Your Statesman morning headlines for 2/27/2018

Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Tuesday’s Top Story [EXCLUSIVE: USL Austin given the green light by soccer league for 2019 ]( [EXCLUSIVE: USL Austin given the green light by soccer league for 2019]( Austin is moving closer and closer to fielding a professional soccer team next year.... [Read More »]( Local News [In split vote, Austin ISD approves removing Confederate school names ]( [In split vote, Austin ISD approves removing Confederate school names]( In a split vote, the Austin school board Monday night approved stripping Confederate names from five... [Read More »]( [Police arrest suspect in reported gun incident at DoubleTree hotel ]( [Police arrest suspect in reported gun incident at DoubleTree hotel]( A man from Alabama was charged with deadly conduct after police responded to a call of a man with a ... [Read More »]( [Austin toll agency says new Paxton opinion on fee cap doesn’t apply ]( [Austin toll agency says new Paxton opinion on fee cap doesn’t apply]( The $48 annual limit on administrative fees for late payment of tolls, imposed by the Legislature la... [Read More »]( [More student walkouts in Austin, Round Rock call for stricter gun laws ]( [More student walkouts in Austin, Round Rock call for stricter gun laws]( After several walkouts at Central Texas schools last week, students in Austin and Round Rock staged ... [Read More »]( [Panel: Five Austin municipal judges should come off the bench ]( [Panel: Five Austin municipal judges should come off the bench]( A committee of Austin City Council members on Monday recommended not reappointing five municipal jud... [Read More »]( Business [Cryptocurrency firm uses Supreme Court justice’s photo in promotions ]( [Cryptocurrency firm uses Supreme Court justice’s photo in promotions]( A cryptocurrency-related investment company that is promoting the likeness of U.S. Supreme Court Jus... [Read More »]( [Tiff’s Treats expands to new state, acquires competing chain ]( [Tiff’s Treats expands to new state, acquires competing chain]( Tiff’s Treats is once again in expansion mode.... [Read More »]( [Austin-based SailPoint leases entire NW Austin office building ]( [Austin-based SailPoint leases entire NW Austin office building]( SailPoint Technologies Inc., Austin’s newest public company, plans to move early next year into a bu... [Read More »]( [Austin startup ZenBusiness lands $4.5M for expansion ]( [Austin startup ZenBusiness lands $4.5M for expansion]( ZenBusiness, which helps small companies incorporate and manage business records, has raised $4.5 mi... [Read More »]( [Monday Tech Crawl: Samsung launches Galaxy S9, and Broadcom gets closer to buying Qualcomm  ]( [Monday Tech Crawl: Samsung launches Galaxy S9, and Broadcom gets closer to buying Qualcomm Â]( The phone’s improvements focus on new visual features that include enhanced cameras, an artificial i... [Read More »]( Sports [No. 6 Kansas 80, Texas 70: Longhorns looking at possible NCAA-or-bust finale vs. West Virginia ]( [No. 6 Kansas 80, Texas 70: Longhorns looking at possible NCAA-or-bust finale vs. West Virginia]( LAWRENCE, Kan. — When the horn sounded late Monday, arena personnel started hauling out... [Read More »]( [Golden’s nuggets: There’s one way that college athletes should get paid ]( [Golden’s nuggets: There’s one way that college athletes should get paid]( Shaka Smart and others like him know the current model isn’t working when it comes to c... [Read More »]( [At the buzzer: No. 6 Kansas 80, Texas 70 ]( [At the buzzer: No. 6 Kansas 80, Texas 70]( LAWRENCE, Kan. — Had things gone differently inside Allen Fieldhouse, this would have b... [Read More »]( [EXCLUSIVE: USL Austin given the green light by soccer league for 2019 ]( [EXCLUSIVE: USL Austin given the green light by soccer league for 2019]( Austin is moving closer and closer to fielding a professional soccer team next year.... [Read More »]( Opinion [Commentary: It’s time to take politics out of Texas classrooms ]( [Commentary: It’s time to take politics out of Texas classrooms]( The ongoing textbook wars have embarrassed Texas for years. But the State Board of Education this ye... [Read More »]( [Herman: Can gun-violence discussion be a Texas political game-changer? ]( [Herman: Can gun-violence discussion be a Texas political game-changer?]( If you spend any time in downtown Austin, you know you can run into folks on the street espousing st... [Read More »]( [Commentary: Time is right to remove Confederate names at AISD schools ]( [Commentary: Time is right to remove Confederate names at AISD schools]( It’s time for the Austin ISD Board of Trustees to resolve the issue of schools named for Confederate... