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Expect another warm afternoon, with highs climbing into the mid 80s. It’ll be a bit breezy, too. Winds out of the south could gust up to 20 mph. Rain chances stay low over the next few days. We’ll keep warming up, near 90 by Saturday, before a big cool down brings us back into the 60s and 70s on Sunday.
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Around Texas
1. Austin ISD introduces new timeline for program, consolidation and boundary change plan
The Austin Independent School District announced Tuesday it will hold off on its plan to implement district-wide school closures and consolidations after thousands of community members raised concerns.
In a letter sent to parents Tuesday night, Superintendent Matias Segura said the school board will move forward with a Nov. 20 vote for parts of the drafted proposal. Three of the 13 elementary and middle schools set to close — Palm, Bryker Woods and Maplewood elementary schools — will no longer be included in the list of potential closures. Instead, the board will determine the relocation of schoolwide dual language programs and boundary changes for campuses in need of turnaround plans.
State Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, raised $6 million in the first three weeks of his bid for U.S. Senate, far ahead of his major rival, former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, who raised $4 million in three months. Talarico entered the race with the central message of taking on “billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians.”
But Talarico took over $90,000 from billionaires in September. His latest campaign finance report shows individual donations from billionaires.
3. Lake Placid dam repair project nears completion
The edge of Lake Placid near Seguin is dotted with boats suspended yards in the air from where water used to be. Now, makeshift ramps at the current level are the only way to get in. Much of the water drained out when the dam at Lake Placid broke in 2021.
Residents of the community rallied together to create their own tax district to help pay for the repairs to the dam. And after years of fighting for it, completion is inching closer.
A boat dock on Lake Placid sits yards above the current water level, after water drained out when the dam broke in 2021. (Spectrum News 1/Lily Celeste)
Around The Nation
1. State of emergency declared, rescue efforts continue after crash
2. What’s next in the national redistricting fight after California approved a new U.S. House map
3. Democrats demand meeting with Trump, who again calls for ending filibuster to reopen government
Deep in the Heart of Texas 
Lance Cpl. Michael Gonzales is leaving the house he lived in for five years for one that fits his current situation. (Spectrum News 1/Blessing Iwuchukwu)
North Texas veteran gets new home as national organization deals with rising costs to build houses
Texas leads the country in the number of houses built by a national nonprofit for combat veterans.
Since 2004, Homes For Our Troops has donated specially adapted custom homes to severely injured post 9/11 veterans. But the organization said that getting these projects done has been challenging.