Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he granted a full pardon to the man convicted of shooting and killing a Black Lives Matter protester following a recommendation issued Thursday.
Conversations are happening now at the City of Austin about what happens when more than $188.5 million in federal pandemic relief funding runs out. In the City of Austin, more than half of that money is going toward addressing homelessness.
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