The Austin Daily News

The Austin Daily News - May 11, 2026

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In this week's issue:

  • A man smoking crack and lunging at a park worker with scissors — at a children's playground directly adjacent to Barton Springs, while 100+ kids played and 911 calls went unanswered for 30 minutes
  • Three separate companies committed billions to Texas AI infrastructure in a single week — chips, fiber, and compute — and why that combination is something no other state can claim
  • Tesla's Austin robotaxi fleet hit 39 vehicles and expanded to night operations, but the real clock is ticking: a Texas regulatory deadline lands in 17 days
  • Texas legislators wrote a summer camp safety law so technically unhinged that one Hill Country camp permanently closed — and only 9 of 300 camps had licenses three weeks before summer

    • Today is Day 1 of Austin's expanded APD encampment sweeps. Let's get into it.

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    The Austin Daily NewsBy Justin Murphy