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"This has not been an easy project, and it’s been heartbreaking on many levels to think of these people that have been forgotten.”
 
–Kim McKnight, Parks and Recreation Department, from “Oakwood Cemetery chapel report soon to be released
 

Good afternoon! 

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Austin Monitor
  • A new report finds black and Latino people in Austin are far more likely to be stopped and arrested by police than whites and Asians
  • After years of anticipation, the Parks and Recreation Department has finalized its report on the East Austin Oakwood Cemetery chapel restoration project
  • The Parks and Recreation Board condemns the city’s Bond Oversight Commission over its failure to properly review the city’s use of bond dollars
  • The land code rewrite team says only about 2 percent of housing units built in Austin in the last decade fell within the ‘missing middle'
     
Elsewhere in the news

Visiting California firefighters say Austin is at 'obvious risk' of widespread devastation if a wildfire should strike, reports the Statesman.

Community Impact examines what Texas health officials are doing to stay ahead of coronavirus and quell panic.

And Austin360 sets out to measure happiness in Austin by asking a simple question: 'Are you happy?'

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