As local COVID stats continue improving, City health officials issue a reminder to get caught up on vaccinations in advance of Spring Break. Outgoing Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros points to attrition among the department's most seasoned professionals as a key cause of employee errors that led to the recent city-wide boil notice. UT's Faculty Council has passed a resolution defending the right of college professors to teach about race and gender issues - drawing immediate fire from Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Democrat vs. Democrat as Eddie Rodriguez levels criticism at U.S. House TX-35 opponent Greg Casar over his moves on homeless camping and police funding during Casar's time on the Austin City Council. A former Texas energy regulator says connecting the state's beleaguered power grid to neighboring national grids would not be difficult, nor cause any loss of autonomy for the Texas energy sector. A new reports shows over 100 cases of Austin Police Department officers using excessive force. Employees of the flagship Alamo Drafthouse location have unionized, and students at Vandegrift High have organized a banned book club. An Austin man reports being drugged and robbed during a night of bar-hopping on West Sixth. The Stubb's BBQ restaurant and live music venue is now under new ownership. SXSW announces keynote addresses by Lizzo and Beck. The Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park announces dates with Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Nathaniel Rateliff and My Morning Jacket. A report shows that Austin musicians still make the same income they made 40 years ago. And cooler and wetter weather is incoming, to be followed by weirdly warm weather next week.
