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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama leave the stage after the president's remarks April 10 at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library. (Courtesy of Marsha Miller/LBJ Library)

› It's a loaded agenda at City Council today (April 17), as they take up issues postponed from last week's Civil Rights Summit-shortened session and a couple of hot-buttons: grandfathered development rights, a contentious Clarksville historic landmark case (the Baylor House), and lots more. See "Council: Getting A Round Tuit."

› The latest draft of the Colony Park development plan, incorporating resident feedback, was unveiled for neighbors at a Monday night open house. The plan will receive additional revision and eventually be forwarded to City Council for approval, with a tentative schedule for groundbreaking in early 2015. See "A Walk Through the New Colony Park."

› A Travis County grand jury has been seated to consider whether Gov. Rick Perry violated laws against abuse of authority and bribery in threatening to veto funding to the Public Integrity Unit unless District Attorney Rosemary Lehm­berg, who had pleaded guilty to public intoxication, agreed to resign.

› On April 15, the AISD Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Superintendent Meria Car­star­phen and appointed Chief Schools Officer Paul Cruz as her interim successor while they search for a permanent replacement. The two will serve as co-superintendents until Car­star­phen departs for Atlanta Public Schools on April 23. See "After Carstarphen, What Then?"

› The city and county response to last Octo­ber's "Halloween flood" came under heavy criticism in a report from City Manager Marc Ott. The 84-page document lists a total of 171 items that either need improvement or did not work, including the Onion Creek early warning system.

› Bad news for Democrats: New numbers from Public Policy Polling show Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, trailing Republican Attorney Gen­eral Greg Abbott 51% to 37% in the governor's race, while Sen. Leticia Van de Putte trails GOP lieutenant governor hopefuls Sen. Dan Patrick 51% to 35%, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst 50% to 32%.

› Texas Monthly seems overly upset about losing Editor-in-Chief Jake Silverstein to The New York Times: They're suing the Gray Lady for inducing Silverstein to violate his contract.

› The Internet kerfuffle between State Sen. Dan Patrick and San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro crescendoed Tuesday evening in a televised debate on immigration and border security. The pair traded barbs, with Patrick claiming, "I'm the one candidate that the Democrats fear." Castro shot back, "Actually you're our meal ticket back in."

› After eight years in the Austin media landscape, the Austinist on Monday announced that it was closing its doors. In a final post, Gothamist network CEOs Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung blamed limited resources for the site's decline – and not last June's sudden move away from meandering long-form narratives to much shorter clickbait.