City Council meets today to consider items that would help out middle-income homebuyers, revise electronic campaign finance forms, alleviate excessive water bills, and level out taxi and transportation network company regulations. See “Council Preview,” Apr. 8.
UT-Austin was shocked Tuesday by the discovery of a body in Waller Creek behind the alumni center. Police are investigating it as a homicide. See “Body Found in Waller Creek,” April 5.
APD Officer Armando Perez is recovering after being shot by attempted burglary suspect Darrin Andrew Martin the morning of April 3. Martin was killed by a return shot from Perez. See “Names in Officer-Involved Shooting Released,” April 5.
Do they make fedoras in infant sizes? Council Member Don Zimmerman and wife Jennifer are expecting their first child together. Zimmerman has one child from a previous marriage.
Amplify Austin announced Wednesday that last month’s fundraising drive raised $8,533,840 for more than 600 local organizations and nonprofits.
Construction began this week on 183 South, an eight-mile, six-lane tolled expressway between U.S.-290 and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, scheduled to open by 2020.
Inmates in seven Texas prisons began a work strike for better living and working conditions on Monday. See “Texas Inmates Strike for Better Conditions,” April 6.
The murder trial of Daniel Willis continues this week in Bastrop County. Willis, a former deputy with the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office, has been charged with the Feb. 2014 shooting death of Yvette Smith.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled to uphold Texas’ system of drawing electoral districts based on total population, not just eligible voters. “Representatives serve all residents, not just those eligible to vote,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote.
Legendary country singer Merle Haggard died on his 79th birthday (April 6). Haggard had been ill with double pneumonia since last December.
39 motorcyclists arrested in the May 2015 Twin Peaks shootout in Waco had their criminal complaints dismissed Fri., April 1, after the extended term limit on the McLennan County grand jury expired without their issuing of any indictments.
This article appears in April 8 • 2016.