Posted: May 5, 2020 / 05:52 PM CDTUpdated: May 5, 2020 / 07:09 PM CDTWILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Williamson County is now dealing with three COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes. Round Rock’s Trinity Care Center confirms have tested positive inside that facility, after a second surge there. Williamson County commissioners discussed these nursing home challenges during commissioners court Tuesday.“We have had some pass away. We will perhaps have more pass away, but they have saved lives,” said Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell during Tuesday’s Court.The first...…Posted: May 5, 2020 / 05:52 PM CDTUpdated: May 5, 2020 / 07:09 PM CDTWILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Williamson County is now dealing with three COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes. Round Rock’s Trinity Care Center confirms have tested positive inside that facility, after a second surge there. Williamson County commissioners discussed these nursing home challenges during commissioners court Tuesday.“We have had some pass away. We will perhaps have more pass away, but they have saved lives,” said Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell during Tuesday’s Court.The first...WW…

Posted: Sep 22, 2020 / 02:25 PM CDTUpdated: Sep 22, 2020 / 02:25 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Sixty-three percent of Texas Millennials and Gen Z residents don’t know that six million people were murdered through state-sponsored genocide in Germany during World War II.That’s according to a survey from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.is the first to gauge Holocaust knowledge among people under 40 years of age in all 50 United States, according to the Claims Conference. The data comes from a representative sample of 1,000 interviews nationwide and 200 interviews in each...…Posted: Sep 22, 2020 / 02:25 PM CDTUpdated: Sep 22, 2020 / 02:25 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Sixty-three percent of Texas Millennials and Gen Z residents don’t know that six million people were murdered through state-sponsored genocide in Germany during World War II.That’s according to a survey from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.is the first to gauge Holocaust knowledge among people under 40 years of age in all 50 United States, according to the Claims Conference. The data comes from a representative sample of 1,000 interviews nationwide and 200 interviews in each...WW…

Posted: May 8, 2020 / 12:30 PM CDTUpdated: May 8, 2020 / 12:33 PM CDTWASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has the coronavirus, marking the second person in the White House complex known to test positive this week.The latest positive test was confirmed by a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters.On Thursday, White House officials confirmed that a member of the military serving as one of President Donald Trump’s valets tested positive for the .The valet’s case marked the first known instance where a person who...…Posted: May 8, 2020 / 12:30 PM CDTUpdated: May 8, 2020 / 12:33 PM CDTWASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has the coronavirus, marking the second person in the White House complex known to test positive this week.The latest positive test was confirmed by a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters.On Thursday, White House officials confirmed that a member of the military serving as one of President Donald Trump’s valets tested positive for the .The valet’s case marked the first known instance where a person who...WW…

Posted: Jun 23, 2020 / 04:59 PM CDTUpdated: Aug 4, 2020 / 01:42 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas school districts will have two new ways of calculating attendance come the fall semester, when many are set to reopen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.FULL:On Tuesday, the Texas Education Agency announced its two modes of attendance-counting for the 2020-21 school year — and how they will contribute towards state funding.The two new methods to fund remote instruction are:— All participants are present at the same time, live interactive classes— All participants don’t have to be...…Posted: Jun 23, 2020 / 04:59 PM CDTUpdated: Aug 4, 2020 / 01:42 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas school districts will have two new ways of calculating attendance come the fall semester, when many are set to reopen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.FULL:On Tuesday, the Texas Education Agency announced its two modes of attendance-counting for the 2020-21 school year — and how they will contribute towards state funding.The two new methods to fund remote instruction are:— All participants are present at the same time, live interactive classes— All participants don’t have to be...WW…

Posted: Jun 18, 2020 / 03:56 PM CDTUpdated: Aug 4, 2020 / 01:42 PM CDTBASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — The Bastrop Independent School District has suspended its summer workout camps for students after three student athletes tested positive for COVID-19, the district reported.The district says it has no way of knowing whether or not the students contracted the coronavirus while attending the strength and conditioning camps beginning June 8.Following the directive of the health authority, those individuals are quarantined at home. Also, coaches and the students in those two small groups who came into...…Posted: Jun 18, 2020 / 03:56 PM CDTUpdated: Aug 4, 2020 / 01:42 PM CDTBASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — The Bastrop Independent School District has suspended its summer workout camps for students after three student athletes tested positive for COVID-19, the district reported.The district says it has no way of knowing whether or not the students contracted the coronavirus while attending the strength and conditioning camps beginning June 8.Following the directive of the health authority, those individuals are quarantined at home. Also, coaches and the students in those two small groups who came into...WW…

