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This article makes it sound like it’s cut and dry that poker is illegal in Texas , which is not the case at all. There are at least 75 poker rooms operating openly in Texas. They’ve won every court case over it. In 2018 @KenPaxtonTX was asked to issue an opinion on the matter but declined, which many took to mean a tacit endorsement of them being legal. For reasons unknown, the TABC has decided to go against the 15 year status quo and single out 1 room, the lodge, for prosecution.

Texas prisoners are now getting drugs into the prisons via dungeons and dragons books sprayed with PCP 👀

After months of judging, Austin has announced the winners of several hundred $20k+ grants going out to local musicians, artists, and venues The previous grant process was very controversial , so they re-did the whole thing before this grant cycle austin.widen.net/s/njrdxrzxld/a…

@solaverbo Sad

@data_atx Either the reporter or the church failed to describe its core purpose of proclaiming Christ. This makes it sound like a stained glass YMCA.

More coverage of the Clarksville Methodist church transitioning to a coffee shop in The Current austincurrent.org/2026/03/19/cla…

@nahdudette @austintexasgov There are dozens of us!

@data_atx @austintexasgov I still use RSS too 😂

The new website seems to have removed all the RSS feeds for departmental level news @austintexasgov could you please enable RSS on your web platform?

I honestly think it’s just bureaucratic rot. They just know one way to do this. City Legal is conditioned to fight everything. City Management defers to City Legal for a while. They go thru the steps and then some on Council are like, why aren’t we settling this ? It doesn’t bother me as much when it’s kept in house bc we are paying City Legal regardless But paying up to $600,000 to Dan Richards firm AGAIN - literally now decades of this - is so insanely ridiculous They will milk the file as long as they can as any billable lawyer would. It’s especially infuriating bc the City is clearly in the wrong here. Settle and move on.

@troutgame @CLC1113 no, they come up with budget first, then select the artist

@data_atx @CLC1113 Do they even bid these out? $133k? I could find someone to paint a mural for $10k; a lot of hungry artists out there

A new $133k armadillo mural is coming soon to the armadillo water tank in South Austin

The Statesman is urging city council to settle the SWAT house damage case They did $23k in damage and are spending $600k on lawyers claiming the city has immunity Especially ironic now that council is wanting DA to go after ICE for property damage statesman.com/opinion/editor…

@DubDublin Yep really dumb to do a down payment if you can’t pay the full price

This is ridiculous. First of all, the City says it can't even pay for the things it wants to spend money on. (For the moment, we're not going to talk about the things that the citizens of Austin NEED the city to spend on that the Council and Mayor refuse to fund, so that they can increase their lavish theft...) But then it says it has $80 Million for a down payment on a boondoggle that will require another third to half BILLION in donations, WITHOUT identified donors that could make that HUGE funding happen. This is insanity. KILL THE CAPS!

City council will need to decide by May whether to put an $80m downpayment on the I-35 caps Staff recommends doing the downpayment , but acknowledges they don't have the money to build them out Likely they will need 300-500 million in philanthropic donations to get it done

I’m not sure there are really non transferable roles in the age of AI A good IT person should be able to flex to new technologies pretty easily

@data_atx Such a great idea Austin ......... what could go wrong? x.com/NYPostOpinion/…

A 54-year-old man accused of stabbing two people aboard a @CapMetroATX bus last week allegedly attacked the victims after becoming upset that they were discussing the Bible, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by @statesman. statesman.com/news/crime/art…

City council will vote next week to allow residential home based businesses There was a caller on the @ToddJeffries show yesterday who was worried about this, his neighbors had turned their garage into a Chinese noodle ghost kitchen and had vats of noodles cooking at all hours

@LoewyLawFirm @GregCasar

WE NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STREET !!!! Formally calling on @GregCasar to convene a task force and get this done. #txlege

@_cruzctrl1 @NewsRadioKLBJ @ToddJeffries Ha I was listening to that same segment! Going to post about it later KLBJ is based

@data_atx Haven't dug into it, but...just heard on the radio (yes, I still listen to AM talk radio @NewsRadioKLBJ @ToddJeffries) the City is allowing residents to operate/run a business out of their own front yard.

Libertarian thinktank IFJ has a new report calling out Austin's onerous business fees and regulations Starting a restaurant requires 31 fees totaling $9k, filling out 38 forms, dealing with 15 agencies and doing 24 in-person meetings

A go fund me has been started for the hero who jumped in to stop the Cap metro bus stabber on Friday gofundme.com/f/support-aida…