The Todd and Oz Show

Texas is running out of water, and you won't believe the price tag to fix it, as a new report shows that cities across Texas will need to spend 174-billion dollars over the next 50 years to avert a water crisis. Perry Fowler, who heads the Texas water infrastructure network, says that's a huge jump from the previous price tag, the environment was the main focus of a town hall event yesterday where dozens of people turned up to learn more about the proposed expansion of Mopac from Cesar Chavez to Slaughter lane, critics of the plan, including some high school students, tell CBS Austin they don't believe the mobility authority has done enough studies on what impact the mopac project could have on the environment while CTRMA's environmental study shows that the project would have "no significant impact" to water, wildlife, and nearby areas like lady bird lake, and the hunt continues for a group of smash-and-grab thieves who hit the Marc Robinson jewelry store at the Round Rock outlet mall on Tuesday after video shows eight masked people enter the store, attack an employee with pepper spray, and then smash display cases filled with high-end jewelry and rolex watches. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new research center combining medical and technological research is getting a head-start from Michael and Susan Dell as they say the goal of the new investment is to bring together medicine, science, and computing on a single campus designed for the artificial intelligence era, the 5th circuit court concluded the Texas law does not violate the establishment clause or the free exercise clause of the first amendment, going on to say, Senate Bill 10 requires no religious exercise or observance and Students are not taught to adopt them, nor are teachers commanded to convert students to Christianity, and an Austin firefighter battling stage 4 ovarian and endometrial cancer has won a legal battle against the city of Austin over worker compensation after she worked for AFD for nearly 20 years, she was diagnosed with cancer in May of last year and believes it was caused by her job. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congress has passed the mystic alerts act named after Camp Mystic where 25 campers and two counselors were killed in the horrific July fourth flooding, requiring the FFC to encourage mobile service providers to adopt satellite technology to reach those that don't have cell service, girl scouts in central Texas can now earn a new patch designed to help them recognize and protect themselves from online predators, following the launch of a first-of-its-kind online safety curriculum unveiled this week in Austin, and an Austin woman is telling her story after chasing a strange man out of her house in the middle of the night Shayla Worley tells KXAN she was in her home on Nueces street when she realized she was not alone as Worley says she confronted the guy with a gun, once the man was gone, she says she called 9-1-1, because the crime was no longer in progress, she was told to call 3-1-1 instead, and to eventually file a report online. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A Travis County judge has reissued a temporary injunction blocking camp Mystic from reopening its Guadalupe River grounds anytime soon after a 3 day hearing where judge Maya Guerra Gamble decided to keep the injunction and restraining order in place over camp mystic that she issued back in March, Senator John Cornyn joins the show to discuss his position in the Texas state primaries coming this summer, and a new report out by the transportation and public works department shows two large bridges and 20 smaller bridges are in need of repair across the city over the next five years as city staff says more than $90-million-dollars will need to be spent on bridge replacement and repair. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Changes are coming in the hill country to address last year's historic flooding with a nearly-one-million-dollar contract funding eight outdoor warning sirens along the Guadalupe river in Kerr county as county commissioner Tom Jones says the move marks the most concrete step yet toward a flood warning system that state leaders demanded after last year's deadly flood, the Hays county sheriff's office is leading the investigation into what's described as a "potentially serious pattern of bullying" that could include violations of the law as a video obtained by investigators, where players can reportedly be seen taunting another disabled student, and in at least one instance, one player is reportedly seen in the locker room simulating a sex act on the disabled student while other players watched and laughed and some city leaders are reacting after attorney general Ken Paxton raised concerns that the Austin police department's new policy on handling ice warrants may be in violation of state law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is opening up an investigation into the city of Austin following changes that were made to the Austin police department's policy on immigration enforcement looking into whether the city has violated senate bill 4, which allows local cooperation with ice agents, and bans local policies from interfering with federal immigration operations.More details are surfacing in the case of ten Lehman high school baseball players who have been suspended over allegations of bullying as law enforcement has reportedly obtained at least two videos of separate incidents across several weeks that indicate a pattern of behavior, players are allegedly seen slapping the student, hitting him with a belt and imitating a sex act and athletic apparel retailer Lululemon is the latest target of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, who believes they're using toxic 'forever chemicals' in their activewear. