📈 Why property taxes are increasing

📈 Property Taxes Going Up

Austin homeowners can expect property tax bills this winter to go up by about 11%, or $1,123, from last year, after voters approved a number of propositions in November. [KUT]

🎙️ Why ‘Austin City Limits’ Is So Special, According to One of Its Cameramen

Eric Graham has been a camera operator for “Austin City Limits,” the television show, for about 12 years, and filmed Austin musicians for decades before that, is on the City Cast Austin podcast today sharing his favorite memories of working on the show and what makes it feel so intimate. [City Cast Austin]

✅ Congress Avenue Transformation Gains Support

The city’s Urban Transportation Commission voted this month to support and recommend a plan to turn part of Congress Avenue into a pedestrian corridor to Austin City Council. [Austin Monitor]

🩰 A Peek Inside Ballet Austin’s ‘The Nutcracker’

I love this behind-the-scenes look at Ballet Austin’s annual performance of “The Nutcracker,” which is running at the Long Center through Dec. 23. [Axios Austin]

OK, fine. It appears I made the “Where Is This?” from a couple weeks ago too hard again. That’s my bad, guys! This photo was taken inside the Bullock Texas State History Museum. The sculpture is of the “Goddess of Liberty” who used to sit atop the Texas Capitol Building.

Hopefully this week’s is easier:

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