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Criminal justice groups call for ending low-level drug possession arrests
Four organizations that reviewed 2,900 drug possession arrests from June 2017 to May 2018 announced they found “troubling police practices that harm communities, exacerbate racial disparities in arrests and jail detention and fail to address underlying needs of people who use drugs.”

Austin at stage 3 of newly released COVID-19 risk chart, Austin Public Health says
Austin Public Health held a briefing Thursday to explain a chart of newly-released COVID-19 risk guidelines as well as discuss the effect social distancing and personal hygiene is having on the number of cases.

Could a park be built on top of I-35? Ideas being explored as TxDOT tries improving the highway
There isn’t a way to pay for this, yet, but one idea the Texas Department of Transportation has been studying for many years to fix the traffic problem on Interstate 35 is going underground.

Nearly 2,000 homeless students are enrolled in AISD, but they may not be getting counted in HUD count
This weekend, volunteers will be out and about, trying to count every single person who is homeless. The annual Point In Time Count (PIT Count) is something that has to be done every year, so Austin can receive federal money to help combat homelessness.