Todd and Oz Show 5-21-26

Todd and Oz Show 6-3-26

The group behind a charter petition that would force regular external audits onto the city of Austin believes it has enough signatures to get that petition on the November ballot. Save Austin Now has officially handed those signatures over to the Austin city clerk as the petition requires the city of Austin to complete an external audit within a year of its passage, and to review its budget every five years, or no less than one year before the city of Austin asks voters for more money in a tax rate election, a new Texas law is adding tougher requirements for the companies behind operating driverless vehicles as senate bill 2807 imposes stricter rules on autonomous vehicle companies operating in the state, including state authorization, emergency response plans for law enforcement, and a public portal where residents can verify operators and file safety complaints, and new numbers from the city of Austin show the homeless population accounts for a significant share of all fatal auto-pedestrian crashes as the data shows 40-percent of the people who are hit by cars and die from their injuries are homeless. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Todd and Oz Show 6-2-26

The Austin police department has launched an investigation into the death of a man who was found stuffed in a trash can over the weekend as APD says they were called to the area around Packsaddle pass and Ben White on Saturday for a welfare check, and officers arrived on scene and found the man -- identified as 59-year-old duc vo -- who they say was "clearly deceased.” , Two men from Houston are accused of pulling a jewelry store heist in Round Rock after police say Javon Davis and Leslie Lavun Jones were arrested in connection to a robbery at Marc Robinson jewelers at the Round Rock premium outlets back in April as court documents say the two men were part of a group of masked robbers who entered the store and started smashing display cases with hammers before stealing a large amount of high-end jewelry. Georgetown police are again urging residents to lock their vehicles and secure their firearms as they investigate 20 vehicle burglaries that occurred over the weekend across four neighborhoods, including the theft of seven firearms after burglaries took place late at night in the village, Fairhaven, Teravista and Summercrest neighborhoods. Of the vehicles targeted, six were confirmed locked and six were confirmed unlocked. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Todd & Oz Show 6-1-26

Some small business owners along South Congress are voicing their concerns about Austin's light rail project, Democrat Rep. Greg Casar is calling for a new tax on artificial intelligence companies as a way to combat potential mass unemployment that could come from A.I. technology and Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico held a rally in Leander yesterday to try and lure voters over to his side in the race against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Todd and Oz Show 5-29-26

A NEW TEXAS LAW REQUIRING APP STORES TO GET PARENTAL CONSENT FROM USERS UNDER 13 YEARS OLD WILL NOW BE ALLOWED TO GO INTO EFFECT, THANKS TO A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT. YESTERDAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR AUSTIN ISD, AND IT ALSO MARKED THE END OF AN ERA FOR SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. AUSTIN CITY MANAGER T.C. BROADNAX HAS GOTTEN THE DIRECTIVE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOP NEW RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING DUMPSTER COLLECTIONS.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Todd and Oz Show 5-28-26

Legislation is on the way to regulate collegiate sports spending and transfers as the 'protect college sports act', written by Texas senator Ted Cruz and Washington democrat Maria Cantwell would hand the NCAA an antitrust exemption to enforce a series of rules that have been challenged in court over the past few years, limiting athletes to a one-time transfer without penalty, limit eligibility to 5 years, ban former pro-athletes from playing in college, halt schools from poaching coaches during the season, and granting the NCAA the ability to enforce a spending cap for how much schools can pay their athletes, a proposal from Austin mayor Kirk Watson to pull back some of the city’s commitment to building highway caps over I-35 won’t move forward this week as last year, the city council approved $104-million for what are called vertical "roadway elements", which are structural components needed for about six planned highway coverings of varying sizes, stretching from near the river to north Austin, but none of that money will cover any of the caps themselves, nor any of the amenities that the council wants included. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.