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  • 1 month ago | kvue.com | Lauren Petterson

    AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would mandate seat belts on all school buses. Currently, seat belts are required on new buses but not old ones, following a law passed in 2017. On Wednesday, the Senate Transportation Committee considered Senate Bill 546. It would require three-point seat belts on all school buses, regardless of age.

  • Jan 28, 2025 | kvue.com | Lauren Petterson

    AUSTIN, Texas — Austin ISD is looking into how a substitute bus driver ended up at the wrong school on Tuesday morning. The principal of Campbell Elementary School sent a letter to families saying the driver picked up children on Tuesday morning and brought them to the right school, but did not let them off the bus. The driver did not know where to drop the kids off at Campbell Elementary, so he took them to Winn Montessori, another Austin ISD school about 4 miles away.

  • Jan 6, 2025 | kvue.com | Lauren Petterson

    MANOR, Texas — The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Austin Area is expanding at all eight Manor ISD elementary schools. This will provide after-school programming to more than 1,000 students, from the time they're let out of class until about 6:30 p.m. There was a ribbon-cutting for the expansion on Monday.

  • Dec 10, 2024 | kvue.com | Lauren Petterson

    AUSTIN, Texas — A recent addition to Austin’s skyline is getting a new owner. Cousins Properties announced it is acquiring the building that's shaped like a sail in Downtown Austin for more than $521.8 million. The 35-story, 804,000-square-foot property at 601 W. Second St. is fully leased to Google and was developed in 2022.

  • Nov 20, 2024 | kvue.com | Lauren Petterson

    BUDA, Texas — A food distribution and warehouse facility in Buda is expanding. US Foods already has a 290,000-square-foot warehouse, and it’s adding 170,000 square feet to it. Construction is expected to begin next year and will be completed in the second half of 2026. On Wednesday, Gov.

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