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👶 What’s with that proposed childcare tax hike?
August 15, 2024 · Kelsey Bradshaw
✏️ Good morning! I’ve got two housekeeping items for you before we dive into the news of the day: Mere hours are left to apply to be a producer for City Cast Austin. Tomorrow is the deadline to apply. Once you’re done applying, head over to Austin Fit Magazine’s website and vote for us as for your best podcast! OK, tasks over. Let’s go!
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What's CITY Talking About?
💰 City Budget Approved
Austin City Council members approved a $5.9 billion city budget for the next fiscal year on Wednesday afternoon. The budget includes raising property taxes, funding for homeless shelters, and pay increases for civilian employees, among other measures. [KXAN]
🎙️ Back to School
Austin kids are headed back to school this month and Matias Segura, Austin Independent School District superintendent, joins the podcast today to break down everything parents and guardians need to know before that first bell rings. [City Cast Austin]
🚨 Austin Police Investigating Possible Serial Killer
Austin police are among the law enforcement agencies asking for help identifying a man whose DNA has been linked to a woman killed in June and another killed in 2018. [Austin American-Statesman]
🏌️ Peter Pan Mini-Golf Lives To See Another Day
Beloved Zilker-based business Peter Pan Mini-Golf will stay open until at least March 31 after receiving a six-month lease extension. The golf spot was set to close next month. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said he helped Peter Pan’s owners work with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, which manages the lease. [KVUE]
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What To Do
Thursday, Aug. 15
- 🎤 Drag Queen Karaoke at Volstead Lounge | 1 a.m. | Free | East Sixth
- 📚 Julianne Hough at BookPeople | 6 p.m. | $23.99 | Downtown Austin
- 👚 Pajama Storytime at Austin Public Library Central Library | 6:30 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🎶 The Drop-In at the Long Center | 8 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
Friday, Aug. 16
- 🎶 Grupo Frontera at the Moody Center | 8 p.m. | $59 and up | UT Campus
- 💃 After Midnight: Chappel Roan Dance Party at Parish | Time | Free with RSVP | Downtown AAustin
🍞 I’m so happy to see Austin’s Comadre Panadería getting the Texas Monthly feature treatment! I’ll be marinating on this sentence about the shop’s pink cake: “I tumbled into childhood with the first bite.”
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