PROGRAM NOTE - The podcast will be inactive for about two weeks as the podcast host takes care of some family business and R&R. Next episode will be published on Tuesday, August 24.

Austin health and government authorities have declared the spread of monkeypox locally to be an official health emergency.

The CHIPS And Science Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden yesterday, could be huge for Austin's burgeoning microchip manufacturing sector.

As local school districts resume classes, AISD is still struggling to fill teaching positions - all while a new poll finds that the overwhelming majority of public school teachers in Texas are on the verge of leaving the profession.

The LCRA is resisting calls to reform its water management policies to adjust for increasing demand and dwindling supply - they say existing plans, set to be updated in 2025, are sufficient for now.

A recent hike in minimum wages for City of Austin employees is likely to cause future budgetary challenges.

A new tower planned for the Domain will be the tallest yet in Austin's "second downtown".

Alex Jones, thus far found liable for about $50 million in the Sandy Hook defamation case, could be protected from paying most of that judgement due to a 2003 lawsuit reform law.

Monday marked the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Save Our Springs election, via which enduring local ordinances to protect Barton Springs were enacted.