Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax has formally unveiled the new proposed budget for next year at a price tag of $6.6 billion, representing an increase of $300 million from last year, San Marcos investigators have created a tip line in hopes of getting new leads in the deadly fire that killed five people at the Iconic Village Apartments back in 2018 and in an address to the nation last night President Trump announced his administration will release declassified documents he says show evidence previous administrations worked to cover up mass voter fraud. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin Transit Partnership board has given its approval for a contract with Stadler US inc, who will be tasked with designing and building 21 train cars for the planned light rail line with the initial contract will be for $39-million-dollars, but the delivery of all 21 train cars will come with a much larger price tag -- $353-million-dollars, Travis county commissioners this week have unanimously voted to oppose a wastewater permit for a proposed development west of Austin called "white rocks" , nearly three-dozen guns have gone missing from a Pflugerville gun store, and now the federal government is stepping in and the incident happened back on July 2 at GT distributors in Pflugerville as two men reportedly stole 34 glock handguns, and they were driving a stolen vehicle that was later found dumped on the side of the road and since then, none of the guns have been accounted for.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congressional Democrats are holding ICE's feet to the fire over that shooting in Houston as the congressional Hispanic caucus will hold a hearing in Houston next week and congresswoman Sylvia Garcia says they need the public's input because the agency is not releasing details, Austin-area state rep. and Democrat candidate for lieutenant governor Vikki Goodwin is calling on governor Greg Abbott to get lawmakers back at the capitol for a special session on data centers, and Goodwin was joined at a press conference yesterday by various local elected officials from Austin, San Marcos, and Hays county, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is still planning a major expansion of Mopac south between Cesar Chavez and Slaughter lane, but the cost of the project has been jumping way up, raising questions from some people who often use toll roads in the area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With storms in the forecast for the next few days, Governor Greg Abbott is warning that things could turn dangerous, the Austin police department is out with new details on an officer-involved shooting over the weekend on Saturday, as Chief Lisa Davis says 911 received multiple calls about a man riding a scooter who was armed with a handgun and she says officers were on the scene within two minutes, but it took a few hours before they finally tracked the man down near the butler hike and bike trail, and opened fire when the suspect pulled the firearm on officers where Diaz died at the scene and also had two other loaded handguns on him at the time, the Austin transit partnership board will meet to discuss a $39-million-dollars contract with stadler us inc, who will be tasked with designing, manufacturing, testing, and delivering vehicles for Austin's planned light rail project.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham suddenly passed away over the weekend, Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax has released a proposed budget for next year totaling $6.6 billion and a new city ordinance that requires landlords to disclose all rental fees to potential tenants up front will take effect this fall.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was plenty of anger at the Taylor city council meeting last night after city officials announced that a citizen-led petition trying to restrict future data center development could not move forward, over $100,000 has been spent by the city of Austin since October removing graffiti and a new homeless navigation center operated by the local nonprofit We Can Now is opening in north Austin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State senator Charles Perry is vowing to introduce another bill next legislative session to fully ban THC in Texas, and that's leaving a lot of business owners feeling even more uncertain about their future as Estella Castro owns Austinite Cannabis Co on Cesar Chavez and she tells cbs austin she opened her store soon after state lawmakers approved new hemp laws back in 2019 and she says there have been ongoing concerns since last year when lawmakers first began targeting the THC industry, another protest was held yesterday demanding that city and county officials do everything they can to keep immigration officials out of Austin neighborhoods, protesters rallied outside of the Travis County commissioners court building urging elected officials to protect illegal immigrants in areas where they say there has been an uptick in ice activity, and Austin police are investigating the discovery of a dead body at an east Austin park as officer Austin Zarling says 911 got a call just before 5:45 p.m. from a person who found the body at bolm district park.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The city of Austin has already taken down multiple murals to come into compliance with a new order from governor Greg Abbott that prohibits political street art, and now the rainbow crosswalks at places like Fourth and Colorado are next in line to be painted over, the city of Austin has opened the application window for millions of dollars in grant funding for local artists and musicians as $23-million-dollars has been made available, and the funding comes from the city's hotel occupancy tax revenue, an Austin neighborhood is testing out a new gunshot detection system, and Texas parks and wildlife says the new backcountry area at enchanted rock is now open for day use. it's an additional three thousand acres of the iconic state park...which is reached by a two mile hike from the main headquarters.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The City of Austin says hundreds of tons of trash and debris have been cleaned out of homeless camps as part of a new homeless camp management initiative that started back in May, multiple agencies are investigating a deadly shooting that happened over the weekend at a bar in north Austin and President Trump is meeting NATO leaders today at a summit in Turkey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The City of Austin has completed a recent order from Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Transportation directing cities to remove political street art, a violent weekend in Austin has police investigating multiple deadly shootings and President Trump held a press conference for the formal launch of Trump Accounts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.