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House tentatively backs bill restricting surveillance drones

State Rep. Lance Gooden’s bill to prevent unmanned drones from capturing indiscriminate surveillance — a measure that has more than 80 co-authors in the House — won preliminary approval in the lower chamber on Thursday.

Cablestock will make some waves in New Braunfels

The Texas Ski Ranch, 6700 North Ih 35, in New Braunfels, will host the 2013 Wake and Music festival, also known as Cablestock, their 11th annual festival featuring cable wakeboarding May 3-5. It is the longest running cable wakeboard competition in the U.S. The event features music, beaches, pretty girls, incredible world-class athletes and music.

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Bobcat men romp in regular season finale

The Texas State men’s basketball team defeated San Jose State, 90-67, in its final regular season game Saturday.

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San Marcos Tonight 02/28/13

The awesome country rocking phenoms Whiskey Myers will be at the Cheatham Street Warehouse tonight..

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Three-pointers carry Bobcat women past Louisiana Tech

The Texas State women’s basketball team made six three-point shots in the first half Saturday, beating Louisiana Tech, 68-63, at Strahan Coliseum.

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Texas State schedules symposium on first ladies

The Department of History at Texas State will hold a symposium entitled, “The Double Lives of First Ladies: Power, Paradox and Pageantry,” from Feb. 28-March 1.

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Mariachi Nueva Generacion takes first place at competition

Once again Texas State’s Mariachi Nueva Generacion took first place at the annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in San Antonio on Dec. 1. It is the sixth time the group has taken the honor over the course of the last seven years.

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Hays superintendent: Don’t let children watch shooting coverage

Hays CISD Superintendent Jeremy Lyon offers tips for helping explain school violence to children.

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Live Feed: The Future of Water at Texas State

The Texas Tribune’s On the Road series is at Texas State University in San Marcos today for the The Future of Water symposiums. We’ll tweet highlights throughout the day starting with Texas State President DENISE M. TRAUTH’s interview by Tribune CEO Evan Smith.

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Bartee Haile: Diplomat’s kidnapping almost launched U.S. invasion of Mexico

This Week in Texas History: A column by BARTEE HAILE The kidnapping of an American diplomat in Mexico on Oct. 19, 1919 pushed the nervous neighbors to the brink of war. With 60,000 soldiers already deployed along the international border from Brownsville, Texas to San Diego, California, the United States was poised to invade. The [...]

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