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Frank Strovel III
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Former broadcaster. Blogger. Recently moved from #Baltimore to #Austin.

#ATX #Texas

My news blog: https://jouster.blog - The ATX Aggregator
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- Shutdown bill could nix Texas THC sales
- ABIA delays will linger after shutdown
- AFD injured in overnight blaze
- Austin Veterans Day photos & videos
- More Camp Mystic lawsuits
- NBA: Mavs fire GM
- NHL: Stars win in OT

#Texas

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025 – The Texas THC Two-Step
Senate Hemp THC Ban: What Texas Businesses Need to Know Remember when everyone thought the hemp thc ban bill was a done deal in Texas after the Oliverson Amendment passed? Yeah, it’s not over yet. …
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November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- Camp Mystic lawsuits begin
- Veterans Day in the ATX
- DA Garza to drop APD officer charges
- Austin ISD student arrested for gun
- @ATCEMS cites safety concerns
- RED FLAG WARNING remains 🔥
- Longhorns: Georgia Week

#Austin #Texas

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025 – Camp Mystic: Negligent and Preventable?
Families File Lawsuits Against Camp Mystic After Devastating July 4th Flood Photo: Danielle Villasana/Washington Post The families of six campers and two counselors who died in the catastrophic flo…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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REGULAR EDITION

(see SPECIAL EDITION below)

Sunday, November 9, 2025

- RED FLAG WARNING today
- Church sued over 2024 Juneteenth shooting
- Austin ISD holds Q&A session
- Newsom comes to Texas, trolls Abbott
- Sunday podcasts
- SPORTS roundup

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Sunday, November 9. 2025 – REGULAR EDITION
Travis County Under Red Flag Warning as Gusty Winds Elevate Wildfire Risk Central Texas residents are being urged to stay vigilant today as dangerous fire weather conditions sweep through the regio…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Sunday, November 9, 2025 - "Austin City Budget: The Sequel"

SPECIAL EDITION

- Austin City Council revises budget
- Defeat of Proposition Q forces cuts
- What was cut?
- What was saved?
- Response from @AFA975
- City Council to meet Thursday

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Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Austin City Budget: The Sequel – SPECIAL EDITION
Austin Budget Redux: Breaking Down the $109.5 Million in Cuts How Austin’s FY 2025-2026 Budget Changed After Voters Rejected the Property Tax Increase On November 4, Austin voters delivered a…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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SPECIAL EDITION
Sunday, November 9, 2025

- Austin City Council revises budget
- Defeat of Proposition Q forces cuts
- What was cut?
- What was saved?
- Response from AFA975
- City Council to meet Thursday

#Austin #ATX #Texas

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Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Austin City Budget: The Sequel – SPECIAL EDITION
Austin Budget Redux: Breaking Down the $109.5 Million in Cuts How Austin’s FY 2025-2026 Budget Changed After Voters Rejected the Property Tax Increase On November 4, Austin voters delivered a…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Saturday, November 8, 2025

- Record high temps yesterday
- Cold front coming: big drop in temps
- Wildfire danger is real
- Texas Book Festival this weekend
- Shutdown: Day 39 - SNAP confusion
- Friday night HS scores 🏈
- Spurs defeat Rockets

#Austin #Texas

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Saturday, November 8, 2025 – Weather Rollercoaster
Austin Sets New November Temperature Record on Friday Historic Heat Before the Chill Friday, November 7, 2025, will be remembered as an exceptional day in Austin’s weather history. The mercur…
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November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Friday, November 7, 2025

- City Council meets after Prop Q defeat
- ABIA expecting delays this weekend
- Rollover crash in Del Valle this morning
- Texas Book Fair road closures
- Record high today? Cold front coming
- Thursday HS football scores

#Austin #Texas

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Friday, November 7, 2025 – Back To Square One
Austin City Council’s First Meeting After Prop Q Defeat: Getting Back to Business Council Tackles Routine Agenda While Facing Budget Reckoning The Austin City Council returned to work on Thur…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Thursday, November 6, 2025

- FAA to reduce air traffic across US
- ABIA: only 27 of 60 ATC's working
- City Council reaction to Prop Q defeat
- City Council meets today
- SWAT incident near UT campus
- Weather rollercoaster! 🎢
- Rockets win 5th in a row

#Austin

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Thursday, November 6, 2025 – Turbulence Ahead
FAA to Slash Flights at 40 Major Airports Amid Shutdown Crisis The nation’s aviation system is facing an unprecedented disruption. The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday it w…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

- 2 of 3 voters say NO to Prop Q
- State, local results
- Reaction from ATX lawmakers
- Another delay at ABIA
- 3 Austin schools spared closure
- Cold front this weekend 🌬
- Horns drop 🏀 opener to Duke

#Austin #Texas

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025 – Proposition Q Rejected
Austin Voters Reject Tax Increase in Resounding Rebuke of City Spending Proposition Q Defeated: A Turning Point for Austin In what many are calling a referendum on local government spending and aff…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

- Election Day in ATX and Texas
- Airport ground delays increasing
- Government shutdown: Day 35
- Two suspects sought in San Marcos
- Water main break in S. Austin
- @KirkPWatson updates homeless sweeps
- Longhorn hoops 🏀

#Texas #Austin

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025 – Day of Democracy
Texas Election Day 2025: What’s at Stake for Austin and the Lone Star State As Texans head to the polls today, they face one of the most consequential off-year elections in recent memory. Whi…
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November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Monday, November 3, 2025

- Election Day is tomorrow
- All eyes will be on Proposition Q
- Shutdown: Day 34
- Officer-involved shooting in Cedar Park
- More airport ground delays ✈️
- Longhorns move up to No. 12
- NBA: Spurs no longer perfect

