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Power grid again reaches record demand
Columns, Opinions
Capital Highlights
Power grid again reaches record demand
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
August 28, 2024
The dog-day heat wave has sent power demands to new records, the Austin American-Statesman reported. With much of the state enduring an excessive heat...
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Pandemic relief funds for schools about to end
Columns, Opinions
Capital Highlights
Pandemic relief funds for schools about to end
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
August 14, 2024
Texas public schools received more than $19 billion in pandemic relief funds over the last four years, but that pipeline of cash will largely end on S...
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PUC outlines consumer protection rules
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Capital Highlights
PUC outlines consumer protection rules
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
July 24, 2024
As the dog days of August approach and electric bills soar, the Public Utility Commission is reminding consumers of rules in place to protect them fro...
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Abbott demands probe into power outages
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Capital Highlights
Abbott demands probe into power outages
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
July 17, 2024
More than 2 million Texans lost power when Hurricane Beryl hit the Texas coast, and Gov. Greg Abbott wants to know why. The Austin American-Statesman ...
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Proposed fed rule would protect workers from extreme heat
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Capital Highlights
Proposed fed rule would protect workers from extreme heat
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
July 10, 2024
A year after a new state law ended mandatory water breaks in Texas, a proposed federal rule would protect millions of workers from the risks caused by...
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What’s going on in Texas this week?
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Capital Highlights
What’s going on in Texas this week?
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
May 29, 2024
Additional disaster assistance approved Seven Texas counties have been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for grants for emergency wo...
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House Democrats call for education special session
Columns, Opinions
Capital Highlights
House Democrats call for education special session
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
May 22, 2024
Texas House Democrats are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session to increase public school funding, while Abbott is criticizing them for op...
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State immigration law again on hold
Columns, Opinions
Capital Highlights
State immigration law again on hold
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
March 27, 2024
The on-again, off-again state immigration law is once more on hold while the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considers its constitutionality. Senate Bill...
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Spate of new laws effective Jan. 1
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Spate of new laws effective Jan. 1
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
January 3, 2024
After the Texas Legislature spent much of 2023 in session, a bevy of new laws go into effect on New Year’s Day, though some have been delayed by lawsu...
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Legal groups sue to stop new law
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Legal groups sue to stop new law
By Gary Borders, Capital HIghlights 
December 27, 2023
The ink was barely dry on a law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott that makes unauthorized entry into the United States a state crime before a lawsuit was fil...
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Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment
Buda, Hays County, News
Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment
By Brittany Kelley 
April 30, 2025
BUDA — After discovering that her son’s former teacher was arrested for public intoxication, Christina Nichols was left wishing Hays CISD did more to ...
Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 near Yarrington Road
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Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 near Yarrington Road
By Staff Report 
March 18, 2025
KYLE – The Kyle Police Department is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at approximately 2 a.m. March 18 on southbound IH-35 near Yarringto...
Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County
Hays County, News
Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County
By Staff Report 
April 2, 2025
AUSTIN — A joint investigation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Antonio Poli...
Three-car collision leaves one dead
Dripping Springs, Main, News
Three-car collision leaves one dead
By Staff Report 
March 12, 2025
DRIPPING SPRINGS – A three-car collision left a 79-year-old woman dead March 1. At approximately 6:45 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS...
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Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography
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Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography
By Staff Report 
April 30, 2025
SAN MARCOS — Hays County District Judge Sherri K. Tibbe sentenced Kevin McLean, 33, to a total of 60 years in prison April 29; McLean entered a plea o...
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