Since Austin police officer Christopher Taylor was found guilty of deadly force, the department is concerned about its efforts to recruit and retain new officers.
Another officer is awaiting trial in the 2019 death of Marcus DeSilva.
The head of the Austin Police Association confirmed that the city and the police department will no longer maintain private police personnel records, known as G-files, after a court order. (CBS Austin)
Meanwhile, Austin City Council and the APA outlined a tentative police agreement during a session on Tuesday. (KXAN-TV)
Two suspects in the Round Rock Juneteenth celebration shooting had hearings Tuesday. (Fox7 Austin)
The Austin Fire Department responded to a house on fire in North Austin Tuesday night.
Also, a fire early this morning at the smokehouse of Patrizi’s restaurant on Cuernavaca Drive had firefighters busy.
A CapMetro bus driver was assaulted on the job early Monday in East Austin. A passenger who refused to pay bus fare attacked and robbed the driver. Passengers on board restrained her attacker until police arrived. (Fox7 Austin)
More than 100 dogs are safe and sound after multiple animal rescue organizations helped retrieve them from a hoarding situation in Lockhart. (KXAN-TV)
Austin Opera announced on Tuesday its plans for a new headquarters located on Trade Center Drive. (CBS Austin)
According to his campaign finance report, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has raised more than $927,000 since the start of the year, more than all of his challengers combined. (KXAN-TV)
A new report finds rent in Austin continues to get more expensive. (CBS Austin)
About 65 UT Austin students and faculty on Tuesday participated in a “die-in” to commemorate the first anniversary of Oct. 7. (Daily Texan)
The search is on for the city of Austin’s first-ever Poet Laureate. (CBS Austin)
The Office of the City Auditor has found widespread issues within the Austin Parks and Recreation Department related to inconsistent fee charges and collections for facility rentals at some community recreation centers. (Austin Monitor)
A new report found about one in every four Austin workers is part of the remote workforce. (KXAN-TV)
Travis County’s new mental health facility is now accepting patients. (Austin American-Statesman)
Two new tenants have leased more than half of the ATX 130 Business Park near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. (Austin Business Journal)
A Hays County coalition is concerned that if a $440 million transportation bond package passes it could damage aquifers and deplete already scarce resources. (KXAN-TV)
A malfunction at the Longhorn Dam that caused Lady Bird Lake to lose water has been fixed. (KUT 90.5)
As the west coast of Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, residents there will get some help from Texas. (KXAN-TV)
Hurricane Milton is on track to make a historic landfall in Florida late tonight into tomorrow morning.
Our weather pattern remains unchanged for the next five days.
Much cooler weather finally arrives next week. (KXAN-TV)
The risk and danger of wildfires in Central Texas is pretty high right now.
Recent statistics published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveal a significant trend: the number of migrant apprehensions in the San Diego Sector has decreased for a fourth straight month, and it’s on track to be five in a row for September. (KXAN-TV)
Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in Austin Tuesday as the LBJ Foundation hosted a conversation about her new book at the LBJ Presidential Library.
Videos released Tuesday from the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that police originally failed to make public show officers scrambling to treat victims, parents running near the building and dozens of law enforcement agents standing outside Robb Elementary School. (Fox7 Austin)
Two incidents of hate speech at Texas State University in two weeks have alarmed students and prompted a response from the university. (CBS Austin)
What are Texas voters thinking ahead of the 2024 election?
Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican political groups are pouring money into three Democrat-controlled state House districts in South Texas, giving the GOP a financial edge and raising the prospect that the party could widen its majority in the lower chamber. (Texas Tribune)
U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred raised more than $30 million in the last quarter, outpacing opponent Sen. Ted Cruz.
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the ABC daytime talk show “The View” and Howard Stern’s radio show before “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” later Tuesday. Former President Donald J. Trump’s virtual town-hall event was postponed.
A new book by Bob Woodward claims Former President Donald Trump secretly sent COVID tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 2020 shortage. (Washington Post)
Former President Donald Trump has falsely claimed several times that FEMA is diverting funds away from Republicans and favoring Democrats. FEMA has been fighting back against those claims while Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump “incredibly irresponsible” for making them.
SPORTS
“Their success doesn’t have anything to do with ours. So we’re focused on us and the things we can control.” — Oklahoma head coach Bruce Venables
The Sooners’ head coach is excited for the challenges of facing the Longhorns this weekend. (OU Daily)
Is Texas-Oklahoma college football’s greatest rivalry? (KXAN-TV)
The Texas Rangers reportedly are pursuing their own regional sports network for broadcasting games. (Fort Worth Report)
Today we’re at the State Fair of Texas as the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners are preparing to face off at the Cotton Bowl Saturday for one of the biggest matchups of the college football season.
