For the first time since new three-level, CDC-managed measurement metrics were adopted for Travis County, our COVID risk assessment has been raised from Low to Medium level.
Austin U.S. Representative Chip Roy presented what the Statesman calls a "dystopian" critique of attempts to apply restrictions to gun access during another hearing Thursday that featured survivors of the Uvalde shooting - one Democratic lawmaker pointed out that Roy's pretext for protecting gun rights involves owners turning them on American troops.
Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school police department head who has been at the center of discussions on the delay in police action against the mass shooter, has given his first full-ranging interview - the delay, he says, was in finding a key that would unlock the classroom's reinforced door.
Over 2,000 Austin ISD staffers are leaving the district as the school year ends.
Harmful algae has been detected in Lady Bird Lake, and the city's Watershed Protection department is expanding its Phoslock treatment plan in an attempt to curb its growth.
Austin has been named the U.S. city with the fastest-rising residential rental rates - in fact, housing costs in Austin have risen so much that our city no longer appears to be a savings opportunity for people living in high-cost areas.
A new Virgin Atlantic direct flight from London to Austin experienced baggage handling problems upon arrival at ABIA for the first time. While he was in town, passenger and Virgin founder Richard Branson took a tour of Austin's Capital Factory.
This year's ROT Rally is based in Bastrop for the first time, but Austin drivers should expect an uptick in motorcycle traffic over the weekend.
Laurie Anderson, the widow of rock icon Lou Reed, says plans to base an exhibit of Reed's work at UT's Harry Ransom Center were scrapped due to Texas laws that went into effect in 2015, allowing the carrying of guns on college campuses.
Texas Softball loses a second game, and thus the WCWS, to Oklahoma.
Texas Baseball begins a super-regional best-of-three series against East Carolina at Greenville this morning at 11.
And, brace yourself for a wiltingly-hot weekend. Texas A&M University climate expert and State Climatologist Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon says he expects this summer to be the second-hottest summer on record for the state.
