Austin, TX
Austin College announces Spring 2024 Dean’s List
Nolan Adams from Savannah, Texas;
Kimberly Aguilar from Pflugerville, Texas;
Ben Allen from Sherman, Texas;
Ahana Apte from Plano, Texas;
Caroline Armstrong from Houston, Texas;
Miguel Avila from Dallas, Texas;
Heaven Barber from Los Lunas, New Mexico;
Brianna Barch from Princeton, Texas;
Adam Bel Hadj Kacem from McKinney, Texas;
Tyra Bennett from Sherman, Texas;
Saji Bhogal from Tyler, Texas;
Ashley Boatright from Sherman, Texas;
Kiara Bobb from Avondale Estates, Georgia;
Alicia Bohannon from Denison, Texas;
Gavin Brand from Plano, Texas;
Leena Brown from Garland, Texas;
Angie Butler Jr. from Southlake, Texas;
Paige Butler from Richardson, Texas;
Emma Cain from Anna, Texas;
Lee Campbell from Lubbock, Texas;
Devon Carrillo from Katy, Texas;
Nia Carter from Wylie, Texas;
Ashton Cason from Plano, Texas;
Cosme Catalan from Boadilla Del Monte, Spain;
Jose Cerda from Desoto, Texas;
Blume Cernero from Sherman, Texas;
Josie Cernero from Sherman, Texas;
Reet Choudhary from McKinney, Texas;
Thi Phuong Uyen Chu from Bien Hoa City, Vietnam;
Karsyn Clouse from Denison, Texas;
Coral Cohen from Plano, Texas;
Carson Cook from College Station, Texas;
Campbell Coon from Celina, Texas;
Anne Corrales from Little Elm, Texas;
Jonah Cowles from Sherman, Texas;
Alyssa Cox from Jenks, Oklahoma;
Riley Cregg from Blossom, Texas;
Megan Crocker from Pearland, Texas;
Chris Davis from Aubrey, Texas;
Sarah Davis from Frisco, Texas;
Amy Delgado from Robinson, Texas;
Megan Devaney from Austin, Texas;
Meztly Diaz from New Caney, Texas;
Leah Ding from Plano, Texas;
Bonnie Dong from Reno, Texas;
Zoe Doyle from Houston, Texas;
MC DuBose from Fort Worth, Texas;
Mattie Duncan from Lakeside, Texas;
Davis Durham from Sherman, Texas;
Corbin Dymek from Celina, Texas;
Drew Easley from Dallas, Texas;
Adam Elsayed from Allen, Texas;
Zach Ennis from Plano, Texas;
Morgan Evans from Houston, Texas;
Charlotte Evelyn from Austin, Texas;
Kate Fletcher from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Elizabeth Funderburk from Wylie, Texas;
Jasmine Galdamez from Lubbock, Texas;
Isabel Garrison from Wichita Falls, Texas;
Emma Gibson from Crockett, Texas;
Elanor Goldsmith from Sherman, Texas;
Gabe Graf from Round Rock, Texas;
Samantha Graham from Denison, Texas;
Jack Graman from McKinney, Texas;
Eliazar Greer from Plainview, Texas;
Madison Grijalva from Lewisville, Texas;
Sammi Guffey from Camas, Washington;
Pragna Gundupalli from Frisco, Texas;
Kurt Gustafson from Bakersfield, California;
Lucy Guttery from Fort Worth, Texas;
Cameron Hammond from Euless, Texas;
Rahul Hanumandlu from Flower Mound, Texas;
Kailey Harshaw from Round Rock, Texas;
Murad Hassan from Plano, Texas;
Roy Herrera from Spring, Texas;
Hannah Herron from Hughes Springs, Texas;
Mason Hester from Cedar Park, Texas;
Gordon Hicks from Victoria, Texas;
Roberto Hinojosa from Missouri City, Texas;
Alyssa Holloway from Allen, Texas;
Jordan Hudgins from Wylie, Texas;
Sonja Huntwork from Plano, Texas;
Cole Imhoff from Coppell, Texas;
Abhigna Isukamatla from Machilipatnam, India;
Kurt Jacobson from Moraga, California;
Muskaan Jaiswal from Frisco, Texas;
Ismael Jasso from Irving, Texas;
Amie Johnson from Watauga, Texas;
Macey Johnson from Houston, Texas;
Melisa Koral from Dallas, Texas;
Christian Kyser from Flower Mound, Texas;
Kenedie Lane from Frisco, Texas;
Sarah Laredo from Rowlett, Texas;
Abby Larkin from Castle Rock, Colorado;
Ryan Laventure from Chandler, Texas;
Abigail Le from Allen, Texas;
Christian Le from Allen, Texas;
Mark Leonard from Frisco, Texas;
Cassidee Levine from Richmond, Texas;
