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Catastrophe was narrowly avoided on Saturday, as a landing FedEx Boeing 767 nearly touched down on top of a departing Southwest Boeing 737 in Austin. According to the data, the planes were within a couple of hundred feet of one another.

I first posted about this on Sunday, but wanted to share an update, both as VASAviation has published a great simulation of what happened, and a veteran air traffic controller has chimed in with his take on the incident in the comments section. Terrifying runway incident at Austin Airport The […]


TEXAS LEGISLATURE 2023
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TEXAS LEGISLATURE 2023

A new bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers wants to highlight the state’s fragile water infrastructure So far there has been an average of six boil-water notices a day across Texas in 2023. BY POOJA SALHOTRA AND JAYME LOZANO JAN. 13, 20234 PM CENTRAL Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that […]

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The fringe ideology of “constitutional sheriffs” is attracting believers within Texas law enforcement

Some 50 Texas sheriffs and numerous elected officials have attended trainings on the unsupported notion that sheriffs can single-handedly overrule state and federal law. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which offered state peace officers credit for the seminars, is now investigating. BY JESSICA PISHKO JAN. 13, 20235 AM CENTRAL REPUBLISH […]