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News and updates from Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Friday's Top Story [Water crisis dredges up battle over treatment plant]( [Water crisis dredges up battle over treatment plant]( Years before the term CodeNext graced the lips of city officials, Austin’s biggest political fight reached an end. Council members approved the [Read More »]( Local News [Natalie Portman speaks at Austin rally for MJ Hegar]( [Natalie Portman speaks at Austin rally for MJ Hegar]( Actress Natalie Portman spoke at a rally for U.S. House candidate Mary Jennings "MJ" Hegar on Thursday morning in North Austin before going [Read More »]( [Austin on Day 4 of boil-water notice, has 7 sites for free bottled water]( [Austin on Day 4 of boil-water notice, has 7 sites for free bottled water]( Keep on boiling, Austinites.Austin Water, after its treated water failed state quality standards earlier this week, continues to urge its customers to [Read More »]( [Lake Buchanan to reopen Friday, lakes Travis, Austin still closed]( [Lake Buchanan to reopen Friday, lakes Travis, Austin still closed]( The Lower Colorado River Authority will reopen Lake Buchanan for public use on Friday.The lake will be the first of the Highland Lakes upstream of Austin [Read More »]( [Central Health to pursue new clinics in Del Valle, Hornsby Bend]( [Central Health to pursue new clinics in Del Valle, Hornsby Bend]( Central Health, Travis County's health district, is pursuing leases for two new primary care clinics through emergency services districts in eastern [Read More »]( [Village at Spanish Oaks developers given green light to proceed]( [Village at Spanish Oaks developers given ‘green light’ to proceed]( A new complex, where developers say residents can live, work and play, is coming soon to Bee Cave following approval by the City Council on Tuesday.A [Read More »]( Business [Austin s Yeti prices IPO at $18, starts trading on NYSE]( [Austin’s Yeti prices IPO at $18, starts trading on NYSE]( Austin-based Yeti Holdings, maker of "built-for-the-wild" coolers, is Austin's newest publicly traded company. [Read More »]( [Austin area gets new community bank]( [Austin area gets new community bank]( A new community bank has opened in the Austin area, after some local banking executives and investors purchased a small West Texas bank, renamed it and [Read More »]( [Austin s Solarwinds wrestling with uncertain market following IPO]( [Austin’s Solarwinds wrestling with uncertain market following IPO]( Austin-based SolarWinds, an enterprise software maker that last Friday returned to public trading, initially saw its share price rise more than 2 percent above its initial offering of $15 per share, but that upside has not continued. [Read More »]( Sports [Feeling healthy, Texas QB Sam Ehlinger will start vs. Oklahoma State while others won t]( [Feeling healthy, Texas QB Sam Ehlinger will start vs. Oklahoma State while others won’t]( Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger practiced all three days and will likely start against Oklahoma State. [Read More »]( [Big 12 football: Don t look now, but Texas Tech is a conference darkhorse]( [Big 12 football: Don’t look now, but Texas Tech is a conference darkhorse]( The Big 12 definitely has a dark horse candidate contending for its championship.It's a squad whose starting quarterback had to be bused to a recent game [Read More »]( [Fantasy football: Week 8 Rankings]( [Fantasy football: Week 8 Rankings]( Week 8 kicks off with the Miami Dolphins traveling to Houston to take on the Texans. On the face it doesn't seem like the spiciest matchup. That's because [Read More »]( Opinion [Herman: Why Sid Miller, Trump s Man in Texas, wasn t with president at the rally]( [Herman: Why Sid Miller, ‘Trump’s Man in Texas,’ wasn’t with president at the rally]( President Donald Trump was in Texas this week. And Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was there. It’s a combustible combination sure to [Read More »]( [McRaven and McCaul: National Security Dimensions of Global Food Insecurity]( [McRaven and McCaul: National Security Dimensions of Global Food Insecurity]( As we recognized World Food Day recently, we faced the alarming fact that one in every nine people throughout the world is hungry right now. That is 821 [Read More »]( Nation [The Latest: De Niro package may have been sent days earlier]( [The Latest: De Niro package may have been sent days earlier]( WASHINGTON (AP) " The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and CNN (all times local):10:30 a.m.Law enforcement officials say the [Read More »]( [US approves first new type of flu drug in 2 decades]( [US approves first new type of flu drug in 2 decades]( TRENTON, N.J. (AP) " U.S. health regulators have approved the first new type of flu drug in two decades.Wednesday's approval of Xofluza for people [Read More »]( [AP Explains: Why the world s biggest lottery jackpot wasn t]( [AP Explains: Why the world’s biggest lottery jackpot wasn’t]( DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) " Call it the world's largest lottery prize that wasn't.The Mega Millions jackpot that had been announced as the biggest ever [Read More »]( World [China building boom uncovers buried dinosaurs, makes a star]( [China building boom uncovers buried dinosaurs, makes a star]( YANJI, China (AP) " At the end of a street of newly built high-rises in the northern Chinese city of Yanji stands an exposed cliff face, where [Read More »]( [Turkey, Germany pledge to expand trade ties]( [Turkey, Germany pledge to expand trade ties]( ANKARA, Turkey (AP) " The economy ministers of Turkey and Germany vowed to expand trade ties Thursday as the two nations work to mend severely [Read More »]( [UN: Death toll from Saudi airstrike in Yemen at 21]( [UN: Death toll from Saudi airstrike in Yemen at 21]( SANAA, Yemen (AP) " A Saudi-led coalition airstrike at a fruit-and-vegetable market near Yemen's flashpoint Red Sea port of Hodeida killed at least [Read More »]( Austin360 [Debut novel among winners of 2018 Kirkus Prizes]( [Debut novel among winners of 2018 Kirkus Prizes]( Novelist Ling Ma, essayist Rebecca Solnit, and writer Derrick Barnes with illustrator Gordon C. James have won the 2018 Kirkus Prizes, which were [Read More »]( [Where to celebrate D a de los Muertos in Austin plus more must-do events]( [Where to celebrate Día de los Muertos in Austin plus more must-do events]( Where to celebrate Día de los Muertos in Austin plus more must-do events [Read More »]( [Longtime East Austin burger cafe closing after 30 years]( [Longtime East Austin burger cafe closing after 30 years]( Longtime East Austin burger cafe closing after 30 years [Read More »]( [Aaron Franklin s Hot Luck festival announces 2019 dates; all-inclusive tickets on sale]( [Aaron Franklin’s Hot Luck festival announces 2019 dates; all-inclusive tickets on sale]( Aaron Franklin's Hot Luck festival announces 2019 dates; all-inclusive tickets on sale [Read More »]( [Manage Account]( | [Contact Us](mailto:customercare@statesman.com) | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Newsletters]( We have an app for whatever you want - news, weather, entertainment and more. 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