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City Council approves plan for Moody College skybridge over Dean Keeton Street

Jackie Wang June 13, 2015

Students will be able to cross Dean Keeton Street without touching the street pavement starting early 2016.  The Austin City Council approved the Moody College’s skybridge project, which...

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Wildflower Center hosts weekly summer event to teach kids about the environment

Heather Finnegan June 12, 2015

Nature Nights is a weekly summer event hosted by the Lardy Bird Johnson Wildflower Center that encourages kids and their parents to explore and learn about the environment.  

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Members of Planned Parenthood protest outside Abbott’s mansion

Matthew Adams June 10, 2015

Since last Thursday, members of Planned Parenthood have been and plan to continue protesting outside the Governor's Mansion against a bill that, they claim, hurts women’s preventive cancer screenings...

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Bill to close Austin’s State Supported Living Center dies in committee

Matthew Adams June 10, 2015

Senate Bill 204, which contained legislation that would close Austin’s State Supported Living Center, did not pass May 31 after months of anticipated approval because the committee could not reach...

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X Games return to Austin for second-straight year

Aaron Torres June 5, 2015

For the second time in history, X Games has come to Austin. For the first time ever, though, there was a winner in the Harley-Davidson Flat-Track Racing event, a new event premiering this year....

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City prepares for X Games with road closures, detours downtown

Jackie Wang June 4, 2015

The City of Austin is preparing for the second annual X Games with lane closures and detours downtown. Streets south of the Capitol building will be blocked off for the opening event of the X Games, Moto...

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City begins rebuilding process after May floods

Matthew Adams June 3, 2015

May was the wettest month in Texas history, with 37.3 trillion gallons of water falling across the state. The worst of the deluge came Memorial Day weekend, and several local counties, faced with disastrous...

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Slideshow: Photos of local flooding

Anderson Boyd and Daulton Venglar May 26, 2015

Heavy rain caused Shoal Creek to to rise out of its banks and flood parts of downtown Austin on Lamar Boulevard on Monday after reports of flooding in both Hyde Park and East Austin.  Both...

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Officials say students not at risk for mumps

Anderson Boyd May 20, 2015

Despite three official mumps diagnoses in the last two weeks, University health officials say students are not at risk of infection. University officials first notified students about an undergraduate...

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Crime in Austin interactive

Miles Hutson May 11, 2015

The first of its kind of the Austin area, The Daily Texan's interactive crime map allows users to browse the various crimes the Austin Police Department has reported, separated by location and type...

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New faces, familiar places: Year in review

Daily Texan Staff May 8, 2015

LIFE&ARTS | This year brought the usual lineup of festivities to Austin. For two weekends in October, musicians including Eminem, Lorde and Outkast, made their ways to Austin City Limits. A number...

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UT alumni, Austin improvisers create podcast Now You Know A Little Bit More About Us

Marisa Charpentier May 7, 2015

Space exploration and high seas adventures are common topics of conversation between UT alumni Patrick Creamer and Quinn Buckner. Once a week, they set up their microphones and record random stories for...

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