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🤘 How UT is changing under Trump
April 9, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
😭 Good morning, I can’t handle this: A retirement community has adopted a dog and the photos are so freaking cute. His name is Chewy and he sometimes wears a tuxedo!
What's CITY Talking About?
🅿️ Drivers Owe How Much in Parking Tickets?!
Drivers owe Austin roughly $7.4 million in 160,000 unpaid parking tickets from the last five years, an Austin American-Statesman investigation found. One driver owes $13,000! [Austin American-Statesman]
💰 Federal Cuts Hit APH
In a statement to City Cast Austin, city officials said they are trying to find jobs for 27 former full-time Austin Public Health employees who had to stop working for the department after federal grants funding their work were cut. More cuts are possible. [Austin Monitor]
🤘 How UT Is Changing Under Trump
Isaiah Williams, a senior reporter at The Daily Texan is explaining how the 52,000 students at the University of Texas at Austin have been faring under the Trump Administration’s grant cuts, new immigration policies, and trims to the federal workforce. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
- At least 15 Austin-area projects have been affected by Trump Administration cuts to federal humanities research grants. [Axios Austin]
🗳️ Paxton To Challenge Cornyn
It’s official. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, after months of rumors, announced he plans to run against U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s midterms. [The Texas Tribune]
- In a statement on X, Paxton said he’s running "to fight for President Trump’s agenda.” [Ken Paxton]
What To Do
Wednesday, April 9
- 📚 Fantasy Book Club at Austin Public Library, Central Library | 6:30 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- ☠️ Lise Olsen: The Scientist and the Serial Killer at BookPeople | Free | 7 p.m. | Old West Austin
- 🎤 Flo at Emo’s | 7 p.m. | $47.25 | Riverside
- 😆 Aparna Nancherla at State Theatre | 7 p.m. | $35 | Downtown Austin
- 🎸 Jim Henson's Labyrinth: In Concert at ACL Live at the Moody Theater | $35.50 and up | 8 p.m. | Downtown Austin
Thursday, April 10
- 🖼️ Art in the Park Festival at Fiesta Gardens Pavilion | 9:30 a.m. | Free | East Austin
- 🎨 Arts & Craft Brews Night: Painted Pet Rocks at Austin Beerworks | 6 p.m. | $15 | Northeast Austin
- 🦸 Making Comics Workshop at Austin Public Library, Terrazas Branch | 6 p.m. | Free | East César Chávez
- ❓ “The Simpsons” Trivia at Still Austin Whiskey Co. | 7 p.m. | Free | South Austin
🌭 Bye! I’m off to Dell Diamond for a Round Rock Express game. I’m really just in it for the $1 hot dogs!
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