
Isabella Basco
Reporter at KVUE-TV (Austin, TX)
Reporter at KVUE in Austin, Texas. Story ideas? Email [email protected]
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1 day ago |
kvue.com | Isabella Basco
AUSTIN, Texas — A law that was on the books for 20 years has now come to an abrupt halt, after the U.S. Department of Justice sued Texas to block a law that allowed reduced in-state tuition for . Javier Perez-Salazar is a Mexican-American student who goes to UT Austin and hails from a border town. He says he has 10 friends who are now impacted by the change. "What can I do? Like what do we do?" Perez-Salazar said. "I don't know what to do. My friends are like completely helpless.
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2 days ago |
kvue.com | Isabella Basco
TAYLOR, Texas — For the past four years, the city of Taylor has approved Taylor Pride's requests for a Pride Month proclamation. For Ben Morgan, the president of Taylor Pride, a proclamation from the city means a lot. "Shows our community that we're loved and that we're supported and that we're welcomed in this community," Morgan said. But Morgan was confused when a community member applied for a proclamation this year and received a notice from the city clerk saying it was denied.
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3 days ago |
kvue.com | Isabella Basco
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Dozens of people spoke during the public comment period at the San Marcos City Council meeting on Tuesday, speaking in favor and in opposition of adding more license plate readers. Altogether, the city could have 33 fixed license plate reader cameras. The city currently has 14 of them. Council voted on a contract to add more equipment and software for the police department. For the first year, it would cost the city more than $124,000, which would be paid with grant money.
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4 days ago |
kvue.com | Isabella Basco
LEANDER, Texas — As a parent of three students at Faubion Elementary, Lindsey King cherishes her close connection to the campus. "I live two blocks from Faubion and so my kids walk to school and I know people in this neighborhood do as well," King said. But the future of the school could be up in the air along with others. Several elementary school campuses at Leander ISD are operating below capacity, under 60%, and enrollment is slowing down in certain portions of the district.
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2 weeks ago |
kcentv.com | Isabella Basco
BUDA, Texas — On Saturday, April 26, 16-year-old Mathew Hellums remembers doing maintenance on the family boat at the South Shore Marina on Lake Travis with his parents when the unthinkable happened: a boat fire. "My vision was just completely covered in orange," Hellums said. While Hellums said he and his dad, Robby, did not end up in the water, they both saw his mom, Earlita, floating. Still feeling the heat of the fire, Hellums jumped in to save his mother.
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