🙌 Austin’s election season is finally over

🗳️ Austin Runoff Results Are In: Who Won What

Austin-area voters decided three races over the weekend. Mike Siegel beat out Gary Bledsoe in the City Council District 7 race, Fernando Lucas de Urioste won an at-large seat on the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, and Christopher Harvey is Manor’s new mayor. [KUT]

🎙️ Best Bars to Cheers the Holiday Season

Want to get tipsy with Frosty or lit like a menorah this holiday season? Mixologist and blogger Sushmita Malakar is on the City Cast Austin podcast breaking down Austin’s best holiday pop-up bars and the drinks you have to make at home as the temps cool down. [City Cast Austin]

🔌 City Council Adopts Energy Plan

In a unanimous vote, Austin City Council approved an energy generation plan to meet the growing population’s power needs. The plan prioritizes system resiliency, reliability, and environmental sustainability as Austin works to be 100% carbon-free energy by 2035. [KXAN]

🎒 Austin ISD Addresses Special Ed Issues

After the special education department was denounced as a “toxic work environment” and a system’s backlog prevented students from entering the program, district leaders announced they are making progress on improvements. The district must fully transition to a new platform to track changes by September 2025. [KVUE]

Hello! No one guessed last week’s “Where Is This?” and it made Kelsey very sad! So instead of a new photo from a new location, you’re getting a new photo from the same location! The two photos below were taken at the same event. Hopefully it makes the answer a little more obvious!

Do you know where these photos were taken? Respond to this email with your guess to be featured in next Monday’s newsletter!