#Austin #Texas

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Monday, November 3, 2025 – About To Decide
CENTRAL TEXANS GO TO THE POLLS TOMORROW Tomorrow, Austin voters head to the polls for what promises to be a consequential Election Day in our city. Whether you’re casting your ballot on progr…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Sunday, November 2, 2025 - "The Goal"

- A must win tonight for @AustinFC
- Shooting spree in San Marcos
- Austin Energy rate increases
- Shutdown: Day 33
- Sunday podcasts
- Horns hang on, beat Vandy
- Sunny and mid-70s today ☀️

#Austin #Texas

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Sunday, November 2, 2025 – The Goal
Austin FC’s Playoff Journey: A Season of Redemption and Tonight’s Must-Win Battle As the sun sets over Q2 Stadium this evening, Austin FC faces the biggest match of their 2025 season. D…
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November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Saturday, November 1, 2025

- Courts order feds to pay SNAP benefits
- What now for Texas recipients?
- Scenes from 6th Street last night
- ABIA ground delays ✈️
- Mayor Watson tours encampments
- Longhorns ready for Vandy

#Texas #Austin

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Saturday, November 1, 2025 – SNAP Decision
Breaking: Courts Order Trump Administration to Continue SNAP Benefits—But Uncertainty Remains for Texas Recipients In a dramatic Friday evening showdown, two federal judges issued nearly simultaneo…
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November 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Friday, October 31, 2025 - "Spooky"

- Halloween in the ATX
- Government shutdown: Day 31
- Final day of early voting
- Texas health insurance premiums ⬆️⬆️⬆️
- Daily podcasts
- Spurs start season 5-0
- Vanderbilt/Texas preview

#Austin #Texas

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Friday, October 31, 2025 – Spooky
🎃 Austin’s Halloween 2025: Festivities, 6th Street Closures, and a Moment of Reflection Halloween night is here, and Austin is alive with costumes, lights, music, and the kind of creative energy on…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Who ya got, Austin?

#Austin
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Thursday, October 30, 2025

- ATX becoming movie/TV hub 🎬
- Two more days of early voting
- Fatal I-35 crash last night
- 20 acres burn in South Austin
- AISD to sell naming rights
- Hurricane Melissa update
- Austin FC lose playoff opener

#Austin

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Thursday, October 30, 2025 – Movies, Y’all
Lights, Camera, Austin: Central Texas Emerges as America’s Next Great Production Hub As the Austin Film Festival unfolds this week in the Texas capital, the event serves as more than just a c…
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October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

- FIRE WEATHER WATCH in effect
- Battle lines drawn over SNAP benefits
- Bastrop County serial rapist ID'ed
- Pedestrian struck, killed near ABIA
- Highs today only "near 70" ☀️
- Austin FC begin postseason in L.A.

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#Austin #Texas
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 – Critical
Critical Fire Weather Alert: High Winds and Extreme Fire Danger Grip Central Texas Central Texas residents are facing dangerous fire weather conditions today as a powerful cold front sweeps through…
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October 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- The violent uptick in the ATX
- Are encampment sweeps a factor?
- ICE seizing inmates from ATX jails
- Sandy Creek still needs help
- Government shutdown: Day 28
- No more 90-degree days in '25?

#Austin #Texas

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025 – What’s Happening?
Austin’s Homeless Crisis: A Week of Tragedy and Displacement This past weekend, Austin experienced yet another tragic reminder of the vulnerability faced by those living without shelter. Four…
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October 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Sunday, October 26, 2025

- Shooting at APL downtown
- Suspect has lengthy rap sheet
- Body in Shoal Creek
- Floodwaters sweep several people away
- Updated early voting numbers
- Melissa now a hurricane
- HORNS: What a comeback!

#Austin #Texas

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Sunday, October 26, 2025 – Books And Bullets
Austin Central Library Shooting: Suspect in Custody After Downtown Incident A shooting at Austin’s Central Library yesterday afternoon left one person injured and prompted a massive emergency…
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October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Shooting at the main library downtown. #Austin #ATX
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Shooting at the main library downtown. #Austin #ATX
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Saturday, October 25, 2025

- 3.4 mil Texas SNAP recipients anxious
- Overnight rain, one person missing
- Early voting numbers update
- South Austin motel fire
- Barton Springs bathhouse opening
- Longhorns at Mississippi State

#Austin #Texas #shutdown

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Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Hunger Games
SNAP Benefits in Jeopardy: How the Government Shutdown is Affecting Texas Families As the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week with no resolution in sight, millions of Americans who r…
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October 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Wednesday, October 23, 2025

- Homeless encampments in ATX cleared
- City, state officials clash on the issue
- Where are the displaced now?
- Huge day of traffic at ABIA
- Rockets lose in double overtime
- Stars drop third straight

#Austin #Texas

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025 – A Clean Sweep?
Austin’s Homeless Encampment Sweeps: What Happened This Week — And What’s at Stake with Proposition Q This week, Austin became the battleground for two overlapping efforts to address one of the cit…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Monday, October 20, 2025

- Early voting begins today
- #PropositionQ property tax hike?
- Small blaze at S. Congress pizza shop
- Pedestrian/motorcycle crash Sunday
- PODCAST: Austin ISD closures
- COTA & F1 extend Grand Prix until '34
- Cowboys make a statement

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Monday, October 20, 2025 – Funding The Future
Austin’s Proposition Q: The Tax Debate That Could Define the City’s Future The voting machines are humming to life across Austin today as early voting officially begins for one of the m…
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October 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM