🍔 Whataburger museum?

🛑 Some UT Projects on Pause After Trump Order

At least nine University of Texas at Austin research projects totaling $6.1 million in federal funding have been paused or stopped due to President Donald Trump’s executive order related to foreign aid and diversity, equity, and inclusion. [Austin American-Statesman]

• Some $220 million in federal grants for transportation projects, including the cap-and-stitch plan for Interstate 35, may also be at risk due to guidance from the Trump administration. [KXAN]

🔊 Austin’s City Manager Tells All

T.C. Broadnax has been Austin’s city manager for nine months. After overseeing the passage of Austin’s biggest budget ever, changing cold weather shelter criteria, and creating a new arts office, Broadnax is looking ahead to issues like short-term rental rules. [City Cast Austin 🎧]

🍔 Whataburger Museum Headed to SXSW

Whataburger will be at South by Southwest this year with a “Whataburger Museum of Art” pop-up on March 8 and 9. The pop-up includes fan art and will be open to the public. [CultureMap Austin]

🎶 SIMS Foundation Providing Care Again

After deciding to pause services in November due to funding issues, the SIMS Foundation has resumed its work supporting Austin musicians’ mental health care. [KVUE]

Congratulations to Audrey P. for guessing our last “Where Is This?” correctly! This photo was taken outside Downs Field in East Austin. The field is where the Austin Black Senators baseball team, which was part of the Negro Leagues, played in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1940s and 1950s, football players at the city’s only high school for Black students, L.C. Anderson High School, played at the field. The field was named a Texas historical landmark in 2015.

The mosaics, which were made to look like baseball cards, depict iconic players Willie Wells, “Smokey” Joe Williams, Toni Stone, Hilton Smith, and Satchel Paige.

This week’s photo is our last for Black History Month, so I better see a lot of guesses in my inbox!

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