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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025

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TODAY’S WEATHER

H: 94° / L: 60°. Hot and breezy day ahead, per Fox 7 Austin. Cold front brings gusty winds, extreme wildfire risk, per KXAN.

TOP NEWS

“5 dead in 17 vehicle crash on I-35 in North Austin” Fox 7 Austin

“Austin metro tops 2.5M residents'” ABJ ($)

“Project Connect could displace 68 businesses, homes. What rights do property owners have?'” KXAN

THE BLOTTER

“Suspect detained in 'possible attempted abduction' in Round Rock” Fox 7 Austin

“Hays County authorities seek suspect in string of vehicle burglaries” CBS Austin

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

“Cleanup underway after homeless encampment cleared near Austin's airport” KVUE

“APD Chief focuses on building immigrant trust amid TX AG crackdown on sanctuary policies” CBS Austin

“Williamson, Burnet counties partnering to create Central Texas Spaceport Development Corporation” KVUE

BUSINESS NEWS

“SXSW is talking quantum. But what is quantum computing and why should you care?” AAS ($)

“AI: The Solution To America's Mass Incarceration Problem?”The Hayride

“Feds cut ties with Austin-based Southwest Key, move to drop lawsuit” Fox 7 Austin

LOCAL SPORTS

TEXAS MEN’S BASKETBALL: “Texas outlasts Texas A&M 94-89 in 2OT, keeps March Madness hopes alive” KXAN

QUICK LINKS

~ Peter Pan Mini-Golf lease extension on the way - ABJ

~ Austin accounting firms grow CPA headcounts despite national shortage - ABJ

~ SXSW panelists examine causes, effects of the city’s lack of Black homeowners - Austin Monitor

~ Amid convention center revamp, what happens to beloved SXSW Expo? - ABJ

~ Arizona-based Prisma expands to Austin after acquiring Capital Printing - ABJ

~ GSD&M, Austin's top ad agency, has a new CEO - ABJ

~ City attempts to engage property owner to help manage D2 encampment - Austin Monitor

~ ‘Get Hired Austin’ campaign looks to fill city job vacancies - Austin Monitor

~ Austin’s water reuse program is moving forward, but slowly - Austin Monitor

~ Portland nudged out of US's 25 largest metro areas by Greater Austin, Texas - KGW

~ Austin weather: Cold front hits Friday evening - FOX 7 Austin

~ Bitcoin logo shines over Austin, Texas as Gemini sets new world record - Cointelegraph

~ 9 East, South Asian restaurant updates in the far Northwest Austin area - Community Impact

~ San Marcos River Foundation celebrates 40 years of protecting aquifer-fed springs - Community Impact

~ Goodyear Blimp flies over Austin for the first time in 10 years - ATXtoday