Austin transplant Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter for $46.5 billion has led to serious consideration by its board that lasted into the wee hours of Monday. Meanwhile Musk's The Boring Company has just landed the biggest investment deal in Austin history, a $675 million series C investment that brings the tunneling company's valuation to $5.7 billion.
Bigger than expected property tax appraisals have led to a bigger than usual state recapture payment for the Austin Independent School District, which will now be expected to fork over $855 million to be redistributed to lower income districts across Texas - or, at least some of it will be.
Early voting for the May 7 election, the first of two elections in May, begins today - the ballot features Prop A, in which voters have the chance to codify into local ordinance the current policy of not making arrests for personal marijuana possession, and also to formally ban the execution of no-knock warrants by Austin police. Some voters may find the language in Prop 1, which relates to property tax breaks for disabled and senior Texans, too wordy to easily understand.
Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims, in a defamation brawl with Alex Jones, say he has filed bankruptcy for his Infowars and other media platforms in an effort to force the families to settle, and to preserve his ability to sell branded merchandise.
The American Lung Association says Travis County's ozone quality rating has improved since its last evaluation, but that we still only get a D.
Austin FC are ranked at the top of the MLS Western Conference and remain undefeated at home after topping the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-nil on Saturday - the club held a signing day and practice for its Special Olympics "Unified" team at St. David's Performance Center on Sunday.
The #10 ranked Texas Longhorns Baseball pulled a sweep of Baylor over the weekend during which they outscored the Bears by a whopping 37 runs, third and final 13-4 win featured two homers by first baseman Ivan Melendez.
A 100% chance of rain today - it's not likely to completely solve our current drought issues, but every little bit helps. Strongest chances are between 8am Monday and 4am Tuesday.
