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Slideshow: Photos from Election Night 2016

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Students march in protest of election results

Jasleen Shokar November 10, 2016

More than 300 students spent over seven hours Wednesday protesting the election of Republican Donald Trump on campus and throughout downtown Austin.  The protest, one of many organized by college...

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Travis County elects Hernandez as new sheriff

Will Clark November 9, 2016

Voters elected Sally Hernandez for Travis County Sheriff in a landslide victory to succeed the 12-year incumbent Greg Hamilton. Hernandez, who earned 62.11 percent of the vote according to the Travis...

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Austin passes $720 million mobility bond, will turn Guadalupe into city activity corridor

Sarah Philips November 9, 2016

The city of Austin has voted to pass Proposition 1, a $720 million mobility bond, that will turn Guadalupe Street, a well-traversed street for students, into a city activity corridor and provide funds...

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City council gains one new member with three reelection wins, one runoff

Van Nguyen November 9, 2016

Last night’s election helped fill four seats in the Austin City Council, with a runoff election for District 10 planned for later this year. Four of the five candidates who led the polls were in...

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Voters delayed at FAC on Election Day

Anusha Lalani November 9, 2016

Students lined up to vote at 7 a.m. on Election Day, only to wait in line for more than one hour to cast their vote. The Peter T. Flawn Academic Center and the University Co-op opened their doors...

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Students wait in longest lines in Travis County

Megan Hix November 9, 2016

Student voters in line at the Flawn Academic Center or University Co-Op polling locations on Election Day faced some of the longest lines in Travis County, according to the County Clerk’s website. Polls...

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Texas Blazers kickoff campaign to help refugees with “cheap lunch”

Sunny Kim November 8, 2016

New members of Texas Blazers, a men’s honor society and service organization, are hosting a weeklong “cheap lunch” to help Texas refugees by raising money for two resettlement agencies in...

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Cops chat with community members over coffee

Will Clark November 7, 2016

Austin Police Department Sergeant Carlos Dominguez was born in the small West Texas town of Marfa, where everybody knew everybody. He said growing up in Marfa, “the sheriff was just one of us.” When...

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Voter turnout at FAC ranks third-highest in Travis County

Sarah Philips November 4, 2016

With early voting drawing to a close, students, faculty and members of the surrounding community have made UT’s polling place of choice, the Flawn Academic Center, the Travis County polling place...

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City Council enlists Dallas forensic lab to help process APD’s backlogged rape kits

Lisa Dreher November 4, 2016

Austin City Council unanimously approved a contract at its general meeting Thursday for Austin Police Department to have its backlogged sexual assault forensic tests processed at a lab in Dallas to address...

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Boycotters demand fair wages and rights from Wendy’s

Brianna Stone November 3, 2016

Students, consumer allies and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers gathered at a Wendy’s on East Riverside Drive Wednesday evening to boycott for farmworkers’ and restaurant workers’ rights. Wendy’s...

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