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Confusion remains over whether the 2020 Census count will end in just a few days from now or in a month, so outreach groups in Texas say they are simply advising the public to fill out the Census “as soon as they possibly can.”While a federal court order last week required the U.S. Census Bureau to continue counting U.S. Census responses up until Oct. 31, the U.S. .U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham announced that due to complications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline for responses to be collected for the...…AUSTIN (KXAN) — Confusion remains over whether the 2020 Census count will end in just a few days from now or in a month, so outreach groups in Texas say they are simply advising the public to fill out the Census “as soon as they possibly can.”While a federal court order last week required the U.S. Census Bureau to continue counting U.S. Census responses up until Oct. 31, the U.S. .U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham announced that due to complications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline for responses to be collected for the...WW…

Posted: Sep 29, 2020 / 10:15 AM CDTUpdated: Sep 29, 2020 / 06:53 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.NEW YORK (AP) — Mail-in voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out nearly 100,000 absentee ballots with the wrong names and addresses printed on the return envelopes.The deluge of faulty ballots, sent to voters across Brooklyn, could result in ballots being voided if voters sign their own name on return envelopes bearing...…Posted: Sep 29, 2020 / 10:15 AM CDTUpdated: Sep 29, 2020 / 06:53 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.NEW YORK (AP) — Mail-in voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out nearly 100,000 absentee ballots with the wrong names and addresses printed on the return envelopes.The deluge of faulty ballots, sent to voters across Brooklyn, could result in ballots being voided if voters sign their own name on return envelopes bearing...WW…

Posted: Sep 28, 2020 / 08:23 AM CDTUpdated: Sep 28, 2020 / 08:23 AM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — A new internal poll from the Democratic nominee for Texas’ 10th Congressional District, Mike Siegel, showed the race against Rep. Michael McCaul within just two points.The poll found a narrowing lead for McCaul, who defeated Siegel by four points in 2018. McCaul holds a 45-43 lead over Siegel with just over two weeks remaining before early voting begins, according to the poll.The poll was conducted Sept. 21-24 by GBAO Strategies, a progressive polling firm in Washington. The results are based on live...…Posted: Sep 28, 2020 / 08:23 AM CDTUpdated: Sep 28, 2020 / 08:23 AM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — A new internal poll from the Democratic nominee for Texas’ 10th Congressional District, Mike Siegel, showed the race against Rep. Michael McCaul within just two points.The poll found a narrowing lead for McCaul, who defeated Siegel by four points in 2018. McCaul holds a 45-43 lead over Siegel with just over two weeks remaining before early voting begins, according to the poll.The poll was conducted Sept. 21-24 by GBAO Strategies, a progressive polling firm in Washington. The results are based on live...WW…

Posted: Jan 4, 2021 / 04:27 AM CSTUpdated: Jan 4, 2021 / 10:49 AM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — The two reports released by the City of Austin released last week outline racial inequities in the Austin Police Department and call on the department to make changes to its training academy. Throughout the, both reports describe the APD police academy as having a “paramilitary” or “militarized” mindset.Citing concerns from former cadets, one of those reports calls for the city to “rebuild the training academy” and to also “implement sweeping structural reforms to the trainingdivision.” The second report,...…Posted: Jan 4, 2021 / 04:27 AM CSTUpdated: Jan 4, 2021 / 10:49 AM CSTAUSTIN (KXAN) — The two reports released by the City of Austin released last week outline racial inequities in the Austin Police Department and call on the department to make changes to its training academy. Throughout the, both reports describe the APD police academy as having a “paramilitary” or “militarized” mindset.Citing concerns from former cadets, one of those reports calls for the city to “rebuild the training academy” and to also “implement sweeping structural reforms to the trainingdivision.” The second report,...WW…

Posted: Sep 23, 2020 / 01:34 PM CDTUpdated: Sep 24, 2020 / 02:52 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday night, Austin police said at least 11 people were arrested during protests organized after a Kentucky grand jury declined to charge two of the three officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death.PROTESTS SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY NIGHTIn the immediate minutes after the outcome, protests against the decision to be held in Austin were announced on social media.The “Justice for Breonna Taylor – Solidarity with Louisville” protest started at Austin City Hall at 7 p.m. :“ATX- Given the short...…Posted: Sep 23, 2020 / 01:34 PM CDTUpdated: Sep 24, 2020 / 02:52 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday night, Austin police said at least 11 people were arrested during protests organized after a Kentucky grand jury declined to charge two of the three officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death.PROTESTS SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY NIGHTIn the immediate minutes after the outcome, protests against the decision to be held in Austin were announced on social media.The “Justice for Breonna Taylor – Solidarity with Louisville” protest started at Austin City Hall at 7 p.m. :“ATX- Given the short...WW…