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Friday, June 12 

Your Daily Guide

🏠 TGIF, y’all! I am not a skater, but this home for sale in the Austin area comes with its own professional skate park and it has piqued my interest! It’s listed for $395,000.

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What Austin's Talking About

Where To Eat on South Congress Avenue

Haven’t been to South Congress Avenue in awhile? This guide has 17 spots you should try on the iconic strip and it’s making me more appreciative of the area! [The Infatuation]

7 Officers Placed on Leave After Taser Death

Seven Austin police officers are on leave after a man died when a Taser was used on him in a North Austin arrest this week. The man, who was reported as a prowler in the area, has been identified as 32-year-old Josh Ryan Trumble. [KVUE]

Closed AISD Elementary School Set for Redevelopment

Brooke Elementary School in East Austin may be redeveloped into a mid-rise building with multi-family units and retail space after Austin Planning Commission recommended the site be rezoned. The school was closed in 2020. [Austin Business Journal 🔒]

Abbott Wants Data Center Regulation

Gov. Greg Abbott announced data center regulation is one of his top priorities for the legislative session next year. Regulation proposals include repealing the tax exemptions that data centers receive. [The Texas Tribune]

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Start planning at visitbrenhamtexas.com!

Your Austin News Quiz

A webpage describing New World screwworms.

New World screwworms have been found in Texas this month. (Joel Angel Juarez/Getty Images)

Welcome to your City Cast Austin news quiz! From time to time, we’ll publish a quiz to test your newsletter prowess. We want to see how much you paid attention this week. 😉

Here's the first question to get you started:

What statue was removed from the University of Texas at Austin campus last week?

  1. The Seven Mustangs
  2. Robert E Lee
  3. Cesar Chavez
  4. James Stephen Hogg
Take the news quiz

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👋 Have a great weekend!

Kelsey Bradshaw

City Cast Austin's Elissa Castles edited this week's newsletters and wrote today's news quiz.

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