Miguel Liuzzi from Mesquite, Texas;
Christian Luera from El Paso, Texas;
Joshua Magers from Sherman, Texas;
Lexi Martin from Sanger, Texas;
Britney Martin from Big Bend National Park, Texas;
Sebastiao Martin from Fort Worth, Texas;
Joseph McGuire from Sugar Land, Texas;
Emma McLemore from Denison, Texas;
Jed McPike from Austin, Texas;
Benjamin Meraz from Sherman, Texas;
Grace Milligan from Austin, Texas;
Grace Moothart from Melissa, Texas;
Mason Moreau from Howe, Texas;
Macyn Muir from Jenks, Oklahoma;
Hannah Mullens from Leander, Texas;
Trinity Naile from Sunnyvale, Texas;
Ainsley Nelson from Frisco, Texas;
Elyssa Nelson from Saginaw, Texas;
Taylor Nemeth from Laguna Niguel, California;
Cade Newbrand from The Colony, Texas;
Timmy Ngo from Dallas, Texas;
Elizabeth Nguyen from Richardson, Texas;
Joseph Nguyen from Richardson, Texas;
Sara Norton from Keller, Texas;
Ella Nunneley from Nocona, Texas;
Lily Ordonez from Benbrook, Texas;
Danny Orozco from Mesquite, Texas;
Ella Owens from Richardson, Texas;
Ireland Owens from Boerne, Texas;
Paola Paulin from Sherman, Texas;
Keely Perry from Frisco, Texas;
Evan Pezirtzoglou from Tomball, Texas;
Lexi Pietrasik from Murphy, Texas;
Marcia Pinto from North Richland Hills, Texas;
Savanna Polen from Carrollton, Texas;
Paulina Porter from Flower Mound, Texas;
Caitlyn Potraza from Dallas, Texas;
Stephen Proft from Austin, Texas;
Sarah Putnicki from Gunter, Texas;
Asier Quiroga from San Antonio, Texas;
Sam Rainey from McKinney, Texas;
Amsah Rauf from Coppell, Texas;
Hunter Richardson from Bellaire, Texas;
Abigail Roberts from Dallas, Texas;
Jocelin Robinson from Rowlett, Texas;
Alyssa Ross from San Jose, California;
Jewelia Ross from Sherman, Texas;
Mikayla Ross from Sherman, Texas;
Rachel Sadler from Trenton, Texas;
Danielle Saltzman from Sugar Land, Texas;
Trey Salyer from Frisco, Texas;
Emma Samaniego from Naples, Texas;
Noah Samuel from McKinney, Texas;
Josh Sangalli from Wharton, Texas;
Niharika Saran from Coppell, Texas;
Emma Schlomann from Katy, Texas;
Izzy Schultze from Round Rock, Texas;
Emie Shaw from Denison, Texas;
Rund Shehadeh from Southlake, Texas;
Kilroy Short from Denison, Texas;
Shea Simmons from Lewisville, Texas;
Emma Sinclair from Adkins, Texas;
Melody Smith from San Angelo, Texas;
Ria Srivastava from Frisco, Texas;
Grayson Stacey from Forney, Texas;
Catherine Stepaniak from Dallas, Texas;
Riley Stringer from Trenton, Texas;
Lydia Stuart from Norman, Oklahoma;
Kaitlyn Thai from Rockwall, Texas;
Sammi Thiele from Denison, Texas;
Asher Thompson from Dallas, Texas;
Jaiden Tocquigny from Bells, Texas;
Matthew Todd from McKinney, Texas;
Christine Tomasino from San Antonio, Texas;
Christan Tomy from Fort Worth, Texas;
Aidan Toombs from Mansfield, Texas;
Tatum Torres from Pantego, Texas;
Jessilyn Tran from Frisco, Texas;
Tara Tran from Lantana, Texas;
Brianne Tseng from Plano, Texas;
Marjan Tukdi from Frisco, Texas;
Danya Van Vuuren from Houston, Texas;
Cailey Varnell from McKinney, Texas;
Davin Vialpando from Longmont, Colorado;
Renatta Vincent from Sherman, Texas;
Alyssa Vyrva from Austin, Texas;
Tyler Ward from Bedford, Texas;
Skylar Watkins from Pottsboro, Texas;
Emeri Watson from Paris, Texas;
Aaron Welch from Sherman, Texas;
Micaiah Wetzold from Sherman, Texas;
Clemon White IV from Fort Worth, Texas;
Luke Wild from McKinney, Texas;
Nate Williams from Castle Rock, Colorado;
Macon Williamson from Naples, Texas;
Courtney Wise from Pottsboro, Texas;
Kayla Woods from Newry, United Kingdom;
Adeline Woodward from Frisco, Texas;
Maryam Zeeshan from Allen, Texas;
Michelle Zhu from Plano, Texas.
