The Todd and Oz Show

Election Day is here as all eyes are on the Texas Senate race between Paxton and Talarico, the City of Taylor has announced its ending its contract with Flock Safety and jurors heard more testimony in Shane James' murder trial.

Voters came out in record numbers as early voting ended on Friday, the races for Texas' governor seat as well as the Senate seat remain tight and a massive wreck involving a semi-truck that flipped over left I-35 shut down for several hours.

Mackenzie Kelly is fillin in for Todd today, as they talk about the debate over passing prop I, the possible buisiest Halloween weekend Austin has seen, and so much more!

Austin ISD is considering partnerships with outside organizations to help operate three of its campuses, a court of appeals has blocked a district court order that would have allowed Governor Greg Abbott's challenger Gina Hinojosa access to communications between Abbott and Elon Musk and Austin has committed more than $21 million to five affordable apartment projects and wants to prioritize local hiring when the new convention center opens in 2029.

Texas Senate candidates Ken Paxton and James Talarico both held rallies yesterday a week away from Election Day, Round Rock voters will decide on a property tax increase and the Pflugerville City Council has approved a new ordinance that would set standards for how the city can use AI and surveillance technology.

There's pushback at Webb Middle School after a petition was submitted to close the campus. The Austin Police Department has released new details about a shooting over the weekend at The Domain. One week to Election Day, and the Texas Senate race is a coin flip. All this and more on today's episode of the Todd and Oz Show!

Disagreements between anti-police activists and supporters of police were at the forefront of a review of new data that shows the "No Wrong Door" initiative has reduced "crisis contacts" by nearly a third, a crew of bomb technicians had to be called in over the weekend after a military explosive was found inside of a home in Granite Shoals and Austin now has its very own edition of the Monopoly board game.

A FORT BEND ELECTED OFFICIAL IS ACCUSED OF SCAMMING GOVERNMENT FUNDS. THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO ITS 3-1-1 SERVICE. THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY IS MAKING SOME SECURITY UPGRADES MONTHS AFTER A BRUTAL AND UNPROVOKED ATTACK LEFT A MAN DEAD. ALL THIS AND MORE ON THE FRIDAY EDITION OF THE TODD AND OZ SHOW!

The Austin school district says it will stop contributing to employee health savings accounts, around 400,000 people are expected to arrive in Austin over the next four days for the Formula 1 event and the University of Texas has banned a fan for life from attending football games.

The Webb Middle School PTA is disputing the results of a petition that would close down the campus in an effort to prevent a state takeover of the entire Austin school district, Democrat candidate for Texas governor Gina Hinojosa is suing Governor Abbott to release communications between Abbott and Elon Musk over tax breaks for Musk's companies and Bastrop County residents gathered for another meeting last night about a proposed data center as well as a natural gas power plant in the Cedar Creek area.

The City of Austin is considering new rules that would ban new vape stores and smoke shops from being built within 1,000 feet of schools or daycares, the Georgetown school district is hoping voters will approve a property tax increase that officials say will allow them to increase teacher and staff salaries and hotels in the Austin area are expected to be nearly full ahead of the Formula 1 race this weekend.

Today marks the first day of early voting for Texans, Pflugerville voters will decide if they want the Austin Community College district to be annexed into the Pflugerville district territory and multiple Austin City Council candidates met with community members at a forum over the weekend.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is promising a crackdown on teacher misconduct in schools, a woman is suing Torchy's Tacos after allegedly finding a cow tooth in her meal and another body has been found in Lady Bird Lake.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson says a deal to transfer the 141-acre Lion's Municipal golf course from the University of Texas over to the city is near completion, The City of Georgetown is considering pushing back the planned 2027 bond to at least 2028 following lower than expected property valuations and today's the deadline for signatures to be collected on a petition to close down two AISD middle schools in hopes of preventing a state takeover of the school district.

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Austin police are warning of a deadly drug that is circulating the area and may be responsible for a number of recent overdoses, multiple Austin F.C. supporters groups want the organization to speak out against I.C.E. and Vice President J.D. Vance will be in Tyler today ahead of early voting starting on Monday.

The deadline for parents to submit a petition to avoid a state takeover of the Austin school district is only a few days away, another longtime Austin business says it could soon be displaced by the Project Connect light rail and a protest was held at the state capitol over the weekend to call for an end to the death penalty.

Round Rock ISD employees are speaking out against a proposed increase to health insurance costs, the Taylor City Council has voted unanimously to move forward on a major data center development plan and Williamson County Judge Steven Snell joins the show.

The City of Kyle has turned off its system of flock safety cameras amid heavy pushback from residents over privacy concerns, the Taylor City Council will meet today to discuss plans for a controversial data center and Cap Metro will be eliminating rides from its early morning schedule.

Austin school district officials are going door-to-door in neighborhoods to convince families to reenroll their kids in the district, Bastrop residents are pushing back against a proposed data center and President Trump is hosting a rally in San Antonio.