Austin articles
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Police arrest pro-Palestine protesters on UT-Austin campus
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Law enforcement officers on Wednesday handcuffed and removed at least 10 people participating in a student protest on the University of Texas at Austin campus in support of Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas war.
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McAllen International Airport welcomes non-stop flights to Austin
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen International Airport launched its latest non-stop flight destination to the live music capital of the world. Delta Airlines will be operating three daily flights from McAllen to Austin starting in the morning to late evening. "Austin had been missing here in McAllen in the Hidalgo County servicing this area []
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UT Austin students protest layoffs over new DEI ban
Students at the University of Texas at Austin protested Thursday after the school laid off more than 60 staff members to comply with Texas’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ban that went into effect earlier this year. About 200 students at the university disrupted a virtual faculty council meeting conducted by the university's president Monday