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Registration, which usually occurs in February, was pushed back to assess the effects of the pandemic locally. Officials said this gave the department more time to plan summer programming with health and safety precautions in mind.

Twelve branches will reopen May 10; the rest will open June 28. The city says there will be capacity restrictions and COVID precautions in place.

Dr. Mark Escott also said that while cases and hospitalizations are declining, the slow rate of decline will delay a move to a lower risk level.

The utility says a map of its circuits, which determines who loses power and who keeps it during an emergency, is not something it can create.

Alex Gonzales Jr. was fatally shot by Austin police officers in January. Garrett Foster was killed during a rally against police violence last summer. Both families called for arrests of the men accused of their shootings.

The management company sent residents a letter Monday, saying the main underground gas line needs to be replaced. Residents and activists want to know why the problem took so long to address.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued, arguing the local rules violate Gov. Greg Abbott's emergency orders that ban masking requirements.

Cadet classes could resume if council members are happy with changes City Manager Spencer Cronk has made to the academy.

According to the city, Chacon has spent his entire career with APD, joining the department in 1998. He starts the job April 11.

Austin has been hit with a hail storm on March 25 for the fourth time in less than three decades.