The Todd and Oz Show

Austin city officials are declining to take any action in regards to a growing homeless encampment, two people are facing charges related to the alleged experimentation and abuse of corpses at a north Austin mortuary and former San Marcos Councilman Mark Gleason weighs in on Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatening to pull state funding if San Marcos approves their Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cedar Park is gearing up to defend itself in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by a former Cedar Park police officer, the Texas House Public Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 10 which would mandate the Ten Commandments be placed in every public school classroom and Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to pull funding from the city of San Marcos if they approve an Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution next month.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Austin's Homeless Strategy Officer David Gray is asking for over $100 million dollars for homeless services in the upcoming city budget, there's a push for high speed rail from local & state officials who want to change state law that prevents public dollars being used for high speed rail and multiple parking garages at Austin's airport will see a rate increase ahead of the major renovation plan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Multiple senior level employees have left their positions with SXSW, early voting in Central Texas begins on Saturday for a number of elections, propositions & bond proposals and a "Save Dobie" rally was held over the weekend where AISD officials pushed back on the idea of closing Dobie to prevent a state takeover of the school district.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Multiple school districts in Texas are pushing back against the state after the Texas Education Agency released performance ratings for school districts, the Austin Police Oversight Committee has released a report saying complaints against police are on the rise and an appeals court has ruled in favor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his lawsuit against cities that have approved marijuana decriminalization ordinances. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dobie Middle School gets a brief reprieve from the Texas Education Agency, local community leaders are trying to tamp down on the youth violence rising in Travis County and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is demanding documents from Plano ISD in relation to the EPIC City development.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An audit has revealed that top officials with the Austin Police Department don't have a long-term plan for recruiting, Austin's Homeless Strategy office will begin putting $2.2 million dollars into more support services for the homeless and the use of E-Verify by employers may become mandated by the state of Texas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AISD officials continue to blame the state for poor results and the possible closing of Dobie Middle School, the Austin City Council is expected to approve the purchase of an office building for $26 million and Travis County officials report a 36% drop in fentanyl deaths.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Only six months after installing new bike lanes, the city of Austin will have to spend thousands of dollars to remove them after nearby residents pushed back against the bike lanes, multiple plans are being developed in the Texas Legislature to bring property tax relief to residents and a new report shows Texas leading the nation in employment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Demolition crews have started work on tearing down the current Austin Convention Center, the Austin Downtown Commission is looking for more partnerships & philanthropy to address the homeless issue and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Dallas again over gun rights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teachers unions are responding unhappily to the school voucher bill that cleared the Texas House, Austin's city auditor has shared data that shows vacancies in the city's police department continue to grow and Austin's Homeless Strategy Office is touting progress when it comes to its H.E.A.L. initiative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would ban cell phones in schools, teacher union officials are accusing the Texas Education Agency's school ratings system as being flawed for why Dobie Middle School may be shut down and Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen will travel to El Salvador in an effort to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia released.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cause of a massive explosion in northwest Austin is still under investigation as those affected struggle with getting assistance from their insurance companies, state legislators are pushing for sawed off shotguns to be legal and the primary race between John Cornyn & Ken Paxton is starting to heat up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UT officials are speaking out against local prosecutors after a man was arrested and released from jail three times for assaulting multiple UT students, there's been at least half a dozen reports in Williamson County over the past month of attempted kidnappings and the Austin City Council has approved an extension of funding to the Austin Police Department's Auto Burglary & Theft Interdiction Project.