Gradual decline in Austin's COVID hospitalization rate continues, now approaching Stage 2 range. The third special session of the Texas Legislature ends, having accomplished the goal of redistricting, but those new maps have already been challenged in court. U.S. Rep Lloyd Doggett of District 35 announces he will run instead for the new District 37 seat. A triple homicide in southeast Austin is under investigation, while an Austin family is getting no answers from Caldwell County authorities over the shooting death last week of Adil Dghoughi in Martindale - no arrests have been made. An APD officer is disciplined over a road rage incident with a San Antonio bus driver. A new major mixed use development near Bee Cave will be centered on a new 20,000 seat music amphitheater. The LBJ Library and its new exhibit on Lady Bird Johnson are set to re-open on Thursday. Austin is ranked the #26 most environmentally-friendly city in the U.S. And while a major re-shuffle occurs, Austin retains its status as the epicenter of Texas BBQ in Texas Monthly's new ranking of the Top 50 BBQ Joints In Texas - Interstellar BBQ is #2 in Texas and the new meat kings of the Capitol City.
