While cities and counties across the state debate moratoriums on data center growth, Governor Abbott calls for more regulations on them as he directed the public utility commission and ERCOT to to require data centers to add power generation to the grid, to require them to pay their own infrastructure costs and to lower residential ratepayer costs, the shakeup continues in Texas education as public school enrollment is on the decline, and numbers showing that charter school enrollment is down too, while at the same time, the trend of home schooling is outpacing both, the prosecutor in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial is speaking out, saying this was one of the most unique cases he has ever worked on and says in all his years he has never seen as much mis information and intentional dis information put out into social media platforms… that's why he agreed with the decision not to allow cameras or audio into the courtroom.

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The city of Austin has put out a warning after potentially toxic blue-green algae mats were spotted floating on some local waterways as officials say thick mats of algae have been seen at red bud isle on lady bird lake, and at the walsh boat landing on Lake Austin, The city of Austin is on the hunt for a new organization to take over operations for the overnight cold weather shelters, as they're open to anyone, but they largely serve as a place for the homeless to come and stay overnight when the temperature is below 35-degrees, Travis county formally recognized pride month this week with a ceremony outside of the county administrative building, the Hays county commissioners court is still discussing data centers after this week, county judge Ruben Becerra proposed a 180-day emergency water review period that would limit how much new data center activity would be authorized by the county.

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Democrat Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa held a press conference at the capitol this week to announce the creation of a new effort aimed at public schools as she says her "team texas public schools" initiative will train teachers, parents, and administrators to fight against school closures, especially in areas of the state she says are being hit the hardest, are roundabouts the answer to some of austin's mobility problems? love them or hate them, the city of Austin has continued to add more and more of them to various intersections, and by the end of the year, work is set to begin on the city's 50th roundabout, Ken Paxton launched an industry-wide investigation into protein powder manufacturers, he says to protect texans from heavy metals like lead and cadmium as Paxton mentioned in a release that consumer reports tested 23 products and found the lead levels in plant-based protein powders on average, nine times higher than those made with dairy proteins.

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• Nearly a year after floods destroyed much of the Sandy Creek area, heavy rainfall caused major flooding Friday night and destroyed an animal sanctuary, President Trump says he had a tense exchange with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over strikes in Iran, and prosecutors have rested their case in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony

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Critics are slamming Austin Mayor Kirk Watson for taking a trip to Manchester as the city struggles to fund basic city services while also facing a $33 million budget deficit, a parent at an Austin Montessori school accidentally put a THC lollipop in a goodie bag for students and the Austin School Board got their first look at a proposed $181 million budget reduction plan.

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The Austin ISD school board will be presented this evening with a plan to cut $181-million-dollars from the next year's budget to address a massive deficit as superintendent Matias Segura highlighted several of the planned cuts yesterday, including 558 district roles. he says that all employees with teaching certifications will be given alternate placements, while the district is working to find roles for those who are not certified when possible. An Austin ISD student in the country illegally was able to walk across the stage for graduation with his classmates this week. It was early last month when Luis Fernando Cabrera -- a senior at Northeast early college high school -- was detained by ICE officials following a traffic stop due to an expired registration, following the arrest, Cabrera had been held at the Karnes detention center until a judge ordered his release, and Texas parents are giving the public school system a failing grade as 15 percent of parents say the quality of education in their ISD is excellent, 41-percent call it good, 22 percent describing it as fair and 9 percent as poor. The numbers jump up a bit when talking about the parents of private, charter or home-schooled students. 66-percent rate their education as excellent.

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The group behind a charter petition that would force regular external audits onto the city of Austin believes it has enough signatures to get that petition on the November ballot. Save Austin Now has officially handed those signatures over to the Austin city clerk as the petition requires the city of Austin to complete an external audit within a year of its passage, and to review its budget every five years, or no less than one year before the city of Austin asks voters for more money in a tax rate election, a new Texas law is adding tougher requirements for the companies behind operating driverless vehicles as senate bill 2807 imposes stricter rules on autonomous vehicle companies operating in the state, including state authorization, emergency response plans for law enforcement, and a public portal where residents can verify operators and file safety complaints, and new numbers from the city of Austin show the homeless population accounts for a significant share of all fatal auto-pedestrian crashes as the data shows 40-percent of the people who are hit by cars and die from their injuries are homeless.

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The Austin police department has launched an investigation into the death of a man who was found stuffed in a trash can over the weekend as APD says they were called to the area around Packsaddle pass and Ben White on Saturday for a welfare check, and officers arrived on scene and found the man -- identified as 59-year-old duc vo -- who they say was "clearly deceased.” , Two men from Houston are accused of pulling a jewelry store heist in Round Rock after police say Javon Davis and Leslie Lavun Jones were arrested in connection to a robbery at Marc Robinson jewelers at the Round Rock premium outlets back in April as court documents say the two men were part of a group of masked robbers who entered the store and started smashing display cases with hammers before stealing a large amount of high-end jewelry. Georgetown police are again urging residents to lock their vehicles and secure their firearms as they investigate 20 vehicle burglaries that occurred over the weekend across four neighborhoods, including the theft of seven firearms after burglaries took place late at night in the village, Fairhaven, Teravista and Summercrest neighborhoods. Of the vehicles targeted, six were confirmed locked and six were confirmed unlocked.

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Some small business owners along South Congress are voicing their concerns about Austin's light rail project, Democrat Rep. Greg Casar is calling for a new tax on artificial intelligence companies as a way to combat potential mass unemployment that could come from A.I. technology and Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico held a rally in Leander yesterday to try and lure voters over to his side in the race against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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 A NEW TEXAS LAW REQUIRING APP STORES TO GET PARENTAL CONSENT FROM USERS UNDER 13 YEARS OLD WILL NOW BE ALLOWED TO GO INTO EFFECT, THANKS TO A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT. YESTERDAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR AUSTIN ISD, AND IT ALSO MARKED THE END OF AN ERA FOR SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. AUSTIN CITY MANAGER T.C. BROADNAX HAS GOTTEN THE DIRECTIVE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOP NEW RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING DUMPSTER COLLECTIONS. 

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