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin City Council has passed amendments to the city building code including the allowance of single staircase apartment complexes and the requirement of AC units in every dwelling, parents are speaking out against the possible closure of Dobie Middle School in AISD and legislation is being filed to allow guns on the Texas State Fair grounds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgetown Mayor Josh Schroder is speaking out against proposed state legislation that would mandate mobile homes be allowed on all residential lots, parents are demanding answers after multiple gas leaks at an elementary school in Pflugerville forced students to evacuate and a bill has cleared the Texas Senate that would create exemptions for police officers when deadly misconduct charges are filed against them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Austin's District 5 City Councilman Ryan Alter joins us in studio to discuss the expansion of I-35 and the implementation of caps & stitches as part of the project, the city's annual budget, public safety and the city's relationship with the Austin Police Department as well as the performance of Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Austin's District 5 City Councilman Ryan Alter joins us in studio to discuss public safety, expansion of I-35 and the city budget among other topics, Ken Paxton has officially announced he'll be running for U.S. Senator John Cornyn's seat and China has announced new retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas legislators are looking to end programs like Austin's universal basic income pilot program statewide, the Texas House has proposed a THC ban bill that would allow THC beverages to be regulated by the TABC and China is responding to Trump's recent tariffs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Austin Transit Partnership officials are citing pending legislation & lawsuits as some reasons construction on Project Connect hasn't started yet, a large rally against school choice was held at the Capitol building over the weekend and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy made a trip to Texas to speak with families who have lost loved ones recently to measles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin City Council is considering imposing a regulation on housing developers that would require AC units in every dwelling, a school choice voucher bill has advanced to the full Texas House floor and former Austin Police officer Justin Berry's nomination for a second term to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement has been narrowly confirmed in the Texas Senate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin ISD is considering consolidating schools in the face of a massive budget deficit, a high school athlete in Frisco was stabbed to death by another student at a track meet and the recently announced tariffs by President Trump are receiving mixed responses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis discusses new data like staffing numbers & crime data, a librarian in Georgetown High School has been threatened with termination for refusing to pull over 150 books from the school's library and Collin County residents spoke out against the proposed East Plano Islamic Center development.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Multiple shootings occurred in Austin on Sunday, one that claimed a life in south Austin and another that left 4 people injured in a bar on Sixth Street, the Austin City Council is looking to fill "budget asteroids" ahead of the 2026 city budget and school districts in Texas are scrambling to fill budget shortfalls as there's heightened scrutiny about the high salaries of district superintendents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin City Council has approved the extension of the program using automatic license plate readers, the Austin school district is scrambling to cut costs to rectify an over $100 million budget deficit and an insurance company was found hiring private investigators to follow Texas state lawmakers and their spouses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin City Council will vote today on extending the use of automatic license plate readers for law enforcement as well as voting on a five-year strategic plan for the city's animal shelter and an alleged top leader for the MS-13 gang was arrested by federal officials in Virginia this morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin City Council is set to vote tomorrow on whether to continue using automatic license plate readers, the Pecan Street Festival announced it will be moving to Bee Cave following recent developments on Sixth Street and Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett is facing backlash after making comments mocking Texas Governor Greg Abbott's disability. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The FBI is investigating the Tesla showroom in northwest Austin after multiple incendiary devices were found, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis is speaking out against a Texas House bill that would expand the patrol are of DPS's Capitol division and the Pecan Street Festival is moving to Bee Cave due to recent redevelopments of Sixth Street.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local officials are sounding the alarm about air traffic controller staffing levels at Austin's airport after all incoming flights from Houston & Dallas were grounded over the weekend, a marijuana edibles company is expanding into Texas as the state legislature is weighing a total ban on THC products and Trump administration officials are defending the deportation flights to Honduras & El Salvador as the issue could reach the Supreme Court.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Austin's homeless services department has put a lien on a private property that had an infamous homeless camp on it, teachers unions are criticizing President Trump's executive order that would shut down the Department of Education and employees of a pizzeria in Austin have successfully unionized.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today that would abolish the Department of Education, Tesla dealerships are experiencing vandalism across the country and the Texas Senate has passed a bill that would ban all THC products in Texas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Texas Senate will vote on a total ban on THC products, a Texas State Representative wants to rename part of I-35 going through Travis County after Donald Trump and the Trump administration is defending its deportation of alleged gang members to Honduras & El Salvador.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin City Council is set to vote on whether to spend millions on updating the art at ABIA, one of the truckers who was part of the deadly wreck near Parmer & 35 last week is speaking out and and a Texas State Representative has filed legislation that would abolish Texas Parks & Wildlife.