🥇 H-E-B ranked best in U.S.

📰 APD Changed How It Works With ICE. Now What?

The Austin Police Department announced last week that it was changing its rules for how officers work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. But it’s more of a tweak — and it’s clear that APD is walking a fine line between keeping residents safe and complying with state and federal laws. Can it last? [City Cast Austin 🎧]

🚃 Feds Sign Off on Austin’s Light-Rail

Austin officials can now start working on designs, utility relocation, and acquiring property through eminent domain for its light-rail project after the Federal Transit Authority signed off on the city’s environmental review. [KUT]

🤔 City Investigating Metal Rails on Downtown Planters

Austin Transportation and Public Works staffers are looking into who installed metal rails and loops onto planter boxes along Brazos Street downtown. No permit was issued and the city did not install them. [Austin American-Statesman]

🥇 H-E-B Ranked Best in the U.S.

Austinites don’t need a report by a customer data science company to tell us that H-E-B is the best grocery store in America, but it’s always nice to have! Dunnhumby released its annual Retailer Preference Index report and H-E-B is ranked as the top grocery store in the U.S. [KXAN]