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Austin expands encampment clean-ups, as shelter shortage leaves few options
The city has ramped up encampment enforcement while officials concede there aren’t enough beds for those displaced.
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7mFeds pausing Big Bend border construction while CBP commissioner visits the park
It was not immediately clear how long CBP plans to implement the pause. The Trump administration had announced plans to build an access road and vehicle barriers in the park.
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12mCan Austin break the costly cycle of homelessness, jail and crisis? A new program aims to do that.
Austin's No Wrong Door initiative targets a costly cycle of homelessness and arrests by connecting people with long-term support.
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14mTexas cities eye property tax hikes, spending cuts amid yawning budget gaps
Rising costs, slowing tax revenue and a sluggish economy have saddled some of Texas’ biggest cities with multimillion-dollar deficits.
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4mFifth Circuit reaffirms death row inmate Brittany Holberg’s conviction
A three-judge panel of the court had reversed Holberg’s sentence in 2025, but Friday’s split decision will keep the district court’s decision to affirm her conviction.
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4mGreg Abbott threatens Dallas, Houston airports’ grant funds over Islamic washing facilities
Abbott’s letter to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s CEO said the airport would lose state and federal grant funds unless it stopped installing a facility commonly used by Muslim people before prayer.