The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. - The Travis County Commissioners Court has approved a new budget and tax rate for the Central Health district

- Texas officials have taken steps to shore up the state's scandal-plagued lottery system

- Hays County Commissioners have decided against funding a contract with Axon for safety cameras

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. - The Travis County Clerk held a public event yesterday to showcase its "logic and accuracy" testing ahead of the midterm elections

- Hays County has voted to fund a 10-year contract with Axon safety cameras

- Airbnb will invest over $6 million on the long-stalled housing development on St. John's Avenue in northeast Austin

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. - Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is calling on parents at Burnet and Webb middle schools to petition for the closure of those campuses

- The Kyle City Council has voted to draft ballot language for a May election to let voters decide on the use of Flock cameras

- Businesses along Lake Austin are slamming the City of Austin over a plan to lower the water level by ten feet

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. - The Bastrop City Council unanimously voted to do away with their Flock safety cameras

- The first GOP convention to be held in a midterm year kicks off in Dallas today

- The Austin Public Safety Commission postponed making a recommendation the the city council on the use of cameras to enforce parking rules

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. - Tomorrow the Central Health Board of Managers will vote on a proposed budget and property tax hike

- The Texas State Board of Education has approved a new high school social studies curriculum that critics are slamming as anti-Islamic

- The Texas State Comptroller Don Huffines wants to increase the budget for the state's school voucher program

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. - The Marble Falls school district is pushing back on a proposal by Governor Greg Abbott to ban H-1B visa holders from working in Texas public schools

- The Save Our Springs Alliance staged a protest at a data center conference in Austin

- A new poll shows that Governor Greg Abbott is virtually tied with Gina Hinajosa in the race for Texas governor

The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. - Williamson County Commissioners have approved a new budget for the next fiscal year with a lowered tax rate

- The Bastrop City Council voted last night to immediately cover the city's Flock safety cameras and to consider terminating the contract with Flock

- A woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly filming jurors in the Lindsey Clancy trial