplight town.
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For those taxpayers getting a check from the Treasury Department as part of the federal government’s economic stimulus package, the check is in the mail. Taxpayers on direct deposit have already been receiving their payment of up to $600, but for those getting their money the old-fashioned way, the checks should start arriving soon. Many of those checks are being printed at a government facility in south Austin, one of only four such printing facilities in the nation.
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State Rep. Joe Driver, Chairman of the House Law Enforcement Committee says he has sent in the renewal for his concealed handgun license ahead it's expiration and is urging others to do the same. He is prompting the DPS to send out six month in advance notices to concealed handgun owners to apply now, rather than later.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A bishop's records taken from a polygamist sect in West Texas are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships. More than 460 children were removed last month from the Yearning For Zion ranch near Eldorado amid questions whether the youngsters were abused. The children are now in foster care.
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A U.S. soldier remains in jail in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, after he says he mistakenly drove across the Mexican border with firearms in his car. Specialist Richard Torres was carrying a small arsenal in his car: An AR-15 assault rifle, a .45-caliber handgun, 171 rounds of ammunition, several cartridges and three knives.
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U.T. Police respond when they get calls hundreds of people are running through campus and onto the "drag" in their underwear.
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Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong has testified before a U.S. Senate committee about his fight against cancer. While calling on lawmakers to boost funding for research into possible cures for the disease, Armstrong also said he was in favor of efforts to promote lifestyle changes that reduce a person’s risk of cancer.
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