In a contentious email exchange with Council Member
Alison Alter, Austin Police Department Chief
Brian Manley declined to proactively investigate to determine if anyone from the department participated in the Jan. 6
Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C.
In emails obtained by the
Chronicle, the CM also asked the chief to send a message to his officers condemning the participation of law enforcement in the uprising that led to at least five deaths. As of Jan. 16, according to reporting by progressive legal news site The Appeal, 32 people from 15 states who took part in the Jan. 6
Stop the Steal Trump rally have been outed as law enforcement officers. I suggest that you make clear to every officer and staff member where our department leadership stands, Alter wrote in an email copied to her staff, City Manager
December 23, 2020 11:51 am
After a few days of the 7-day moving average moving in and out and back into stage 5 on the COVID Risk chart, Area leaders announce they are elevating Austin and Travis County into Stage 5 restrictions.
That’s the highest the threat level goes. Speaking to media Wednesday Morning, Austin Travis County Health Authority Mark Escott says this means there is uncontrolled spread throughout the area, and he says that means you should consider anywhere you go outside of your home to be a risk. “It’s important to avoid non-essential travel, for gatherings or for other things outside if you don’t have to.”
Trustees District 5 and
At-Large Place 8 seats, respectively, in Tuesday s election. Lugo and Boswell are two of four new trustees to join the board alongside D1 Trustee
Ofelia Maldonado Zapata and D3 Trustee
V-A Day in ATX: The first doses of the
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Austin were administered to front-line health care workers at
UT-Austin on Tue., Dec. 15.
UT Health Austin, the clinical practice for
UT Dell Medical School, was among the first four sites in Texas to receive the vaccine on Dec. 14. Seven additional providers in Travis County are slated to receive initial doses of the vaccine.
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