Blistering heat continues - but, no official calls for conservation from ERCOT as of this morning. However, we should expect those calls to become common throughout the summer.
A mental patient who escaped from an institution in North Texas two weeks ago has been apprehended in Austin, where he killed his father years ago, but was acquitted on an insanity defense.
A new local poll finds that lack of affordability is the top issue facing Austin according to respondents, distantly followed by crime and homelessness. Austin's rental rates continue to increase at a pace beyond national averages.
Recent STAAR test results indicate a gradual recovery from the widespread academic progress slowdown attributed to the pandemic, but there's still ground to make up in most subject areas for Texas students.
The City has decided to limit the number of rental scooters available along Congress Avenue from the Capitol to Lady Bird Lake, and for one block in either direction of Congress along that stretch between Colorado and Brazos.
The Austin Board of Realtors expects at least a slight drop in Austin home prices to come soon, following a drop in sales volume and an increase in inventory.
ABIA is now offering walk-up enrollment for TSA PreCheck - but, it will still take three to five days for applications to be approved.
Reba McEntire will bring her U.S. tour to the Moody Center on October 28, and Lyle Lovett and his Large Band will tape for Austin City Limits in August.
