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Why ex-Gov. Rick Perry decided to become a spokesperson in support of sports betting

AUSTIN, Texas — From the time he was a state lawmaker in the late 1980s, through his 14-year tenure as Texas governor, Rick Perry was steadfast in his opposition to expanding gambling in his home state.

Tribune News Service

Texas drag shows become a right-wing target amid rising extremism

LGBTQ Texans say lawmakers and right-wing figures are misrepresenting what happens at all-ages performances to propagate hate and violence against queer people.

The Texas Tribune

Texas holding local runoff elections on December 13

Two cities in Texas are holding nonpartisan general runoff elections on December 13, 2022. In Corpus Christi, three city council seats will be on the ballot. Three city council seats will also be on the ballot in Austin, along with the mayor. The runoff elections were required after no candidates…

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Elon Musk Said To Bring Tesla China Head To Oversee Giga Texas Ramp

Bloomberg reports that Tesla China president Tom Zhu is in Austin this week with some of his engineering team from China to help oversee the ramp of Giga Texas.

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Texas House Democratic Caucus elects Trey Martinez Fischer as its new chair

Martinez Fischer replaces Rep. Chris Turner of Grand Prairie, who has led the caucus since 2017 and did not seek reelection.

The Texas Tribune

Israel, Watson running in Dec. 13 runoff for mayor of Austin

Celia Israel and Kirk Watson are running in the Dec. 13 nonpartisan general runoff election for mayor of Austin, Texas. Israel and Watson, who have both served in the state legislature as Democrats, were the top two vote-getters in the Nov. 8 general election. Israel received 40% of the vote…

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15-year-old student shot and killed near Chicago high school, police say. ‘It’s mind-numbing’

CHICAGO — A 15-year-old boy died Tuesday afternoon after being shot near a high school in the Austin neighborhood, police said.

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Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules

The Court of Criminal Appeals scuttled nearly 450 cases, saying migrants arrested for trespassing in Kinney County can’t ask Austin judges to hear their appeals.

The Texas Tribune

F1 reveal six venues for 2023 Sprint races with four tracks hosting for first time

F1 bosses have doubled the amount of Sprint events for next year due to an increase in audience compared to qualifying sessions - with Austin one of six courses chosen

Daily Mirror

F1 confirm six tracks to host sprint races in 2023 as Spa-Francorchamps and Austin added to list

F1 bosses have announced the venues for the six sprint races for the 2023 season.

Evening Standard

Runoff to determine who will be Austin’s next mayor

Welcome to the Wednesday, December 7, Brew.

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Man shot, killed in Austin

The man, 40, was sitting in a vehicle when someone approached him and fired shots, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Grandmother: 15-year-old boy shot dead near Michele Clark High School in South Austin ‘was a good young man.’

Kevin Davis is among at least 35 children 15 and younger to be killed in Chicago this year. And he is the third person to be killed in the Austin neighborhood over the last week.

Chicago Sun-Times

How Austin’s housing crisis has shaped the race for a new mayor

The capital city’s mayoral race is something of a test case in how the state’s rising housing costs might influence local races in major cities.

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Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick diverge ahead of the legislative session on property taxes, power grid

The dueling approaches are coming into focus as lawmakers prepare to return to Austin for the session which begins Jan. 10.

Sports Illustrated

Ryan Garcia Nearing Deal to Fight Mercito Gesta in January

If advanced negotiations lead to an agreement, Garcia-Gesta will take place in Austin, Texas.

Chicago Sun-Times

Aspiring actor killed in Austin shooting; ‘He was all about being happy — ‘Life ain’t that bad,’ that was one of his famous lines’

Xavier Lofton, 29, was killed in a shooting late Friday night on the West Side that killed another person and critically wounded a third.

Tribune News Service

Secretary of State John Scott, Texas’ top election official, resigns

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Secretary of State John Scott, the state’s top election official, will resign at the end of the year.

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Texas’ top election official, Secretary of State John Scott, will step down at end of month

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Secretary of State John Scott, who is the state’s top election official, will resign at the end of the year.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 teens shot after trying to rob concealed carry holder in Austin, police say

Both wounded teens hospitalized; third teen’s leg broken after car he fled in crashed, according to police.

Chicago Sun-Times

3 shot, 2 fatally, while driving in Austin

A person inside a beige SUV opened gunfire, striking two occupants of one car and a driver of another vehicle late Friday night.

Tribune News Service

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuits stymie Biden agenda on immigration and health care

AUSTIN, Texas — Fresh off securing a third term, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plans to keep up his relentless legal assault on President Joe Biden’s agenda that’s already hindered the Democrats' approach to immigration and health care.

Fortune

Home prices are down in every one of the top 58 metros according to the latest AEI data. But cities in this region have taken the biggest hit so far

The latest housing price numbers highlight a continuation of the most striking trend: the sharp pullbacks in Western cities. Of the fifteen metros showing the largest drop, the metro farthest east is Austin.

The Texas Tribune

Photos: “We don’t feel safe here.” A transgender teen and their family flee Texas.

Texas policies targeting access to health care for transgender youth forced one family to leave the state.

Chicago Sun-Times

3-year-old boy accidentally shot in Austin home

A man was holstering a gun when it accidentally discharged. The boy was hospitalized in good condition.

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