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump has revealed negotiations with Iran in Pakistan have broken down after Iran's demand for a nuclear weapon was denied, a south Austin gun store owner is defending two of his employees who were involved in a shooting outside a nightclub on East Seventh Street Friday night and the City of Austin has approved $5 million for CapMetro bus route #2 which will cover things like overtime for bus drivers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The City of Austin has fired multiple high-ranking I.T. employees after learning that they were working for the City of Dallas at the same time, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis says she expects to have an update from the FBI on the mass shooting on Sixth Street and ERCOT is set to begin using artificial intelligence to track data points and find patterns that could warn of an outage as well as track weather and make recommendations about power generation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new poll found that 65-percent of Americans don't want a data center in their community, and a big part of that is the noise as University of Houston professor Ed Hirs says these facilities need huge air conditioners and water pumps to keep the computers cool , The Austin School District has canceled its planned job fair for this week on the heels of news that its projected budget deficit had ballooned to around $180-million-dollars for next year and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says the in-fighting between Senate candidates Paxton and Cornyn needs to be resolved or they'll both usher in a new blue era of politics for Texas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reaction is mixed around Central Texas to President Trump's handling of the situation in Iran. Trump now says he's open to a two-week pause in fighting if Iran allows ships to move freely through the Strait of Hormuz, Tesla has smashed through the benchmarks that were set forth when the company entered into an incentive agreement with Travis county in 2020. Even so, the Travis county commissioners court this week has decided to only give Tesla a portion of the incentives that it has earned, and yet another homeless camp is causing big problems for people who live in the Southwood neighborhood of South Austin, many people are speaking out about multiple homeless camps that continue to pop back up even after they've been cleared out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Texas Board of Education will debate the latest changes to the k-12 social studies curriculum with some critics saying it over celebrates Christianity while Texas highways have become the national hub for testing big rigs that are piloted by computers and sensors, and Governor Greg Abbott is facing some online backlash after sharing a photo online appearing to show the aftermath of the rescue of an American pilot rescued in Iran. Abbott reposted the image, saying, "this is so awesome!" but the image is actually Ai generated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Four Del Valle High School students are accused of kidnapping and torturing a classmate, the Austin City Council has approved the Downtown Core Transportation Plan that initiates the conversion of several one-way streets to two-way and construction is underway on an affordable housing project for Austin ISD teachers and staff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas has become a national leader for data centers, warehouses full of computers, needed for ai research, use a ton of electricity and here in Texas, it's cheap, according to Williamson county state senator Charles Schwertner, The Austin school district continues to struggle with enrollment with enrollment numbers plunge by more than 3000 students this year and two years after causing a bus crash that killed a 5-year-old Hays school district student and another driver, and less than a year behind bars, Jerry Hernandez will soon be up for parole. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recently built drift track in the Hutto area is raising noise concerns among nearby residents who say they lived in the area long before the track was constructed, City of Austin officials immediately began talking about renaming Cesar Chavez Street. While some councilmembers like Vanessa Fuentes would like to see it renamed after another activist -- Dolores Huerta -- there's a new push to name the street after a local police officer who died in the line of duty and the Travis County District Attorney is pushing back on claims that he held secret meetings with the City of Austin and withheld evidence in a case involving an Austin police officer connected to the 2020 riots. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump has threatened to "obliterate" Iran's energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. Recent strikes have hit an oil refinery in Israel and a US air base in Saudi Arabia, injuring service members, after a 44-day wait during a partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, TSA officers have finally begun receiving retroactive paychecks and the Austin ISD has sent a letter to families this week informing them that Blackshear Elementary school will be closing for good. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin City Council has approved a plan to have new digital kiosks installed in busy areas around Austin to provide real-time transit information, wayfinding tools and emergency information, a rift is growing between Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra and Democrat State Rep. Erin Zweiner over high water-use developments such as A.I. date centers and many Austinites gathered over the weekend at the "No Kings Protest" to rally against Trump administration policies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Austin city leaders hosted the first of a series of discussions over Austin's budget for the next fiscal year, giving the public a chance to voice what they want prioritized, Taylor residents held a press conference to formally push back on a proposed data center ahead of a planned city council meeting regarding the project and a 25 year-old man in Bastrop has been arrested after he began shooting at cars near a Home Depot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.