The Austin City Council has postponed a vote on a proposed universal basic income or UBI program that is designed to provide a $1,000 monthly sustenance payment to several dozen low-income Austin families.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a ban on some digital billboards by the city of Austin can stand, rejecting claims that the ban infringes upon free speech.
An employee at the center of an exploitation scandal at a Bastrop shelter for trafficked girls was fired from a previous job for misconduct with children - The Refuge in Bastrop failed to check her records before hiring her.
Even amidst recent struggles to keep up with its security pipeline, expansion plans are afoot for Austin Bergstrom International Airport that could add as many as 10 gates over the next two years.
Texas added 4 million new residents between 2010 and 2020, the fastest growing of all U.S. states, and nearby Leander was the fastest growing city within the fastest growing state, doubling its population over that time.
An international match for Austin FC tomorrow night as they welcome Vancouver Whitecaps FC to Q2 Stadium, Saturday's match is underway at 7:30.
The UT campus area will be busy on Saturday and could see traffic difficulties: the Longhorn Run happens from 8am to 11am, Texas Baseball plays Baylor at Disch-Faulk Field from 1 until about 4pm, a performance of The Lion King begins at 2pm just as Bevo Blvd. opens for Texas Football's Orange-White Game which itself starts at 6, a second Lion King show starts at 6:30 and doors open for the Moody Center's Bon Jovi concert at 7, that show begins at 8 - dive in, or steer clear.
And weekend weather shows slight rain chances today and tomorrow with highs in the mid-80's, better rain chances Sunday at 40%, and better still on Monday at 88%.
