The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax has formally unveiled the new proposed budget for next year at a price tag of $6.6 billion, representing an increase of $300 million from last year 
• In an address to the nation last night President Trump announced his administration will release declassified documents he says show evidence previous administrations worked to cover up mass voter fraud 
• San Marcos investigators have created a tip line in hopes of getting new leads in the deadly fire that killed five people at the Iconic Village Apartments back in 2018