Your morning headlines for 7/17/2017

Scan today's top headlines from the Statesman Having trouble viewing this email? [View it here.]( Monday, July 17, 2017 [Afternoon Updates]( [statesman.com »]( [Austin American-Statesman]( Monday, July 17, 2017 Monday's Top Story [Mayor suggests hotel occupancy tax hike to tackle Austin homelessness ]( [Mayor suggests hotel occupancy tax hike to tackle Austin homelessness]( Austin Mayor Steve Adler introduced a plan online Sunday night that would use hotel occupancy tax re... Local News [CodeNext draft proposes major changes for anxious Allandale community ]( [CodeNext draft proposes major changes for anxious Allandale community]( Todd Shaw and Amy Wood haven't changed much about their Allandale home since they bought it in 1992.... [Carbon monoxide illness linked to Ford SUVs hits Austin police hardest ]( [Carbon monoxide illness linked to Ford SUVs hits Austin police hardest]( Eight days before Austin police Sgt. Zachary LaHood was poisoned in his patrol car, city staffers ha... [Hundreds wary of GOP health care bill attend Doggett town hall meeting ]( [Hundreds wary of GOP health care bill attend Doggett town hall meeting]( Hundreds of people flooded a downtown Austin church on Sunday for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett's town hal... [Radio host Stephen Rice dies; contributed to Austin's LGBT community ]( [Radio host Stephen Rice dies; contributed to Austin's LGBT community]( For nearly a quarter-century, Stephen Rice was a driving force in Austin's gay community - high-ener... [Venezuelans in Austin use symbolic vote to protest Maduro government ]( [Venezuelans in Austin use symbolic vote to protest Maduro government]( Diego Chacin left Venezuela and his parents a year and a half ago to come live in Austin. Life was h... Business [11 social media posts that can hurt your career ]( [11 social media posts that can hurt your career]( [CodeNext draft proposes major changes for anxious Allandale community ]( [CodeNext draft proposes major changes for anxious Allandale community]( [Opinion: How the Senate health bill would make the opioid epidemic worse ]( [Opinion: How the Senate health bill would make the opioid epidemic worse]( [Top Local Business Stories of the Week]( [Up the Ladder]( Sports [Final season series tally: Memphis 14 wins, Round Rock 2 ]( [Final season series tally: Memphis 14 wins, Round Rock 2]( [Attorney: Facts will clear D'Onta Foreman after Sunday's arrest ]( [Attorney: Facts will clear D'Onta Foreman after Sunday's arrest]( [Making sense of voters' preseason Big 12 football poll ]( [Making sense of voters' preseason Big 12 football poll]( [Kevin Lyttle's preseason all-Big 12 football team - and why ]( [Kevin Lyttle's preseason all-Big 12 football team - and why]( Opinion [Viewpoints: New panel could yield insight on zoning, gentrification ]( [Viewpoints: New panel could yield insight on zoning, gentrification]( When the Austin City Council returns from its July break, it will take up a proposal by Mayor Steve ... [Commentary: We're praying for an end to bullying from Patrick, Abbott ]( [Commentary: We're praying for an end to bullying from Patrick, Abbott]( We've all seen it: The schoolyard bully chooses the most vulnerable victim, then uses fear to pressu... [Letters to the editor: July 17, 2017 ]( [Letters to the editor: July 17, 2017]( Re: July 9 commentary, "Here's one way you could feel better in the scorching heat." ... [Two Views: Session provides a golden opportunity for Texas House ]( [Two Views: Session provides a golden opportunity for Texas House]( Compared to a 140-day regular session, which begins slowly and ramps up over time, a 30-day special ... [Two Views: Special session will known as 'the summer the music died' ]( [Two Views: Special session will known as 'the summer the music died']( "I tell you friends there's a song in every town," Pat Green warbled in his hit "Songs About Texas."... Nation [Some residents couldn't hear alarms in deadly Honolulu blaze ]( [Some residents couldn't hear alarms in deadly Honolulu blaze]( [California lawmakers to decide fate of landmark climate law ]( [California lawmakers to decide fate of landmark climate law]( [Montana faces double quandary over Medicaid expansion ]( [Montana faces double quandary over Medicaid expansion]( [Health plan hinges on the young, but they're a tough sell ]( [Health plan hinges on the young, but they're a tough sell]( [Flash flood kills 5 children, 4 adults at Arizona swim hole ]( [Flash flood kills 5 children, 4 adults at Arizona swim hole]( World [German police arrest armed man after he shows up at school]( [A cardinal, a terrace and another scandal for Pope Francis ]( [A cardinal, a terrace and another scandal for Pope Francis]( [At least 100 tourists forced to evacuate in Montenegro fires]( [17 soldiers wounded in PKK attack in southeast Turkey]( [Royal Tradition: Counting the swans on the River Thames]( Austin360 [Gothic drama meets David Lynch in Hyde Park Theatre's 'The Moors' ]( [Gothic drama meets David Lynch in Hyde Park Theatre's 'The Moors']( [This week's music picks: Logic lives large, Larry Gatlin goes small and more ]( [This week's music picks: Logic lives large, Larry Gatlin goes small and more]( [Red River district mural spotlights history as hotbed of Austin music ]( [Red River district mural spotlights history as hotbed of Austin music]( [Mumps outbreak hits UT; 7 diagnosed last week ]( [Mumps outbreak hits UT; 7 diagnosed last week]( [Best loved Austin neighborhoods: Aldridge Place & Hemphill Park ]( [Best loved Austin neighborhoods: Aldridge Place & Hemphill Park]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook]( [Twitter] [@Statesman]( [Instagram] [Instagram]( [Instagram] [Tumblr]( We have an app for whatever you want — news, weather, entertainment and more. | Statesman Live: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( Statesman Weather: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( Austin360: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( This is an automated email. 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