1. CHANGES COMING FOR ENTRY TO UT FOOTBALL GAMES
Following a stampede of bodies at the UT-LSU football game recently, the UT Athletics Department has announced a new entry policy beginning this weekend. Students will only be able to use their student IDs at Gate 31 on the east side of the stadium. Students will also be issued color-coded wristbands after going through security which will designate the section in which they’ll sit.
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2. FED LIKELY TO CUT RATES AS ECONOMIC THREATS LOOM
The central bank looks poised to help extend the economic expansion in the face of global weakness, Trump’s trade war with China and geopolitical risks such as the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.
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3. UAW, GM TALKS RESUME
Progress reported in contract talks between GM, union. The strike against General Motors by 49,000 auto workers stretched into a second day, but the two sides appeared to be making progress.- Faced with weakening sales, a deteriorating global economy and an unpredictable trade war, General Motors and striking auto workers appeared to be making progress toward a four-year labor contract.
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4. SAFER AUSTIN INTERSECTIONS
New safety improvements have been made to South 1st St and Slaughter Lane… This was one of the most dangerous intersections in Austin. Austin Transportation Dept Vision Zero Program Lead Amica Bose says they upgraded pedestrian and bike paths.
“We have added dual left-turn lanes along Slaughter Lane in both east and westbound directions to increase driver safety and improve mobility for the intersection,” she says.
They’re spending about $1.7 million on the improvements from the 2016 mobility bond.
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5. SBOE TO TACKLE NEW SEX ED STANDARDS
The State Board of Education will be looking at rewriting its sex education standards today for the first time since the 1990s. Texas has historically been known for taking an abstinence-only approach, but Dan Quinn with the Texas Freedom Network says there’s no evidence sex ed leads to more promiscuity.
“Students that get comprehensive sex education delay their decision to have sex,” Quinn says. “If they do have sex, they’re more likely to use protection.”
One of the more contentious discussions is expected to be about same-sex relations on the high school level.
