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Matousek is not alone in noting the correlation between social media and spiraling mental health issues. Earlier this month, the American Academy of Pediatrics published a report advising doctors to screen youths from ages 12 to 21 for depression every year. While the report didn’t name social media explicitly in its findings, many experts have been cited saying social media could be a factor in depression rates among teenagers.

In Travis County, voter turnout in the Democratic primary more than doubled since the state’s last midterm election year in 2014. In the 2014 Democratic primary, Travis County had a voter turnout rate of 7.73 percent of total registered voters. This year, 15.54 percent of the county’s 733,906 registered voters cast ballots in the Democratic race.

The Daily Texan takes a look at how crime at other Texas universities in big cities compares to crime at UT-Austin.

Incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott easily swept the Republican primary while nine Democrats battled for the gubernatorial nomination, with Lupe Valdez and Andrew White likely headed to a runoff in May.