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Central Texas top stories for April 25, 2025. The Austin area has stumbled in efforts to improve local air quality. Spring bird migration season is hitting its peak in Central Texas. The MLK bridge over I-35 will be closed to vehicles the next couple of nights. The Texas MS 150 bike race comes at a critical time for medical research funding.

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Central Texas top stories for April 25, 2025. SB2, a bill creating Education Savings Accounts is heading to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. The Texas Education Agency has released its A through F school ratings for 2023. The City of Austin is taking a closer look at how it can regulate and integrate the use of Artificial Intelligence technology. There’s a chance to volunteer to help keep Travis County parks and creeks clean.  

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Central Texas top stories for April 24, 2025. People in Austin could soon get cited or arrested for marijuana possession. A Hays County Grand Jury is declining to charge a man who was arrested in connection with the 2018 Iconic Village apartment fire in San Marcos. The Texas Education Agency has released its A through F ratings for 2023. The City of Austin is buying nearly 5 acres of land in South Austin for a new hike and bike trail.

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Central Texas top stories for April 24, 2025. A Texas Senate Committee voted this week to advance a bill aimed at clarifying when doctors can perform emergency abortions. Texas lawmakers and Governor Greg Abbott created a Texas DOGE version hoping to make the state more business friendly. Today the Texas Education Agency is releasing academic accountability ratings that grade school districts for the first time in two years. AISD has more time to come up with a plan for Dobie Middle School. This weekend you can get rid of your expired prescription drugs, no questions asked. 

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Central Texas top stories for April 23, 2025. School districts across Texas are working to come into compliance with a state law aimed at banning books deemed ‘sexually explicit’ from school libraries. More people died while driving in construction zones in Texas last year compared to the year before. The Texas softball team is in Stillwater tonight for a one-off matchup against Oklahoma State.

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Central Texas top stories for April 22, 2025. More people died while driving in construction zones in Texas last year compared to the year before. Self-driving Tesla taxis are still coming to Austin this summer. A bill that would add more prosecutors to areas surrounding major cities in Texas has been delayed once more. Greenhouse gas emissions have gone down in Austin since 2011 according to the State of Our Environment Report from Austin’s Watershed Protection Department. 

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Central Texas top stories for April 22, 2025. Voters across Travis, Williamson and Hays counties can cast their ballots ahead of the May 3rd election.Scientists have spotted clumps of blue green organisms near Red Bud Island on Lady Bird Lake. Travis County leaders are hoping to revamp the former Austin State Hospital site. The Austin Animal Center will offer only limited services tomorrow as its staff transitions its data to a new management system. We have a chance of thunderstorms today and tonight in the Austin area.

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Central Texas top stories for April 22, 2025. Early Voting for the May third election starts today and runs through next Tuesday. The Austing-Bergstrom Interntional Airport is opening its outdoor observation patio to the public again. Williamson County’s newly appointed county judge has been sworn into office.

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Central Texas top stories for April 21, 2025. The death of Pope Francis comes at a time when the Diocese of Austin is without a bishop. Drug deaths are trending downward in Travis County. Texas Parks & Wildlife announced today the purchase of eleven-hundred acres in Lampasas and Burnet counties.

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Protests were held across Texas and the nation as part of the 50501 Movement, a nationwide response to President Donald Trump’s policies. The Texas Newsroom’s Lucio Vasquez tells us Texans took to the streets in multiple cities.

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