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Is Elon Musk Responsible For The 40% Surge In Austin Home Values?

The value of Austin’s housing market soared by nearly 40% during 2021, nearly double the national average. But what role did a certain crypto-touting, electric vehicle-building entrepreneur play in this market’s success?

Benzinga

‘We are ready for this storm': Texas Gov. Abbott, ERCOT discuss winter storm prep ahead of freeze

DALLAS — Texas’ power grid is ready to handle the winter storm expected to hit the state on Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders said Tuesday at a news conference in Austin.

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Beto O'Rourke to visit 20 cities over 12 days to mark anniversary of winter freeze

AUSTIN, Texas — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke will travel to 20 cities and towns across Texas over 12 days to mark the anniversary of the deadly February winter storms and power outages, his campaign announced Monday.

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'It would be devastating': Supreme Court ruling could threaten diversity in Texas colleges

AUSTIN, Texas — A potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the use of race in college admissions could reverse recent strides among Texas universities in creating more diverse student bodies and could adversely affect the college experience for students of color, education policy experts said.

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Rodriguez Goes on Offense Against Homeless Camping in Democratic Primary

The longtime state representative and congressional candidate parrots conservative talking points in wedge-issue mailer.

Texas Observer

Abbott running comfortably ahead of O’Rourke in DMN-UT-Tyler poll; Paxton could face runoff

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is running 11 percentage points ahead of Democrat Beto O’Rourke in this year’s race for Texas governor, according to a Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler poll released Sunday.

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Woman reported missing from Forest View, found dead in Austin

Charisma Ehresman was reported missing after leaving her home last Sunday in the 4600 block of South Wisconsin in Forest View and didn’t return.

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Tesla Giga Texas: Model Y And 4680 Structural Packs Are Coming

Tesla revealed in its Q4 2021 financial report that the Giga Austin plant in Texas started producing Model Y in late 2021.

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Blink Charging Partners With Bridgestone Retail Operations To Deploy 50 EV Charging Stations

Blink Charging Co (NASDAQ:BLNK) will deploy 50 Blink IQ 200 charging stations at 25 Firestone Complete Auto Care and Wheel Works stores, in cooperation with Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO), a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas. Each of the 25 locations will deploy a dual-port Blink IQ 200 fast level 2 charging station. Pilot locations…

Benzinga

‘Now, now, now. We need help now’: US warning over breast milk shortage as donations plunge

Demand for breast milk has surged during the pandemic, but supply from milk banks has fallen as people head back to work

The Guardian - US

Gov. Greg Abbott urges court to allow unilateral pursuit of vote fraud by Texas AG Ken Paxton

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other top Texas Republicans have joined Attorney General Ken Paxton and urged the all-GOP Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse its recent ruling that Paxton can’t prosecute voter fraud unilaterally.

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US City to Feature First Full 3D Printed Neighborhood

Construction of the largest 3D-printed neighborhood will begin in Austin in 2022. An entire neighborhood of 100 single-story, 3D-printed homes will be built. This method of construction is faster, cheaper and less polluting than conventional construction methods, according to the three companies behind this unique project. This development is set…

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New campaign finance data reveal Texas Democrats raised, spent $1 million on Washington trip

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Democrats spent more than $1 million from various campaign coffers to fund their quorum break in July, when nearly 60 lawmakers left the state for Washington in an effort to kill a GOP-backed elections bill.

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Alpine was "lost" at start of F1 2021, admits Rossi

Alpine Formula 1 CEO Laurent Rossi has admitted his team was 'lost' at the beginning of 2021, but said its fluctuating form became 'more linear than you think' after understanding the car better.

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Democrat Beto O’Rourke: ‘No interest’ in Texas gubernatorial campaign help from President Joe Biden

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke on Friday said that he would have no interest in getting campaign assistance from President Joe Biden, who has seen his approval ratings plummet in recent months.

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Texas snaps two-game skid by toughing out win vs. Oklahoma State

AUSTIN, Texas — Talk about a red-hot start. All five Texas starters opened Saturday's game at the Erwin Center with a bucket on the Longhorns’ first five possessions against Oklahoma State.

Salon

Texas clampdown: Ballot requests denied

“This is what voter suppression looks like,” says election clerk in Austin as pattern repeats across the state

Chicago Sun-Times

2 people killed, 3 wounded in shootings in Chicago Thursday

Two men were killed in attacks in Austin on the West Side and Auburn Gresham on the South Side.

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1 killed, 2 wounded in Austin shooting

A 21-year-old man was struck to the shoulder and transported to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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California transplants overwhelming other housing markets? Maybe not

The pandemic may not have spawned an all-out urban exodus, but it has driven some residents of America’s most populous state to seek shelter elsewhere.

Sports Illustrated

The Real Scandal of Varsity Blues

Texas’s former men’s tennis coach says he’s paid for his mistakes. What he wants to know is why nobody in charge has.

Tribune News Service

Netflix show 'Queer Eye' helped Austin rapper BlackLight get his glow back

AUSTIN, Texas — If you’re among the people who began 2022 ugly crying through the Austin edition of Netflix reality show “Queer Eye,” then you probably were charmed by the story of BlackLight, a local rapper with a hard-hitting flow and the cutest baby on television. Season 6 episode “The…

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Three things we learned from Kansas State’s 66-65 road victory over No. 23 Texas

The Kansas State men’s basketball team won its second consecutive game against a ranked opponent by defeating No. 23 Texas, 66-65, on Tuesday at the Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

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Bibliotecarios denuncian medidas republicanas para prohibir libros en las escuelas

AUSTIN, Texas— Indignados con los padres y los políticos que intentan que las bibliotecas escolares se deshagan de libros, que denuncian como inapropiados o incluso pornográficos, un grupo de bibliotecarios escolares de Texas está contraatacando.

Tribune News Service

More than 250 families asked to evacuate as fire spreads outside Texas state park

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 250 families in the path of the Rolling Pines fire in Bastrop County were asked to flee their homes Tuesday night, but local officials said no homes had been damaged so far. The fire, which has burned about 640 acres, grew quickly during the day's…

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