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Dogs and their owners gather at Auditorium Shores April 27 as part of a "Million Dog Walk" to protest new leash restrictions at what was once an entirely off-leash park. The event was timed to coincide with the nearby Food & Wine Festival.

› Expect City Council fireworks today (May 1) over grandfathered development rights and a zoning case or two, but the real action soon shifts to budget prep, where $28 a year is just too much to bear. See "Council."

› Project Connect will present its recommended Urban Rail route to the Central Corridor Advis­ory Group this Friday, May 2, at 1:30pm at City Hall.

› Last week, Council Members Mike Martinez and Laura Morrison, supported by state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, proposed an additional $108 million buyout of flood-threatened homes along Onion Creek, to be financed by a $0.75/month bump in the city's drainage fee, as part of upcoming budget development.

› The death of Kelly Wayne Noel, the man behind @ATXhipsters, killed early Saturday morning by a drunk driver, has renewed calls for solutions to address both the DWI problem and the lack of alternative transportation in Austin. See "Elegy for the Man Behind @ATXhipsters."

› Austin Police have released the identity of the 13-year-old killed in a South Austin train accident Friday as Jasmine Sanchez. The APD has ruled the death a suicide; Sanchez was apparently a victim of bullying. A fund to help with funeral ex­penses has been established at www.gofundme.com.

› AISD is still defining how and when it will find a permanent replacement for Interim Superin­tend­ent Paul Cruz, but at least they have a website up. Visit www.austinisd.org/superintendent-search to give feedback on the search process and what you want from their future CEO. Meanwhile, trustees have appointed associate superintendent for high schools Edmund Oropez to temporarily fill Cruz's old job of chief schools officer.

› A countywide burn ban was put in effect Tues­day by Travis County Commissioners, until at least May 28, due to dry and very windy conditions.

› It's the normal low turnout in the May 10 elections (not to be confused with the May 27 primary run-offs) in Travis County. With only council votes and school elections in cities outside Aus­tin on the ballot, early voting barely cracked 1.5%.

› Texas lost its long battle against the Environ­mental Protection Agency Tuesday with a 6-2 Supreme Court ruling that will force the state to enforce tighter regs on power plants to reduce harmful emissions to other states.

› As Gov. Rick Perry faces possible grand jury indictment for pressuring Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to resign, Demo­crats want to make sure Texans don't foot his legal bill. Rep. Joe Deshotel, D-Port Arthur, has requested the attorney general's opinion on whether the governor can bill the state for using expensive external counsel.

› On Tuesday, a federal judge struck down a Wisconsin voter ID law, requiring a government photo ID in order to vote, saying it would have a discriminatory effect on minority voters who are more likely to lack such an ID. Texas is among eight other states with similar laws.