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Texas education commissioner voices teacher pay concerns to panel of lawmakers
The state’s top education official briefed state lawmakers in Austin Monday morning. His message: focus money towards educators, not just school funding formulas.
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Texas lawmakers push to improve public education
The state’s top education official briefed state lawmakers in Austin Monday morning. The state of education in Texas is not the best. Texas spends below-average per student and is getting below-average results according to national standards. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan reports with how lawmakers want to address the issue.
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UT athletic director shares emotional journey
Sports director Newy Scruggs sits down the with UT athletic director Alex Del Conte for an incredible and at some points emotional interview.
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Citizens in Kyle fight to save a reportedly 400-year-old tree named ‘Jolene'
Following a Dec. 3 decision to remove a reportedly 400-year-old tree known to residents as “Jolene,” some residents in Kyle want decision-makers to continue to explore other options.
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Lawmakers return to Austin this week
Tuesday, state lawmakers will decide the fate of a Republican-led but bipartisan coalition.
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American Brandon Vazquez transfers to MLS's Austin from Mexican club Monterrey
Brandon Vazquez rejoined Major League Soccer on Monday when Austin announced it reached a transfer agreement to acquire the 26-year-old forward from Mexican club Monterrey.
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Citizens try to save reportedly 400-year-old Texas tree
They’ve named her Jolene, and now citizens in the Texas city of Kyle are trying to save a tree they say is 400 years old from being cut down.
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Death row inmate Robert Roberson subpoenaed to testify at Texas Capitol Friday
The extraordinary legal saga over whether death row inmate Robert Roberson should be put to death is not over. The state has already asked for an execution date to be set, but now, NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero reports there’s another attempt to have Roberson testify before lawmakers at the Texas State Capitol.
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Texas electors cast ballots for Trump, Vance on Tuesday
Members of the Texas Electoral College met at the state capitol building in Austin on Tuesday to cast their 40 electoral votes for president.
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Zero Longhorns fans caught or punished for throwing bottles in Georgia game
The University of Texas investigation into the bottle-throwing incident that disrupted the Texas-Georgia game in October — and drew a harsh rebuke and fine from the Southeastern Conference — resulted in no one being caught or punished.
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Gov. Greg Abbott swears in new director of Texas DPS, Freeman Martin
The Texas Department of Public Safety has a new director: Col. Freeman Martin, a former Texas Ranger and deputy director of the DPS.
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Former Texas Ranger now runs TxDPS, calls it ‘the honor of my lifetime'
The Texas Department of Public Safety has a new director: Col. Freeman Martin, a former Texas Ranger and deputy director of the DPS.
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Cellphones in classrooms up for debate in Austin in January
The days of students taking their cell phones to into class may soon be coming to an end. Lawmakers return to Austin in January when they will debate banning cell phones in public schools.
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‘School Choice is my top policy priority,' Lt Gov. Dan Patrick says
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says school choice will be among his legislative priorities for the upcoming session and has designated it SB2.
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Student fatally stabbed at high school in Austin, one student in police custody
A student at Manor Senior High was stabbed by another student on Tuesday.
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Harris and Trump visit Texas on the same day ahead of Election Day
Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump were in Texas at the same time on Friday. NBC 5’s David Goins reports Harris is in Houston for a star-studded rally, while Trump is campaigning in Austin.
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Harris, Trump both in Texas Friday; Beyoncé to perform at Houston rally
Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are both headed to Texas on Friday. The vice president will visit Houston, and the former president will visit Austin.
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Donald Trump, Kamala Harris make campaign stops in Texas on Friday.
The road to the White House leads through Texas for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. NBC 5’s Larry Collins has the details.
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Escape to the ultimate golf getaway
We visit Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa to retreat and relax at one of the most sought-after golfing destinations in the U.S.
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Shaken baby death case goes to Texas capital
The next step in one of the most controversial death penalty cases in Texas history is playing out in Austin on Monday. Robert Roberson was convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter in 2003 based on shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis many experts are now calling into question. NBC 5’s Keenan Willard has more.