District 10 Austin City Councilman Marc Duchen joins us in studio to discuss the cap & stitch project, homelessness & public safety, a new THC ban bill is emerging from the Texas House and the first American Pope has been elected.

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Immigration advocates are speaking out against the arrest & deportation of an Austin family that was pulled over near Dobie Elementary, an HOA president in Westlake is slamming Elon Musk as a neighbor and Austin City Councilwoman Natasha Harper-Madison is slamming critics of the cap & stitch project the city wants to complete over I-35.

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Austin officials are scrambling to try and find money to pay for the cap & stitch project over I-35, a man is suing the city of Austin for an injury sustained during the 2020 BLM protest that shut down I-35 and Georgetown ISD is launching a literacy intervention program to combat low reading scores at the elementary level.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going after the Austin school district for allegedly teaching critical race theory, Eanes ISD is being sued by the operators of the Westlake Athletic Community Center and Texas lawmakers want to strip state funding for any library that hosts a drag queen story time.

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Austin city staff released a memo that states the pilot program that opened up Sixth Street to traffic on weekends lead to a noticeable decline in general crime as well as fights, police officer injuries & use of force incidents, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the state's first school choice bill and experts weight in on the viral debate topic: who would win between a gorilla & 100 men?

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Time is ticking on the Texas Legislative session. Republicans are frustrated at a lack of immigration bills getting a hearing. The Texas House has passed a bill that would prohibit children from using social media. House Bill 186 requires a strict verification process to ensure account holders are at least 18 years old. Republicans lawmakers are planning to get President Trump's spending bill to his desk in a matter of weeks. 

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Austin city officials are declining to take any action in regards to a growing homeless encampment, two people are facing charges related to the alleged experimentation and abuse of corpses at a north Austin mortuary and former San Marcos Councilman Mark Gleason weighs in on Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatening to pull state funding if San Marcos approves their Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution.  

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Cedar Park is gearing up to defend itself in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by a former Cedar Park police officer, the Texas House Public Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 10 which would mandate the Ten Commandments be placed in every public school classroom and Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to pull funding from the city of San Marcos if they approve an Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution next month.

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Austin's Homeless Strategy Officer David Gray is asking for over $100 million dollars for homeless services in the upcoming city budget, there's a push for high speed rail from local & state officials who want to change state law that prevents public dollars being used for high speed rail and multiple parking garages at Austin's airport will see a rate increase ahead of the major renovation plan.

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Multiple senior level employees have left their positions with SXSW, early voting in Central Texas begins on Saturday for a number of elections, propositions & bond proposals and a "Save Dobie" rally was held over the weekend where AISD officials pushed back on the idea of closing Dobie to prevent a state takeover of the school district.

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