🎸 Is ACL Fest for Austinites?

📰 Elementary Teacher Detained by ICE During Routine Check-In

Roberto Lopez Falcon, a teacher at Northeast Austin’s Hart Elementary School, was arrested by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials on Sept. 3 during a routine check-in, despite having no criminal history. ICE officials say Falcon, who is a Cuban immigrant, has only a “conditional status” after he entered the country without authorization in 2022. [Austin American-Statesman]

🎸 Is ACL Fest Still for Austinites?

Nearly half a million attendees are going to take over Zilker Park for the next two weekends of Austin City Limits Music Festival. But just one in four of those attendees was from Austin last year. [City Cast Austin 🎧]

🧐 UT Is Auditing Its Gender Studies Classes

Courses related to gender studies across the University of Texas System will be audited to make sure they comply with state and federal laws. Officials plan to make sure the classes are aligned with the priorities of the Board of Regents. [The Daily Texan]

📄 AISD Consolidation Plan Out Tomorrow

Austin Independent School District’s first draft on a plan for school consolidations due to low enrollment numbers will be released to students and families on Friday at 5:30 p.m., Superintendent Matias Segura said. [KXAN]