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The data reflects that the district's current approach is not working, and urgent transformational change is necessary to improve outcomes for all Austin ISD students," TEA Commissioner Mike Morath said in the letter.

Garner State Park, located in Concan, Texas, about three hours southwest of the Live Music Capital of the World. It's a popular destination for tubers who like to float the Frio River, but come fall, the park dazzles as trees turn from green to golden, orange, and red. Founded in 1941, Garner State Park is one of many parks built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a program created by President Franklin Roosevelt to combat the unemployment crisis of the Great Depression.

even with the most generous of the options, we would still be paid on average $20,000 less than our counterparts in the County Attorney and District Attorney's offices. We are doing the same work, and we are making 60 percent less than these people. And if you look at other big cities in the state, and Harris County and Dallas County, these public defense investigators are also making $30,000 more than us on average, and they don't have disparity with their prosecutorial counterparts.

Currently, the city of Austin is working to negotiate ownership of the trestle, and until (ownership is established) it's not really appropriate to move forward with a bunch of alternatives for designing and rehabilitating this asset when it's not 100 percent clear that the city has complete ownership.

Top 5 Can't Miss The capital of Texas, Austin is a bustling metropolis that attracts everyone from tech giants to wannabe Willie Nelsons. It's known as the Live Music Capital of the World, and every night of the week, you'll find crooners belting out tunes at ramshackle dive bars and world-class theaters. Whatever genre you're into, you'll find it in Austin.

Attorney Aleshire argues that the ballot language is misleading and does not clarify that the tax increase, if approved, would be permanent. He emphasizes that the City Council is attempting to mislead voters into accepting a significant tax hike.

The Art In Public Places (AIPP) program, created in 1985, allocates up to 2 percent of eligible capital improvement budgets for visual art on city projects. Staff say the revisions are intended to clarify program procedures, broaden participation and address long-term care of artworks.

Austin Energy has worked diligently to avoid shocking ratepayers with higher bills, having approved a reduction in the average customer's monthly bill by $4.89.

The Austin Police Department is the biggest overtime spender, initially budgeting around $25 million for overtime in 2024 but spending nearly double that.

The new concrete barricades will stand 3.5 feet tall, shorter than the current plastic ones, and run along both sides of the street for two blocks, from San Jacinto Boulevard to Neches Street.

"We definitely want to keep this as safe as possible," said Charlotte Tonsor, executive projects director with The Trail Conservancy. "We understand what this will do to the daily use, to the weekly use, to the visits."

Sharmila Mukherjee presented findings indicating Austin's public transit recovery is 9% ahead of comparable metro areas, although ridership is still 20% below pre-pandemic levels.

Kyle Hawley and Noah Hawley's house in Austin, Texas, has five bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and no closets. The unusual setup forces the couple and their two children, 12 and 17, to be selective since they store their clothing in hallways. Mr. Hawley, who is the Emmy Award-winning showrunner and creator of the hit FX series Fargo, believes that the lack of closets encourages editing during the year, requiring them to make choices about what they keep as they acquire new items.

Austin Water has experienced fluctuations in water demand and is concerned about the plateau in water use across Texas, which requires urgent attention.

A recent survey shows over two-thirds of Austin residents are willing to support a tax increase for a new bond package, prioritizing housing, transportation, and parks.

"So they're calling people back, which doesn't give time for people to actually rest and actually recharge their battery."

"Austin's rent-favoring status is the result of a divergence between home prices and rents, driven by surging housing demand and a rapid expansion of multifamily construction."

"There have been a lot of ups and downs and twists and turns in trying to figure out how to keep these buildings intact," said Historic Preservation Division Manager Kim McKnight. "We do have very clear direction from Council to do whatever is necessary to get this dealt with in terms of removing historic designation as an obstacle."

Mystic Girls have an unbreakable bond, lasting through life, and many campers dreamed of sending their own daughters to the 99-year-old camp, revered like Jesus.

This is an imperfect and temporary solution for cumulatively sharing all of this data. What we need is a long term solution where all of this is housed, so that everybody can see all of this data transparently from month to month.