• At press time Wednesday, Pete Collins, chief information officer for the city of Austin charged with overseeing the city’s computer infrastructure, was placed on administrative leave pending a police investigation into allegations he used city resources on personal, noncity projects.

• Texas inmate Charles Dean Hood, slated for execution Tuesday was granted a reprieve after a flurry of appeals and legal maneuvers outlasted the midnight deadline set for him to be put to death by legal injection.

• Advanced Micro Devices officially opens its new digs in Southwest Austin, after battling enviro opposition for selecting a site in the Barton Springs Watershed; see “Point Austin.”

• City Council held its last meeting Wednesday before taking a summer break, returning July 24 with new members Laura Morrison and Randi Shade filling the seats left by Betty Dunkerley and Jennifer Kim.

This article appears in June 20 • 2008.

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