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Today on Texas Standard: Remembering Carole Keeton Strayhorn, a trailblazing Texas leader
Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the first woman to serve as Texas comptroller and Austin’s first female mayor, left a lasting mark ...
Why are flags at half-staff in Texas? When they're raised again after Carole Keeton death
Texas flags are half-staff through sunset Friday to observe the death of former Railroad Commissioner of Texas, Carole Keeton ...
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Council members celebrate unanimous defeat of bill that proposed putting Austin under state control
Austin City Council members celebrated the resounding defeat of House Bill 274 on Wednesday, a bill that would have created the “District of Austin” as the state’s official seat of government. “Our ...
Former Austin Mayor Carole Keeton dies at 85: 'One tough grandma'
An irrepressible campaigner, Keeton was the first woman to lead Austin and the first to become Texas' chief financial officer ...
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Former Austin mayor and Texas comptroller Carole Keeton dies
Former Austin mayor and state comptroller Carole Keeton has died, her family announced Wednesday. She was 85.
Austin's first woman mayor, Carole Keeton dies at 85
Carole Keeton, Austin's first woman mayor and the state's first female comptroller, died Wednesday, March 26, at age 85.
Texas lawmakers struggle to keep straight faces over 'District of Austin' bill
On Wednesday, state rep. Briscoe Cain's bill to make the city of Austin into the "District of Austin" was struck down by ...
Texas lawmakers hear testimony on bill to rename part of road in honor of fallen Austin officer
The Texas House Committee on Transportation heard testimony on a bill Thursday morning to honor an Austin Police Department ...