@MikeRushTV
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kxan.com/investigations/texa… Share this story as much as you can! This has the potential to negatively impact any TX veteran trying to get a job requiring a license. @KXAN_News

Texas grants funeral director license to veteran who cared for fallen soldiers, then takes it away

After leaving the service, a military veteran said he fought the state for more than a decade to get a funeral director license. Earlier this year, he finally won that battle, only to have the lice…

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Latest from the Capitol on Ken Paxton's last day in office for, at least, awhile. @KXAN_News @MikeRushTV
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Thank you to @MikeRushTV and @KXAN_News for speaking with me on this issue. After several months of work on this, I'm proud of HB 2592 in its current capacity, and I look forward to continuing to work on this to ensure it becomes law. #txlege
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@KXAN_News5 Mar 2023
Last July, the Austin Tenants Council told KXAN it was getting, on average, five calls a day from renters complaining of no AC. trib.al/JC5IXJb

Bill would make fixing apartment AC issues a priority

A proposed bill filed by State Representative Sheryl Cole in the Texas Legislature would make air conditioning repair in apartment complexes a high priority and force landlords to take action if th…

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Happy Texas Independence Day!!
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I’ve never felt so cool. 😝
Ricky@RickyG_TV11 Jan 2023
No one likes cedar allergies but when it’s turned into a BOP, I like it! 😂 featuring vocals by @MikeRushTV. @DJMel 👏
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@hinklej4 Jan 2023
Before Texas’ legislative session starts next week (my seventh to cover as a journalist), I had a great time leading @KXAN_News’ biennial State Capitol tour. Fun refresher for some staffers and a historic/political/eye-opening welcome for new folks!
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How one small typo led to a big mistake. @KXAN_News #kxaninvestigates kxan.com/investigations/covi…

COVID-19 letter typo sends customers to people looking to get personal, credit card info

A company involved with administering millions of vaccinations around the country and in the Austin area calls it a ‘clerical error’: A mistake on a letter sent to some customers.

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Had a hard time making a connection on my latest investigation on @KXAN_News. See it at 10
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Family fears dead relative is ‘lost’ in Travis County cemetery kxan.com/investigations/fami…

Family fears dead relative is ‘lost’ in Travis County cemetery

He’s been buried in a Travis County cemetery for nearly 20 years, but the family of Wilbert Thompson fears he’s been lost. Because of a moved headstone and records the county admits are…

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Texas pothole so big and long-lasting, neighbors named it kxan.com/investigations/texa…

Texas pothole so big and long-lasting, neighbors named it

Frustrated Jarrell residents have complained about a big pothole for years and they say they just get the runaround from the city and county.

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Mystery solved — How a portable building ended up left along a Hays County road kxan.com/investigations/myst…

Mystery solved — How a portable building ended up left along a Hays County road

A Hays County resident says she’s worried there’s a jumbo-sized case of illegal dumping near her home. Not tires or old appliances, but an entire portable building she says has been sit…

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@KXAN_News1 Nov 2022
“All of a sudden, I could hear my downstairs sink gurgling,” Sean Josephs said. “I could just see water coming out of the toilet, coming out of the bolts.” trib.al/1LCtl3h

Austin area man’s bathrooms ruined after neighborhood construction

A Wells Branch man said an AT&T contractor caused damage to a sewer line outside his home, causing a sewage overflow in his house.

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I hope this fan mail doesn’t give me a big head! #humbled
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@hinklej28 Oct 2022
👀 @MikeRushTV @rich1e_ @David_Barer #KXANinvestigates
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@KXAN_News28 Oct 2022
How will Project Connect's $300M help #Austinites stay near new light rail? trib.al/Sb4P7GH
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How Austin plans to spend $300 million to help those in the path of coming light rail. @KXAN_News kxan.com/investigations/how-…

How will Project Connect’s $300M help people stay near new light rail?

As part of the multi-billion dollar Project Connect transit initiative, voters also approved $300 million to form an anti-displacement fund. KXAN breaks down how that money will be spent.

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@KXAN_News27 Oct 2022
2 years into #Austin's Project Connect, is the light rail still on track? trib.al/7tW3tN3
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Neighbors describe the smell as burning chicken feathers or as one man put it, “just not normal”. kxan.com/investigations/dead…

‘Dead animal’ smell wafts miles into Elgin neighborhood

Neighbors living at The Arbors at Dogwood Creek subdivision in Elgin said there’s a “dead animal” smell coming from a nearby plant, and they said it’s been happening for yea…

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Austin school zone signs caused confusion for some drivers who speed right past them. kxan.com/investigations/aust…

Austin school zone signs caused confusion for some drivers

There are two school zone signs, one right in front of the other, at a school zone starting on the 2200 block of E. Stassney Ln.

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Drivers frustrated with ‘roller coaster’ Travis County road kxan.com/investigative/drive…
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Family frustrated Texas hasn’t returned dead brother’s money kxan.com/investigations/fami…

Family frustrated Texas hasn’t returned dead brother’s money

A family is frustrated that Texas has not returned money owed to their deceased brother months after they requested it.

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