Austin Daily Drop - Monday September 20, 2021

The Austin Daily Drop

Pfizer announces that trials of its vaccine in children 5 to 11 show success and safety. Local new COVID hospitalizations continue dropping, towards Stage 4 range. Pecan Street Festival organizers note that while their Fall event was cancelled by the city, thousands of people gathered at Saturday's Texas football game with no COVID precautions of any kind in place - while those same permits for the ACL Festival have still not been issued. Most people in Central Texans choosing not to vaccinate are doing so over ideology, not inconvenience. Two Round Rock men are arrested for disrupting a Round Rock ISD board meeting. A Lincoln Project ad criticizing Governor Greg Abbott is pulled at the last minute from ESPN's coverage of Saturday's Texas game, while word emerges that Beto O'Rourke will step up to challenge Abbott in the '22 election. New maps for Texas Senate districts are issued as the third special Lege session starts today, mainly focused on redistricting. A 20-year-old Texas State student dies after being shot through a wall from a neighboring apartment. 75 dogs die in a fire at a Georgetown pet boarding facility. Austin City Limits announces five new tapings during the first week of the ACL Festival. Austin's real estate market appears to be cooling, while unemployment rates in the city reach new recent lows. And get ready - today could be the hottest day of the entire year so far, just ahead of the arrival of a cold front Tuesday.