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Austin ISD tax rate election results: If passed, Prop A would raise millions for the district. The 9.1 cent tax rate increase, if approved, will generate $171 million in new revenue for Austin ISD. The district will keep about $41 million of that, while the rest is subject to Texas’ recapture system.
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Nov 1, 2024 · City Council approves $120 million to create new Austin public safety headquarters. Luz Moreno-Lozano. , October 25, 2024. The new nearly 400,000-square-foot building will house the city's three public safety agencies — Austin Fire, Austin Police and Austin-Travis County EMS. The building sits south of Zilker Park.
Travis County: 2024 Primary Elections Voter Guide
Feb 20, 2024 · See what’s on your party’s ballot in Travis County: Democrat sample ballot. Republican sample ballot * Indicates incumbent. Federal. U.S. Senate: Texas has two seats in the U.S. Senate, the upper chamber of Congress. The Senate has 100 members, two from each state, who are elected for six-year terms.
Where Texas stands on abortion, two years after Roe v. Wade’s …
Jun 26, 2024 · It has been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its opinion in Dobbs v.Jackson Women’s Health Organization.In doing so, it reversed its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade; overturned the national right to abortion; and gave states the power to enforce their own abortion laws.. Since this historic shift, women, doctors and activists have made attempts to test and clarify the margins of ...
Why did Texas remove a million people from the voter rolls? | KUT …
Aug 30, 2024 · That large number — plus Abbott’s repeated references to illegal voting in his announcement — definitely raised some eyebrows. But identifying exactly which voters were removed paints a clearer picture. Of those scrubbed from voter rolls, the state said more than 457,000 — nearly 40% — are deceased, while over 19,000 canceled their own voter registrations.
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May 15, 2024 · Texas Public Radio and NPR leader Joyce Slocum dies at 66. Dan Katz. , March 4, 2024. Joyce Slocum, who led both NPR and Texas Public Radio into a new era for public media, died Sunday from complications of colon cancer. Texas.
Williamson County: 2024 Primary Elections Voter Guide
Published February 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM CST. Julia Reihs. /. KUT News. Election Day is Tuesday, March 5. Lee esta historia en español. It's primary season in Texas. Republicans and Democrats across the state will decide who their party's nominee will be in the November general election. Election Day is Tuesday, March 5.
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Plan to link Texas grid with southeast neighbors gets a federal …
Oct 8, 2024 · The Southern Spirit Transmission line project is getting a boost from federal funding. The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will put $360 million toward a project to create a new link between the Texas power grid, which operates independently from its neighbors, and other grids in the ...
Kirk Watson continues to outfundraise opponents in the Austin …
Oct 9, 2024 · Kirk Watson speaks to supporters after winning the runoff mayor election against Celía Israel in 2022. The incumbent has raised nearly $1 million in his bid for reelection. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has once again outraised his opponents in the race to be the city’s next mayor, adding another $ ...