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Spectrum News 1 Austin can be viewed on channels 1, 8, and 200, exclusively for Spectrum customers in the Austin, Texas area. This channel provides local news, politics, features, and weather updates every day of the week. As a 24-hour news service, Spectrum News 1 Austin collaborates with other channels in the Spectrum News Networks family, including those in locations such as Albany, Hudson Valley, Syracuse, Binghamton, and Buffalo in upstate New York, as well as in New York City, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Tampa, and Orlando. Additionally, this news channel shares its content with more than 30 local news and regional sports networks that are managed by Charter Communications.

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12 attorneys general sue Trump administration over tariffs

20 hours ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

NEW YORK — Roughly a week after California filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the president’s authority to use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, 12 other states filed a similar suit Wednesday.
Teen births fall to lowest level since 1991, CDC says

21 hours ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

WASHINGTON - Continuing a trend that has lasted nearly two decades, more older women are giving birth than females in their teens and 20s. In 2024, the number of teenagers giving birth fell to its lowest level since 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. The birth rate for 15- to 17-year-olds fell 4% compared with 2023 and was down 3% for 18- and 19-year-olds.
Most young Americans say U.S. is on the wrong track, Harvard Youth Poll finds

1 day ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

Most young Americans in a new Harvard Youth Poll say the country is headed in the wrong direction. Only one-third approve of President Donald Trump or either party in Congress. More than 40% also report they are barely getting by financially.
CDC says measles cases in Texas likely underreported

1 day ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — The official leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s response to the West Texas measles outbreak said the number of confirmed cases is likely under-reported. This, as the highly contagious virus continues to spread, with more than two dozen new cases reported this past week in Texas alone.
Kennedy announces plan to phase out synthetic food dyes

1 day ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

WASHINGTON - From Gatorade to Skittles, synthetic dyes are a common ingredient in popular U.S. snacks, but that is poised to change under a sweeping set of changes the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. Citing studies that linked synthetic dyes to childhood hyperactivity, diabetes, obesity and other diseases, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Raleigh bakery has ties to Pope Francis

1 day ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Jenna Gaertner

RALEIGH, N.C. — As the world mourns Pope Francis, Argentinians are remembering his heritage and representation of their culture.
Colleges, universities call for constructive engagement with Trump

1 day ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

WASHINGTON — Dozens of American college and university presidents have signed a public statement to call out the Trump administration’s policies toward higher education.
N.Y. bill would aim to counter threat of federal funding withholdings to state

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Arbetter

Due to pandemic aid, New York state currently receives more money from the federal government than New Yorkers send to Washington in federal taxes. Not only is this four-year trend about to end, but it is also a shift from a decades-long imbalance that former U.S. Sen.
New York received more than it paid to federal government in FY 2023

2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Ryan Whalen

The New York state Comptroller's Office says former U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan pioneered the concept of balance of payments between the federal government and states with his first report in 1977.
Hegseth blames media, ex-employees for second Signal chat leak

3 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

What You Need To Know A day after The New York Times reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared with his wife and brother U.S. plans to attack Yemen over the commercially available group chat app Signal, Hegseth blamed the media for what he said were "lies" and "hoaxes" "They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees, and then they try slashing and burning people to ruin their reputations," Hegseth told reporters during Monday's Easter Egg Roll at the White House In...