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: Feb. 27, 2018 ]( [Letters to the editor: Feb. 27, 2018]( It is unconscionable that Gov. Greg Abbott prolonged Kent Whitaker’s agony by waiting until the last... [Read More »]( [Facebook comments; Feb. 27, 2018]( As reported by the American-Statesman’s Mary Huber and Melissa Taboada, hundreds of students across ... [Read More »]( Nation [Student protests resonate with Columbine shooting survivors ]( [Student protests resonate with Columbine shooting survivors]( Patrick Neville was outside, sneaking off to smoke with friends, and avoided the outburst of gunfir... [Read More »]( [Report: Inequality remains 50 years after Kerner Report ]( [Report: Inequality remains 50 years after Kerner Report]( Barriers to equality are posing threats to democracy in the U.S. as the country remains segregated ... [Read More »]( [Sex, campaign funding scandals dog US House race in Arizona ]( [Sex, campaign funding scandals dog US House race in Arizona]( Sex-related and campaign funding allegations involving several top candidates have captured much of... [Read More »]( [Parents worried about abuse in youth sports take charge ]( [Parents worried about abuse in youth sports take charge]( With Olympic prodigies having just dazzled audiences worldwide, parents in the U.S. are reconciling... [Read More »]( [Supreme Court declines to decide fate of 'Dreamers' just yet ]( [Supreme Court declines to decide fate of 'Dreamers' just yet]( The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's highly unusual bid to bypass a fede... [Read More »]( World [The Latest: 5 die in Poland in frigid temperatures ]( [The Latest: 5 die in Poland in frigid temperatures]( The Latest on frigid weather in Europe (all times local):... [Read More »]( [German town votes to keep church bell dedicated to Hitler ]( [German town votes to keep church bell dedicated to Hitler]( A small town in southwestern Germany has decided to keep a church bell dedicated to Adolf Hitler ri... [Read More »]( [Top court censures German minister for anti-Afd statement]( Germany's top court says the country's education minister overstepped constitutional boundaries and... [Read More »]( [New Zealand political party turns to indigenous Maori leader ]( [New Zealand political party turns to indigenous Maori leader]( Lawmakers from New Zealand's main conservative party on Tuesday chose their first indigenous Maori ... [Read More »]( [Austrian broadcaster sues nationalist for 'fake news' claim]( Austria's public broadcaster is suing the country's vice chancellor for claiming it spreads fake ne... [Read More »]( Austin360 [Which Austin grocery store makes the tastiest rotisserie chicken? ]( [Which Austin grocery store makes the tastiest rotisserie chicken?]( How many rotisserie chickens do you buy in a year?... [Read More »]( [Catch up on some Oscar nominees from the comfort of your couch ]( [Catch up on some Oscar nominees from the comfort of your couch]( If you’re looking to catch up on some Oscar nominees from the comfort of home, here are a few picks ... [Read More »]( [Ask a Dietitian: What are probiotics, and should I be taking them? ]( [Ask a Dietitian: What are probiotics, and should I be taking them?]( We live in a time where antibacterial soap and hand sanitizer can be found just about everywhere. Wh... [Read More »]( [Crowds are flocking to Austin’s newest Asian grocer ]( [Crowds are flocking to Austin’s newest Asian grocer]( Austin finally has an H-Mart, and in less than a week, we’ll get 99 Ranch Market.... [Read More »]( [Texas A&M staffers pick up phones, hear Lily Tomlin call for end to dog experiments ]( [Texas A&M staffers pick up phones, hear Lily Tomlin call for end to dog experiments]( Actress Lily Tomlin, in a recorded phone message sent Monday, urged more than 5,000 Texas A&M Univer... [Read More »]( [Manage Account]( | [Contact Us](mailto:customercare@statesman.com) | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Newsletters]( We have an app for whatever you want — news, weather, entertainment and more. Statesman Live: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( Statesman Weather: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( Austin360: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( Statesman does not participate in unsolicited email. 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