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Gunman dead after shooting at APD headquarters

Natalie Sullivan November 28, 2014

A man fired more than 100 shots at at least three buildings in downtown Austin on Friday morning — including the federal courthouse, the Mexican consulate and Austin Police Department...

UTPD warns students after synthetic marijuana overdoses

Natalie Sullivan November 26, 2014

With Austin EMS personnel having reported a total of 35 incidents involving a type of synthetic marijuana over the past week — 28 of which required transport to a hospital — UTPD issued a warning...

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Austin citizens protest in response to Ferguson ruling

Josh Willis November 26, 2014

Demonstrators filled the base of the Austin Police Department’s headquarters Tuesday, demanding changes to America’s justice system.    On Monday, a St. Louis County grand jury...

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Google Fiber unveils pricing plan, new downtown office

Adam Hamze November 25, 2014

With Austin set to become the second city in the country to adopt Google Fiber, the new Internet service announced its initial pricing plan and unveiled the location of its downtown office. Mark Strama,...

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West Campus gets gigabit service from Grande Communications

Eleanor Dearman November 25, 2014

Students in West Campus now have the option for a gigabit Internet service that, while present in parts of Austin, has not been available in the area for residents to purchase. Grande Communications...

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City Council member Mike Martinez discusses transportation, water conservation

Jackie Wang November 25, 2014

Mike Martinez, Austin City Council member and mayoral candidate, sat down with The Daily Texan to discuss his plans should he be elected. Martinez faces off against Steve Adler in the runoff for Austin...

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Adler, Martinez discuss Council structure, land code in mayoral debate

Jackie Wang November 22, 2014

With less than a month until mayoral candidates Steve Adler and Mike Martinez face each other in a runoff election on Dec. 16, the two continued their series of debates last week. Adler and Martinez, who...

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City Council approves plan for land development code rewrite

Jackie Wang November 21, 2014

In looking at the land development code rewrite Thursday, the Austin City Council voted 6-1 to approve Approach 2, known as “The Deep Clean,” which reformats the code with a medium amount of...

One dead after shooting in East Riverside

Natalie Sullivan November 20, 2014

One person is dead and one injured after a shooting that occurred in East Riverside early Thursday morning.  APD officers received a call about shots being fired at the City View...

Mayoral runoff candidates debate about affordability

Jackie Wang November 20, 2014

The first of eight Austin mayoral runoff debates grew heated as the candidates discussed property taxes Wednesday at the Time Warner Cable News studio. On Election Day, Steve Adler and Mike Martinez...

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Using UT researcher’s initiatives, in-school suspensions decrease at Texas middle school

Adam Hamze November 20, 2014

In-school suspension rates at a Texas middle school dropped 75 percent over two years as a result of an initiative that disciplines students through community accountability created by a UT researcher.  Philip...

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$1 million fund to support Blanton reinstallations named for UT alumni

Kylie Fitzpatrick November 13, 2014

The Blanton Museum of Art is creating a fund to pay for reinstallation of the museum’s nearly 18,000 works of art. The fund, called Judy and Charles Tate Director’s Excellence Fund, is named...

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