Happy Taco Tuesday (www.statesman.com)
A slew of Austin-area restaurants will participate in the promotion, according to DoorDash. A full list of participating Mexican restaurants in Austin can be found here...
Restaurant [Red Ash] fire fills downtown Austin with smoke (www.kxan.com)
Fire was nuts, bros. State, and local LEOs blocked off the entire area between 2nd St and 4th St. 2 firehouses responded. Whole squad showed up....
Austin Water customers paying for misconfigured wireless meters (www.kxan.com)
“My account was showing the water usage for my neighbor,” she said. Austin Water has so far, installed about 168,000 of the 250,000 meters. The company expects to be done by 2025....
Austin Energy price increase (communityimpact.com)
Council approves push to make air conditioning a requirement in Austin (www.austinmonitor.com)
Texas federal judge halts state ban on drag shows (thehill.com)
A federal judge in Texas has stopped the state’s ban on drag performances, which was scheduled to go into place Friday, enforcing a temporary injunction on the measure in a win for LGBTQ rights advocates....
APD on-scene of shooting at Arboretum Shopping Center (www.kvue.com)
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) is on the scene of a shooting that occurred at the Arboretum Shopping Center Thursday evening....
UT wants to cover I-35 from Dean Keeton to 15th Street NB (www.kut.org)
good article on some of the major projects happening as part of the 35 expansion (www.texasstandard.org)
I did not know about the giant drainage tunnels. Also a map of noise reduction walls.
Williamson county installing license plate tracking along roads (www.kxan.com)
All well and good when fighting crime maybe, but there aren’t restrictions on selling that data to other entities. Where your cars go, when, and how fast, although newer cars report all that back anyway (see the Toyota breach recently).
Guy uses Village parking lot as his personal helipad (www.kxan.com)
The FAA will be very interested I am sure.
“Highway to hell” (www.austinpolitics.net)
The UT Falcon cam is still up (portal.hdontap.com)
No falcons though. Tower Girl is long gone. The camera just focuses on campus areas of interest, and someone occasionally moves it.
Thirsty Planet Brewing Co. to close taproom, suspend operations (communityimpact.com)
Thirsty Planet Brewing Co. is closing its taproom and suspending distribution.
New Austin organization brings jazz and chamber music to cool venues around town (austin.culturemap.com)
The organization announced that the inaugural season will premiere on October 6 and 7, with performances by Grammy Award-winning ensemble Time for Three (TF3). The group will set the tone for the blended season to come, starting with its mix of Americana, modern pop, and classical music....
Austin Food and Wine Festival will return for its 12th year (www.austinchronicle.com)
Gourmands, rejoice! The Austin Food & Wine Festival will return for its 12th year, transforming Auditorium Shores into a bright spectacle of food, wine, and assorted spirits in the (hallelujah!) much cooler days coming our way this fall: Sat.-Sun., Nov. 4-5.
Hot Sauce Festival September 10th (www.austinchronicle.com)
The 33rd Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Presented by Capital Metro returns to The Far Out Lounge and Stage on Sunday, September 10, from 3-9 p.m....
ACL Lineup released (www.aclfestival.com)
Which are your favorites?
Austin approves largest budget ever (www.kvue.com)
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City approves 5.5 billion budget (www.kxan.com)
Includes 61 mil for homeless issues.
Hole In The Wall dodges closure, secures 20-year lease with $1.6M from city (www.austinmonitor.com)
The Hole In The Wall music venue has secured a 20-year lease and will remain open to celebrate its 50th anniversary next summer, thanks largely to $1.6 million in assistance from the city’s Iconic Venue Fund....
University of Texas at Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center will partner to create a new $2.5 billion hospital (www.texastribune.org)
The facility will have two medical towers, one for the cancer center and the other for the new university hospital. It will be located at the current downtown location of UT-Austin’s Frank Erwin Center, formerly a multipurpose facility....
Police misconduct cost Austin $73 million over 10 years (www.statesman.com)
Austin entering Stage 2 Drought Restrictions (www.kxan.com)
State Theater reno planned (www.austinmonitor.com)
Not thrilled they are talking about getting rid of the neon sign.