Four Del Valle High School students are accused of kidnapping and torturing a classmate, the Austin City Council has approved the Downtown Core Transportation Plan that initiates the conversion of several one-way streets to two-way and construction is underway on an affordable housing project for Austin ISD teachers and staff.

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Texas has become a national leader for data centers, warehouses full of computers, needed for ai research, use a ton of electricity and here in Texas, it's cheap, according to Williamson county state senator Charles Schwertner, The Austin school district continues to struggle with enrollment with enrollment numbers plunge by more than 3000 students this year and two years after causing a bus crash that killed a 5-year-old Hays school district student and another driver, and less than a year behind bars, Jerry Hernandez will soon be up for parole.

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A recently built drift track in the Hutto area is raising noise concerns among nearby residents who say they lived in the area long before the track was constructed, City of Austin officials immediately began talking about renaming Cesar Chavez Street. While some councilmembers like Vanessa Fuentes would like to see it renamed after another activist -- Dolores Huerta -- there's a new push to name the street after a local police officer who died in the line of duty and the Travis County District Attorney is pushing back on claims that he held secret meetings with the City of Austin and withheld evidence in a case involving an Austin police officer connected to the 2020 riots.  

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President Trump has threatened to "obliterate" Iran's energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. Recent strikes have hit an oil refinery in Israel and a US air base in Saudi Arabia, injuring service members, after a 44-day wait during a partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, TSA officers have finally begun receiving retroactive paychecks and the Austin ISD has sent a letter to families this week informing them that Blackshear Elementary school will be closing for good.

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The Austin City Council has approved a plan to have new digital kiosks installed in busy areas around Austin to provide real-time transit information, wayfinding tools and emergency information, a rift is growing between Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra and Democrat State Rep. Erin Zweiner over high water-use developments such as A.I. date centers and many Austinites gathered over the weekend at the "No Kings Protest" to rally against Trump administration policies.

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• In a rare overnight session, the Senate unanimously moved to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but immigration enforcement components like ICE remain unfunded, Trump delayed potential U.S. strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for another 10 days while warning Tehran to "get serious" in negotiations "before it is too late" and Austin has approved a Homeless Strategies and Operations Strategic Plan for 2025-2027 as well as the purchase of a new property for Austin Resource Recovery.

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Austin city leaders hosted the first of a series of discussions over Austin's budget for the next fiscal year, giving the public a chance to voice what they want prioritized, Taylor residents held a press conference to formally push back on a proposed data center ahead of a planned city council meeting regarding the project and a 25 year-old man in Bastrop has been arrested after he began shooting at cars near a Home Depot.

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Some Austin city leaders are raising concerns about funding the next phase of the proposed I-35 cap and stitch project, Zoox has announced its self-driving taxes will begin service in Austin this week and the Texas Commission on Licensing and Regulation has approved a new rule that will require people to prove that they are in the country legally in order to operate certain businesses.

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A mistrial has been declared on the first day of jury selection in the deadly conduct case against Army Sergeant Daniel Perry, transportation officials are hoping to move forward with a proposed expansion of the Mopac expressway as Austinites prepare to weigh in on the project this week and the Capitol Metro Police Department is weighing in on safety on its bus routes in the wake of multiple violent incidents.

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Jury selection will begin today in the misdemeanor deadly conduct case against Army sergeant Daniel Perry, who was pardoned in 2024 after a jury convicted him in 2023 of the murder of a protester on July 25, 2020, support is growing to rid the city of Austin of all tributes to Julio Cesar Chavez in the wake of allegations of sexual assault that reportedly happened decades ago and SpaceX and Tesla will build two advanced chip factories at a sprawling facility in Austin -- one to power cars and humanoid robots, and another designed for artificial intelligence data centers in space.

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