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🏅 3 Austin Restaurants Ranked in Greatest of the 21st Century List

Birdie’s, Uchi, and Franklin Barbecue were the only Austin restaurants to make Robb Report’s list of the 100 greatest American restaurants of the 21st century. Franklin Barbecue had the highest ranking of the three, coming in at No. 17. [Robb Report]

🤔 Was Travis County’s Tax Increase Necessary? Brown Thinks So.

Travis County commissioners approved a 9% increase in property taxes this year to replenish its disaster relief fund. Judge Andy Brown says the increase, which the county is now being sued over, was needed. [City Cast Austin 🎧]

✏️ AISD Will Close 10 Campuses After Vote

Students at 10 Austin Independent School District schools will be rezoned next year after the district’s Board of Trustees voted to close the campuses this month. The district plans to repurpose the campuses. [Austin American-Statesman]

📃 Family Sues UT Fraternity Over Student Death

The family of Sawyer Lee Updike is suing the Alpha Nu chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Texas at Austin. The family says Updike commit suicide in January 2024 during a hazing ritual. The chapter was later shut down. [KVUE]

Congratulations to Corazon A. for guessing last week’s “Where Is This?” correctly! This mural of civil rights activists Yuri Kochiyama and Malcom X is at the Frances Modern Inn on East 11th Street.

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