Workers employed by Keolis, the company that operates transit services for capmetro, have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if contract negotiations fail to produce a new labor agreement, Governor Abbott was in east Texas rolling out his latest property tax plan that he claims will cut your yearly bill in half forever while Democratic senate hopeful James Talarico is calling the decision to keep birthright citizenship a victory for the constitution and a protection that should not be up for political debate, and Austin Democratic congressman Greg Casar is slamming oracle following reports that the tech company has laid off thousands of employees across the nation, including here in Austin while many of those layoffs are directly tied to artificial intelligence.