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Bartee Haile: The Spanish hero who made a lasting impression

Texas cattle make their way to George Washington sent by a Spanish hero…

Freethought San Marcos: Texas Attorney General Abbott’s “Demagoduery”

– Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS Sometimes the marvelous English language with its quarter of a million words fails to capture adequately in one word the character of a person or action.  Such is the case with the behavior of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott as he uses his political position [...]

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Roark, Murphy announce city council bids

More than two months before the start of filing for the November 2013, two candidates on Monday announced their bids for San Marcos City Council within hours of each other.

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House gives final OK to craft brewing overhaul

Sweeping changes to the Texas craft brewing industry easily won final approval in the House on Monday afternoon. The legislation now moves to the governor’s desk.

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San Marcos Tonight 5/21/13

Will Arrington celebrates the release of “Miles Left To Go” at Cheatham Street Warehouse tonight…

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House signals approval for campus construction bonds

The Texas House gave tentative approval to billions of dollars in bonds for campus construction projects on Monday. Senators already gave the go-ahead, but they will have a chance to revisit the proposal, because the House increased the total from about $2.4 billion to nearly $2.7 billion.

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Bobcats seeded third in WAC baseball tourney

Texas State’s baseball team came won two of three games in their weekend series against Dallas Baptist at Bobcat Ballpark, securing third place in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) standings.

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‘From the Top’ to broadcast from Texas State

The National Public Radio program “From the Top” will be broadcast from the fourh annual International Piano Festival, to be held June 1-9 at Texas State.

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As Texas grows, infrastructure shrinks

Touting Texas’ low taxes and light regulations, Gov. Rick Perry has relished trying to poach jobs from other states. In February, he described building a business in California as “next to impossible.” Last month, he warned Illinois entrepreneurs to “get out while there’s still time.”

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Man stabbed after interrupting apartment burglary

An unidentified suspect who allegedly stabbed a young man when he was caught red-handed in an apparent burglary early Wednesday is still at-large.

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