Our local COVID key indicator has leveled at about the same rate it did at the end of the first two major pandemic waves: around 20, in the lower half of Stage 3 range. Early voting begins: Prop A for Austinites, school bonds for Williamson County, civic bonds for Buda, and eight State Constitutional amendments for all Texans. Wider indications of organized theft of cell phones at the Austin City Limits Music Festival lead to three more arrests and almost 300 phones recovered. Austin FC and Texas Longhorns both drop matchups over the weekend, while Texas RB Bijan Robinson starts to draw Heisman speculation. HAAM gets a new CEO. Celis Brewing is set to open the CTX Beer Garden, a new outdoor space on its brewery property on Metric. Austin makes Travel And Leisure's Top 15 Cities in the U.S., but gets beat out by San Antonio and Fort Worth. And one more cool day today before a warmup later this week.
