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Governor Greg Abbott is one of those who has expressed support for the protest billboards put up by the Texas Municipal Police Association.

Austin Council Member Greg Casar said in a Tuesday statement that the city will continue to redistribute the city's police budget despite the governor's threat to freeze the city's property tax.

The Cedar Park Police Department stated that it's a fluid situation, and that several law enforcement agencies were on the scene.

"These findings highlight the fact that beanbag munitions can cause serious harm and are not appropriate for use in crowd control," the letter stated.

"While local officials do possess certain emergency powers...statewide eviction procedures far exceed the requirement that those powers be exercised 'on an appropriate local scale,'" the Texas attorney general wrote.

"It makes me angry," Austin Mayor Steve Adler said.

Governor Greg Abbott has urged Texans to wear masks but has said municipalities cannot require people to wear them.

"No other businesses are being shut down," the protest organizers wrote. "From owners to bartenders, waitresses, entertainers... we will all take the hit."

Austin, Texas area lawmakers urged Governor Greg Abbott to roll back reopenings ahead of the July 4 weekend.

The Austin Public Health Board is urging the entire community to act as though they had been exposed to coronavirus.

Austin Public Health estimates it receives over 1,000 faxes a day reporting COVID-19 test results.

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said the 20-year-old had been standing near police headquarters during a protest when he was hit by less-lethal munition.

"Unfortunately, a few Texas counties and cities seem to have confused recommendations with requirements and have grossly exceeded state law to impose their own will on private citizens and businesses," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.

Artists shared their thoughts and concerns about the Austin, Texas festival's cancellation on Twitter.

Austin, Texas cancelled the famous music and entertainment festival South by Southwest for the first time in 34 years.

Pink grasshoppers rarely make it to adulthood as the coloring, caused by a condition called erythrism, makes them easy targets for predators.

Police officers responded to a report of a "suspicious device" at a Walmart in Austin, Texas, after a Walmart employee reported seeing a person with a PVC pipe and other materials inside the store's bathroom.

Donald Trump commended Apple's plant as a "fantastic facility" and Ivanka Trump applauded the company for being "one of the early signers" of the administration's 'Pledge to America's Workers' initiative. 

The Texas capital is loaded with a diverse amount of amusements to keep anyone happily preoccupied for days upon weeks.

The singer's iconic "Hi, How Are You" album cover found its way to murals, t-shirts and more; the singer was adored by many cult icons.

Doris Vallejo-Godoy, 41, was in Austin's La Catedral del Marisco with her girlfriend at the time of the altercation, which was allegedly sparked after a man called her "bad names."

Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler plans to attend an Iftar dinner with U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, defying a call from a top Texas official that he stay home because of accusations of anti-Semitism against Omar.

"She's carrying a vibrator and seems like she is on drugs," cops were told before arriving on the scene.

"At this point I was fairly certain that that kick had just killed him," Deehring, a victim of the attack, said in reference to his boyfriend.

The suspect later allegedly police she "was trying to be like Bonnie and Clyde."

One education official said "Moses was the law-giver."

The altered waste guidelines are part of Austin's plan to reduce the amount of trash sent to landfills 90 percent by 2040.

"The biggest gun we've got is called the ballot box. If you don't like who's in there, vote 'em out," sang the country music legend.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke of Texas, with help from Willie Nelson and other country singers, hosted the largest single-candidate political rally in the country at least since the 2016 presidential election.

He's taken the unofficial title of the "People's Prime Minister of Australia."