Uvalde developments continue: The Texas Tribune has published a minute-by-minute account of the mass shooting event, based upon all currently-available information - including new information that shows police on the site with sufficient firepower and shielding to have engaged the shooter much earlier than they did. Parents of the Uvalde school district are calling for the firing of district school police chief Pete Arredondo, and Democrats in the Texas Senate have renewed calls to Governor Greg Abbott to convene a special session of the Texas Legislature to consider gun safety.
Record heat continues On Monday, as the "heat dome" affecting the area shifts eastward. One day prior to today's official first day of summer - the Texas power grid set a new all-time record for power demand, for the second time in just over a week. Monday's peak of 76,600 megawatts tops the prior, eight-day-old record by over 1,500 megawatts. Meanwhile, development in new energy sources is being outpaced by growth in demand.
Austin-area U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett has unveiled a new federal research project dedicated to the impact of climate change on water supplies. Doggett predicts that rising heat will see "Texas become much more like the Sonoran Desert". Meanwhile, concern mounts about toxic algae contamination and zebra mussels in Austin's waterways.
The Austin housing market shows signs of cooling, as inventory grows and the rate of sales slows - prices, however, have not yet begun to drop.
With all of that in mind, Austonia breaks down the question: Is Austin still cool?
In the wake of an ignominious loss to Texas A&M, marking Texas Baseball's departure from this year's College World Series, head coach David Pierce has dismissed longtime assistant and pitching coach Sean Allen.
The athletic director at OU says that following the Sooners' departure from the Big 12 alongside UT, that the schools will continue to play football against each other each season, outside of the partial-conference rotation that will mark that large conference's members schedules.