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Austin Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes addresses the problematic homeless camp in her district, the man responsible for the tragic accident near 35 & Parmer on Friday has been charged with multiple counts of intoxicated manslaughter and Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of defying a judge's order by deporting hundreds of illegals believed to be associated with gangs from El Salvador.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis is maintaining her policy on working with ICE agents after Texas A.G. Ken Paxton has ramped up his criticism on sanctuary cities, investigators are looking into what happened on I-35 when an accident involving 17 cars has left at least 6 dead and even more victims in the hospital and the city says it has cleaned up a homeless camp in southeast Austin that was deemed to be a high-fire risk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State lawmakers are trying to put guardrails on the use of A.I. and deepfake images, an AISD elementary school teacher is alleged to have been found in possession of child pornography and APD has opened Sixth Street to traffic during SXSW.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State lawmakers in the Texas House debated late into the night the proposed school voucher plan that was passed by the Senate and emotional testimony about the recent murder of Jamie White as well as a response from Travis County D.A. Jose Garza.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson says that other cities are looking at Austin as a good example of how to make housing affordable, Texas Rep. Dade Phelan has filed legislation that would require an approved government disclaimer to distribute any media that's been altered and the Texas House is rolling out it's $1 billion school voucher plan today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new report shows that Austin carries a significant amount of debt out of all of the major cities in Texas, a state lawmaker's latest legislation could put a halt to Project Connect and a homeless camp in southeast Austin has nearby neighbors wanting answers from the Homeless Strategy Office.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

San Marcos City Councilman Mark Gleason talks about the new tool the city is using to crack down on habitual parking offenders, Texas State Rep. Ellen Troxclair discusses her newly proposed legislation regarding Project Connect and the Austin City Council has delayed a vote on funding cap & stitch, blaming the Trump administration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over a dozen arrests were made in connection to a series of car burglaries at multiple parks in Austin, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is in Austin to promote school voucher legislation and President Trump discusses new tariffs on Canada & Mexico. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump addressed a highly partisan Congress last night, A Texas Senate committee advanced legislation to mandate the 10 Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom and a new bond package in Austin is on track for a vote in 2026 with new details about what the money's being spent on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas State Rep. Wes Virdell joins the show to discuss his new legislation concerning property & $th amendment rights with regards to game wardens, a repeat criminal offender broke into the Travis County D.A.'s office and stole nine laptops and construction on the I-35 Expansion Project will close down a major part of the highway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump & Vice President Vance get into a heated discussion with Ukraine President Zelenskyy over the proposed peace agreement with Russia, a new report detailing the amount of first time gun buyers in the United States and students in the Leander ISD staged a walkout after the announcement of the I.B. program being cancelled due to budget cuts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Austin City Council has decided to hold off on implementing new regulations on short-term rentals, Bastrop ISD is working to equip all its school buses with seatbelts after a tragic bus crash left one student dead and the second phase of the I-35 Capital Express Project is underway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump held his first cabinet meeting of his second term, an Eanes ISD teacher was arrested & charged with possession of child pornography and some parents are upset after Lockhart ISD instituted a clear backpack only policy on one of its campuses after a student was discovered with a gun. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The City of Austin is moving forward on a $1.2 billion plan to build a new convention center, Governor Greg Abbott spoke at a town hall last night in Georgetown promoting school vouchers and Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath is pushing for a statewide ban on cell phone use in schools.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Texas PTA held a rally at the capitol opposing school vouchers, Travis County GOP Chair Matt Mackoviak has resigned and the Lockhart ISD will be implementing a clear-backpacks-only policy at its junior high school campus after a student was discovered with a gun on campusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Texas Senator Charles Perry has filed legislation that would institute a total ban on all THC products, Texas Senator Sarah Eckhardt is expressing "grave concerns" over Travis County D.A. Jose Garza's mishandling of multiple cases and President of American Commitment Phil Kerpin joins the show to discuss President Trump's second term agenda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Texas Lottery has drawn the ire of Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick after it was revealed that the store that sold the winning ticket was owned by the purchaser of the winning ticket, Texas Senator Sarah Eckhardt is criticizing Travis County D.A. Jose Garza for his mismanagement of his office and improperly parked scooters continue to be a problem in Austin and concerns are rising with the upcoming SXSW festival starting in a few weeks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.