Austin, TX
Heading into 2026, polling shows close primary races in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — With just 70 days to go until the Texas primary election date, major races across the state are ramping up with competitive poll numbers.
Recent polling shows races within just single digits for the high-profile Senate nomination races in both parties. The primary is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3.
The Democratic field, made up of U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and Texas State Rep. James Talarico, is proving to be a close race after a shakeup earlier this month.
Polling from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy and Survey Center at Texas Southern University shows Crockett leading with 51% and Talarico with 43% among likely Democratic primary voters.
On the other side of the aisle, Republican incumbent Sen. John Cornyn’s race against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is proving to be a three-way race, with U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt gaining traction in recent polls.
A Dec. 4 poll by J.L. Partners shows Paxton leading with 29%, just a few points ahead of Cornyn and Hunt at 24%. Still, 23% of likely Republican primary voters surveyed were undecided.
“I think we’re clearly in a three-way race now for the Republican Senate,” said Mark P. Jones, political science professor at Rice University.
The other big races that are an uphill battle for lesser-known democrats. The latest polling from the Barbara Jordan Center focused in on the Democratic races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
The polling shows Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa is leading the Democratic field for the gubernatorial race with 41%. Her biggest challenger, however, is voters who are still unsure—making up 42% of those polled.
Jones explained the lack of name recognition in much of the Democratic state primary races.
“Whoever the Democratic nominee is for U.S. Senate can count on tens of millions of dollars coming in from outside of the state to support their candidacy. That simply isn’t going to happen for, say, someone like Gina Hinojosa running for governor, or Vikki Goodwin running for lieutenant governor,” he said.
43% of voters surveyed said they don’t know enough about Hinojosa. 81% said they don’t know enough about Goodwin.
“Even the best known candidates generally are only known by about a third of Democratic primary voters,” Jones said.
That presents a major challenge, with just 70 days and counting until the March primary.
If in any of these races, a candidate does not reach the 50 percent threshold, a runoff primary election will happen at the end of May.
Austin, TX
Texas law age-restricting app stores blocked by federal judge
08 January 2019, Hessen, Rüsselsheim: ILLUSTRATION – The App Store (M) logo can be seen on the screen of an iPhone. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
A federal judge has blocked a Texas law aimed at keeping minors from using app stores without an adult’s consent.
The decision is a win for major developers of app stores represented in the federal lawsuit, including Apple, Google and Amazon.
Texas app store law blocked
What we know:
Senate Bill 2420 would have gone into effect on Jan. 1, requiring anyone under the age of 18 in Texas to get parental consent to download an app or make an in-app purchase.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin issued a preliminary injunction against the law, saying it likely violates the First Amendment.
The case against the law, known as the App Store Accountability Act, was brought by Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) on behalf of operators of app stores (like Google, Apple, and Amazon) and developers of mobile apps (like YouTube, Audible, Apple TV, IMDB, and Goodreads).
What’s next:
The law can not go into effect as litigation proceeds.
Texas AG Ken Paxton is the sole defendant in the case, and is enjoined from enforcing or allowing enforcement of the law during that time.
Texas lawsuit over SB 2420
The backstory:
Attorneys for the CCIA argued the law violates First Amendment free speech rights. Before the Austin court hearing last week, CCIA Senior VP Stephanie Joyce issued the following statement:
“We shall show the judge that this law is unconstitutional and should not take effect. This law is grossly overbroad, involves forced-speech mandates, and is not remotely tailored to its stated purpose. It is a deeply flawed statute that the Court should block under the First Amendment.”
Other cell phone restrictions
Dig deeper:
Australia recently passed a total social media ban for people under age 16. Texas attempted a similar law with House Bill 18, which was enjoined prior to SB 2420.
A recent report about a school in Kentucky with a cellphone ban quoted administrators about an unexpected benefit. They claim a 61 percent increase in books being checked out from its library since the ban started.
In that Kentucky report, 38 percent of their disciplinary issues involved violating the cellphone ban. The administrators said they hope that number will drop after students come back from the holiday break. It’s too early to tell if that kind of data will be collected as part of the TEA review.
The Source: Information in this article came from a federal court filing and previous FOX Local coverage.
Austin, TX
Texas camps add flood sirens after Camp Mystic tragedy
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