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Voter turnout in Travis County breaks primary election records

Hannah Williford March 5, 2020

The primary elections brought record turnouts in Travis County as a majority of people voted on Super Tuesday rather than during the early voting period. Travis County totaled over 267,000 votes for...

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SHIFT hosts panel discussion answering student questions about vaping

Jasmine Lopez March 5, 2020

SHIFT, an on-campus initiative that strives to change the culture surrounding substance use on campus, hosted a discussion Wednesday night where experts discussed students’ questions about vaping.  SHIFT...

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UT-Austin researchers use WebAssembly to increase Firefox browser security

Nataleah Small March 5, 2020

University researchers from Texas and California are using the WebAssembly programming language to make the Firefox web browser more secure.  Researchers from UT-Austin, the University of California...

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Getting in the room: Finding gender-affirming health care

Emily Hernandez March 5, 2020

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of The Daily Texan’s semester-long collaborative series, The Waiting Room, which explores stories of how health care coverage is impacted by your identity....

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UTPD clear Union safe for re-entry, find no source of loud noise

Brooke Ontiveros March 5, 2020

Following a report of a loud noise at the Texas Union at 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday, the UT Police Department cleared the Union as safe for re-entry an hour later. The source of the reported loud noise and...

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Joe Biden wins Texas Democratic presidential primary

Neelam Bohra and Austin Martinez March 4, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Texas Democratic presidential primary election with 33.4% of the votes and 94% of the precincts reporting at the time of print, according to The New York Times.   Biden...

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José Garza leads Democratic primary for Travis County DA, heading to runoff

Neha Madhira March 4, 2020

The Democratic primary race between incumbent Margaret Moore, 53rd District Attorney, and challenger José Garza will most likely go into a runoff. Although Garza gained a lead as votes tallied...

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Which candidates won the 2020 Congressional primaries in Central Texas?

Hannah Williford March 4, 2020

The United States Senate Democratic primary race is heading to a runoff election after inconclusive results came in Tuesday.  A runoff election will be held for the Democratic senatorial primary...

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Harvard historian talks new documentary, Reconstruction

Tori Duff March 4, 2020

Filmmaker and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. discussed his new documentary on the Black struggle for rights during Reconstruction on Tuesday with a public affairs professor. Gates showed part of his...

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Save Austin Now launches coalition to reinstate camping ban in Austin

Neha Madhira March 4, 2020

In an effort to reinstate the ordinance limiting where people experiencing homelessness can camp, an Austin-based nonprofit started a petition Feb. 24 to put the issue on the November 2020 ballot.  Save...

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LBJ School of Public Affairs dean will conclude her tenure December 2020

Nataleah Small March 4, 2020

Angela Evans will conclude her tenure as dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs this December, according to an email from the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost sent last...

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BlackBerry operations director discusses cybersecurity, data breaches

Sam Tilles March 4, 2020

BlackBerry’s senior director of business operations discussed the business ramifications of critical data breaches and the decisions companies are often confronted with as part of the Cybersecurity...

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