The Todd and Oz Show

Transportation officials from Texas and the federal government are in Fort Worth today to watch test flights for a new "air taxi." Business owners along Lake Austin continue to plead with city officials for help amid a plan by the Lower Colorado River Authority to lower Lake Austin by 10 feet during one of the busier times of year on the water. Todd and Oz delve into these topics today, along with covering the 9/11 remembrance ceremony in New York, on a special Friday edition of the Todd and Oz Show.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is calling on parents at Burnet and Webb middle schools to petition for the closure of those campuses, the Kyle City Council has voted to draft ballot language for a May election to let voters decide on the use of Flock cameras, businesses along Lake Austin are slamming the City of Austin over a plan to lower the water level by ten feet and Austin City Council District 1 candidate Steven Brown joins the show.

The Bastrop City Council unanimously voted to do away with their Flock safety cameras, the first GOP convention to be held in a midterm year kicks off in Dallas today and the Austin Public Safety Commission postponed making a recommendation the the city council on the use of cameras to enforce parking rules.

Tomorrow the Central Health Board of Managers will vote on a proposed budget and property tax hike, the Texas State Board of Education has approved a new high school social studies curriculum that critics are slamming as anti-Islamic and Texas State Comptroller Don Huffines wants to increase the budget for the state's school voucher program.

This morning, the Labor Department released the key jobs report for August. The City of Manor is the latest in Central Texas to decide to do away with its Flock Safety cameras. A Lindsay Clancy judge says he’ll declare a mistrial, but grants the defense one hour to appeal. The guys cover all this and more on the Friday edition of the show!

The Marble Falls school district is pushing back on a proposal by Governor Greg Abbott to ban H-1B visa holders from working in Texas public schools, the Save Our Springs Alliance staged a protest at a data center conference in Austin and a new poll shows that Governor Greg Abbott is virtually tied with Gina Hinajosa in the race for Texas governor.

Williamson County Commissioners have approved a new budget for the next fiscal year with a lowered tax rate, the Bastrop City Council voted last night to immediately cover the city's Flock safety cameras and to consider terminating the contract with Flock and a woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly filming jurors in the Lindsey Clancy trial.

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa hosted a press conference in El Paso yesterday to slam the data center industry as the state Senate is expected to do a deep dive on water use by data centers and new data shows there's been a 35% increase in eviction filings in Travis County.

The city of Austin has turned to the homeless for help in decorating the parking garage at the downtown public library as artists worked on 43 murals in the garage as part of the city's "art for all" project after the city council set aside $1-million-dollars in 2021 for projects focused on the homeless, and the "art for all" program was created using that funding, the Georgetown square is back to normal operations following a weekend shooting involving a man and a police officer, some Texas cities and counties continue to raise concerns about whether local infrastructure can keep up with the rapid growth of data centers, and City Council Candidate Selena Xie joins the program to discuss her agenda in running for the district 8 seat of the city council.

A petition to ban personal watercraft on Lake Austin is gaining some traction. President Trump is renaming a Great Lake. ustin City Council voted unanimously to start rewriting city code on data centers. We talk about all of this and more on the Friday edition of the Todd and Oz Show!

Dozens of Liberty Hill residents showed up to last night's city council meeting to demand that the city ends their contract with Flock camera systems, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is threatening to lower the ratings of schools whose libraries possess offensive or pornographic material and closing arguments were heard in the Lindsey Clancy trial.

The City of Pflugerville has shut down its entire system of Flock safety cameras after it was learned that they had been accessed by hundreds of different agencies without approval, the Austin City Council will vote tomorrow on proposed regulations for large-scale data centers and tributes are pouring in for the late Dolly Parton who passed away yesterday.

A CapMetro board member is being accused of trying to downplay the issue of rider safety at a board meeting last night, Austin District 8 Councilwoman Paige Ellis failed to secure enough signatures on a petition that would allow her to run for a third term and Texas Governor Greg Abbott is asking the state's Department of Insurance to take action to make property and casualty insurance more affordable.

The Austin Police Department is stepping up patrols at the city's library, the Leander City Council has scrapped a four-acre lagoon that was part of a major development and the Bastrop City Council will discuss flock cameras and data center permitting at its upcoming meeting.

Leander City Council shot down changes to the 78-acre Leander Springs development agreement yesterday, Iran is calling new sanctions placed on it "economic terrorism" and Travis County Judge Andy Brown is renewing a push for a rail system between San Antonio and Austin following the release of a new feasibility study.

The Austin City Council has released a memo about regulating the construction of data centers, Bastrop city officials are considering an audit and possible policy changes for the city's Clock safety camera system and dozens of protesters gathered outside of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission meeting yesterday to demand an end to all plans for a border wall in Big Bend National Park.

The Taylor Zoning & Planning commission voted to delay a proposed data center after pushback from residents, federal prosecutors have announced a new program in Texas to crack down on school districts that don't properly report accusations against teachers and the State of Minnesota is suing Governor Greg Abbott over the extradition of an ICE agent that DPS helped arrest

The Leander ISD will put a tax rate increase on the ballot this fall to address the district's $9.9 million budget deficit, Customs and Border Protection says its pausing construction on part of the border wall in Big Bend National Park following multiple protests against its construction and officials from the City of Austin and the Austin ISD gathered yesterday to discuss safety and safe routes to campus as more than 70,000 kids begin the new school year.

Some community activists are pushing for the Texas Education Agency to reconsider its rejection of the AISD's proposed partnership with a nonprofit to help turn around some of the districts failing middle schools, Texans can now buy silencers and short-barreled firearms without having to register them with the federal government and the U.S. and Iran are reaching the end of their 60 day ceasefire and have yet to reach a new deal.

The Austin ISD is facing the possibility of a state takeover after the latest school accountability ratings have been released, the deadline for U. S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton to accept an invite to debate his opponent James Talarico has passed and the Trump administration has warned two Texas hospitals that they cannot withhold medical treatment from a newborn that's at the center of a surrogate dispute.