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| What Austin's Talking About |
| $6.6 Billion Budget Approval Process Starts Today | Austin City Council members will start the adoption process for the 2026-27 budget today. Members are expected to discuss restoring social service funding and potentially decreasing a proposed property tax hike. [City of Austin] | | Several City Pools Close This Weekend | Many city pools will have their last day of the swim season on Sunday. Pools include Shipe, Givens, Dick Nichols, and Brentwood, among others. [Austin American-Statesman] | | CapMetro Employees Won’t Strike | CapMetro workers will not strike after reaching a tentative agreement with subcontractor Keolis. The agreement includes wage increases, more vacation days, and a better work-life balance. [KXAN] | | UT Approves Dismount Zone for Electric Bikes, Scooters | Starting Aug. 24, people on electric bikes, scooters, and other mobility tools will have to dismount and walk their vehicles through parts of the University of Texas at Austin campus. University officials say the move is to help increase safety. [The Daily Texan] |
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| It’s Freeze Week in Austin. Here’s What You Need To Know. |
|  | Go get your punch card! (Becky Fogel/City Cast Austin) |
| Triple digit temperatures and humid days abound, so thank goodness it’s Freeze Week. | | Freeze Week is an annual celebration of frozen drinks, of course. Here’s how it works: All you have to do is get a frozen drink from one of 13 participating locations and boom, you’re part of Freeze Week. Take it a step further by picking up a punch card from one of the locations and collect at least eight punches to receive a limited edition T-shirt. | | The T-shirt design is really, really cute. It has a cowboy on a pair of skis and although I am generally against single-event T-shirts for environmental reasons, this one may be worth it! | | The event runs through Sunday and is sponsored by Campari America and Espolòn Tequila. | | Participating locations include: | | - Kinda Tropical
- Hotel Vegas
- High Noon
- Low Down Lounge
- Holiday on 7th
- 29th Street Ballroom
- Kitty Cohen’s
- Yellow Jacket Social Club
- Tweedy’s
- Chess Club
- Volstead Lounge
- The Cavalier
- The Long Goodbye
| | You’ll be able to vote on your favorite frozen drink at any of the bars, too. Fun drinks are also part of the week. Kinda Tropical, which is acting as the hub for Free Week, is offering a frozen guava drink made with Skyy Vodka, orange juice, and lime and Holiday on 7th is serving a frozen watermelon beverage. | | Our executive producer Becky Fogel tried the guava drink at Kinda Tropical for journalism reasons and said it was delicious! | | “I love all things guava so it was an easy sell for me, but I especially liked that it wasn’t too sweet,” she said. | | See y’all out there! |
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🏀 The San Antonio Spurs will play the Houston Rockets in Austin this year! The teams will face off at the Moody Center on Oct. 23 as part of the NBA’s Opening Week. |
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