The Austin Daily News

The Austin Daily News - May 15, 2026

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In this week's issue:

  • Abbott bypassing Austin's DA entirely — the state task force now operating in Austin and the murder case that made it necessary
  • Austin officially a million-person city, and the AI system it just deployed to fix its decades-long permitting disaster
  • Voters approved 27 miles of light rail — what they're actually getting, and who's suing over it
  • A man caught on his own Nest camera saying "Homicide will be in this hoe" — and what Austin's DA decided to do about it

    • Let's get into it.

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    The Austin Daily NewsBy Justin Murphy