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Texas cities eye property tax hikes, spending cuts amid yawning budget gaps

Rising costs, slowing tax revenue and a sluggish economy have saddled some of Texas’ biggest cities with multimillion-dollar deficits.

The Texas Tribune

Texas cities forced to remove rainbow crosswalks are installing colorful alternatives

Cities and advocates are channeling support for LGBTQ+ residents into murals, lighting and rainbow-decorated sidewalks and stairs.

The Texas Tribune

Bigger price tag, smaller footprint: How Austin’s Project Connect went off the rails

Legal and political challenges continue to threaten Austin’s multibillion-dollar light rail project that voters approved in 2020.

The Texas Tribune

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Austin Shooting Suspects Update: Teens in Custody After 12 Drive-Bys Target Fire Stations and Random Pedestrians

Three teenagers were arrested after a 19-hour shooting spree in Austin, Texas, involving 12 drive-by attacks, leaving four injured. The suspects stole vehicles and targeted fire stations and pedestrians.

International Business Times UK

Gov. Greg Abbott threatens $200 million in funding from major Texas cities over ICE policies

The governor’s letters to Austin, Dallas and Houston say the state will pull back state grants because of local policies that deter police from fully cooperating with immigration officials.

The Texas Tribune

Austin Shooting Update: FBI Joins Probe After 'Terrorism Indicators' Found In SUV

A mass shooting in downtown Austin left two dead and over 10 wounded. The FBI has joined the investigation, exploring potential terrorism links

International Business Times UK

Austin bar shooting leaves three dead, including suspect, and 14 wounded

FBI official says evidence found on the suspect and in his car indicated a ‘potential nexus to terrorism’

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Three dead, including suspect, and 14 injured after shooting at Austin bar

Officials are investigating the early Sunday morning shooting as a potential act of terrorism, but didn’t provide further details, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Texas Tribune

16 & Pregnant Star Farrah Abraham Announces Austin Mayoral Bid Only To Be Told Live Election Is In 2028

Former 16 & Pregnant star Farrah Abraham declares bid for Austin mayor in 2026, only to discover the next election isn't until 2028; alters campaign direction toward City Council District 5.

International Business Times UK

Texas voters said no to property tax hikes this week, as Republican leaders signal more cuts ahead

Even voters in Austin, one of the state’s most liberal cities, shot down a measure to raise property taxes.

The Texas Tribune

National Guard will be deployed during ‘Antifa-linked’ No Kings protests in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott says

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson says Guardsmen will be on hand but not called upon ‘unless there is a determination that there is an emergency need’

The Independent UK

Texas launches task force to target repeat criminal offenders in Houston area

Gov. Greg Abbott said state troopers and local law enforcement will start an effort in Harris County that he hopes to duplicate in other parts of Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy 5,000 Texas National Guard to sites of planned immigration protests

Demonstrations against immigration raids began in Los Angeles last week and have spread across the country, including to Texas. More are planned this weekend.

The Texas Tribune

Nearly 650 measles cases reported in Texas. Track the spread here.

Collin County has reported its first measles case, but it is not yet considered part of the ongoing outbreak from West Texas.

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Thousands of Austin residents face power outages on the hottest day of the year

Millions of Texans are under excessive heat warnings as cities across the state experience record breaking temperatures.

Reason

Everything Is Getting Bigger in Texas

Plus: An interview with Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, Minnesota lawmakers try to save Minneapolis zoning reform from excess environmental review, and the White House's new housing supply action plan.

Texas Observer

Austin Officials Condemn Anti-Palestinian Hate Crime but Remain Divided over Ceasefire Resolution

Mayor Kirk Watson condemned last week’s attack after a pro-Palestine rally, while warning against a ceasefire resolution.

The Texas Tribune

After years of losing battles with GOP leaders, some big city Texas mayors strike friendlier tone

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and incoming Houston Mayor John Whitmire, two veteran Democratic legislators, are trying to repair their cities’ fraught relationships with the state’s GOP leadership.

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The Independent UK

Texas police officer and suspect killed in a shooting; two other people were found dead

A Texas police officer was killed in a shooting that also left the suspect dead and a second officer wounded in Austin

The Texas Tribune

Austin will try again to tame its housing affordability crisis with zoning reforms. Can it do it this time?

The city’s decades-long battle to overhaul local rules to allow more, denser housing to be built may be reaching a turning point.

The Texas Tribune

Texas state troopers are routinely stopping motorists of color in Austin, data shows

More than 8 in 10 people charged by state troopers since they began helping Austin police have been people of color. In Southeast Austin, a neighborhood president calls it “outright racial profiling.”

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott sends more state police to patrol Austin after city leaders call for end to partnership

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson had said that troopers pulling a gun on a 10-year-old prompted the end of the agreement. A video of that encounter shows troopers with guns pointed at the ground, not the child.

Wales Online

Wife-carrying and weighing the mayor - the weird UK traditions baffling Brits

Centuries-old events such as Weighing in the Mayor in High Wycombe and the Jack in the Green festival can be an eye-opener for many

Daily Mirror

Hurling the silver ball is the top traditional UK event - that Brits have never heard of

Many centuries-old events, such as Weighing in the Mayor in High Wycombe, and the Jack in the Green festival, leave Brits baffled

The Texas Tribune

After Title 42’s end, Texas DPS pauses Austin patrols so officers can head to the border

Despite no major influx in border crossings, state troopers will be relocated to border cities. Austin and the Texas Department of Public Safety faced criticism for the racial disparities in state trooper arrests in the capital.

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