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  Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

  BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

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  Deal brings an end to Sixth Street excessive-force case from 2002

  BY JORDAN SMITH

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  A low-turnout run-off sends off conservative activist Marc Levin

  BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY

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  The college's response to its accreditation crisis leaves many without work

  BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY

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  Don't crack jokes about the man! The YCTs will get you!

  BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

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  Nickels and dimes add up to $1.8 million for a cash-strapped city budget

  BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

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  The court also upholds laws requiring you to give your name to police

  BY JORDAN SMITH

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  The LCRA shuts down – again – the controversial West Cypress Hills project

  BY AMY SMITH

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  Despite the Rick-overy, the state tells its agencies to do more with less

  BY MICHAEL KING

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  Tunnel project may be more expensive, less lucrative than once thought

  BY KIMBERLY REEVES

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  Withhold federal money until police resolve race crisis, group demands

  BY JORDAN SMITH

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  Before it's a great street, it'll be a torn-up street. Prepare accordingly.

  BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

Grab your crying towels, downtown traffic-phobes: Starting this weekend, the city will put into place changes in traffic flow along Second Street, as that roadway undergoes its high-profile renovation into a Great Street, supporting an urban retail district, the new City Hall, and the as-yet-undetermined occupant of Block 21. Here's what to expect, according to city planners (follow along closely):

The three blocks of Second Street between Colorado and San Antonio will be narrowed to one lane, one-way, westbound. The two blocks to the east (on either side of Congress) will become two-way.

All five blocks of Third Street between Brazos and San Antonio will likewise become one-way, westbound.

In November, Second Street will reopen as a two-lane, two-way street with parking along the north side, new paving, and extra wide sidewalks.