Demolition crews have started work on tearing down the current Austin Convention Center, the Austin Downtown Commission is looking for more partnerships & philanthropy to address the homeless issue and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Dallas again over gun rights.

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Teachers unions are responding unhappily to the school voucher bill that cleared the Texas House, Austin's city auditor has shared data that shows vacancies in the city's police department continue to grow and Austin's Homeless Strategy Office is touting progress when it comes to its H.E.A.L. initiative. 

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The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would ban cell phones in schools, teacher union officials are accusing the Texas Education Agency's school ratings system as being flawed for why Dobie Middle School may be shut down and Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen will travel to El Salvador in an effort to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia released.

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The cause of a massive explosion in northwest Austin is still under investigation as those affected struggle with getting assistance from their insurance companies, state legislators are pushing for sawed off shotguns to be legal and the primary race between John Cornyn & Ken Paxton is starting to heat up.

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UT officials are speaking out against local prosecutors after a man was arrested and released from jail three times for assaulting multiple UT students, there's been at least half a dozen reports in Williamson County over the past month of attempted kidnappings and the Austin City Council has approved an extension of funding to the Austin Police Department's Auto Burglary & Theft Interdiction Project.

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The Austin City Council has passed amendments to the city building code including the allowance of single staircase apartment complexes and the requirement of AC units in every dwelling, parents are speaking out against the possible closure of Dobie Middle School in AISD and legislation is being filed to allow guns on the Texas State Fair grounds.

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Georgetown Mayor Josh Schroder is speaking out against proposed state legislation that would mandate mobile homes be allowed on all residential lots, parents are demanding answers after multiple gas leaks at an elementary school in Pflugerville forced students to evacuate and a bill has cleared the Texas Senate that would create exemptions for police officers when deadly misconduct charges are filed against them.

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Austin's District 5 City Councilman Ryan Alter joins us in studio to discuss the expansion of I-35 and the implementation of caps & stitches as part of the project, the city's annual budget, public safety and the city's relationship with the Austin Police Department as well as the performance of Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza.

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Austin's District 5 City Councilman Ryan Alter joins us in studio to discuss public safety, expansion of I-35 and the city budget among other topics, Ken Paxton has officially announced he'll be running for U.S. Senator John Cornyn's seat and China has announced new retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.

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Texas legislators are looking to end programs like Austin's universal basic income pilot program statewide, the Texas House has proposed a THC ban bill that would allow THC beverages to be regulated by the TABC and China is responding to Trump's recent tariffs.

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