Good evening, Texas. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.

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While it is still uncomfortably hot, temperatures overall should be right near normal for most of Texas this week. Austin and San Antonio can expect highs in the upper 90s, while DFW may see slightly “cooler” highs (mid 90s) Tuesday and Wednesday as a result of rain and storm chances. Any storms that develop are not expected to be severe. Austin and San Antonio may also see a few showers, but coverage will be widely scattered. Feels like temperatures will still be at or just above 100 degrees any given afternoon across the board.

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Today’s Big Stories

1. San Antonio City Council debates Council Consideration Request process

Newly elected San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones says council members now have to go to the city manager, city attorney and mayor’s chief of staff first for approval on any new proposals. In the past, council members could freely gather signatures and send the proposal to a committee before making it to the dais. Now, they are second in line. 

2. Texas Republicans crank up pressure on House Democrats who fled state over redistricting

The Republican leaders of Texas are raising the stakes for the state House Democrats who skipped town to block a vote on the proposed congressional map. But the Democrats say they are not backing down, even with the threat of the FBI possibly tracking them down or the efforts to remove them from office.

3. Texas is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 for first time, edging Penn State, Ohio State

For the first time, Texas will open a college football season ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25.

The Longhorns hardly have a mandate in the poll released Monday: They edged out Penn State by just five points in the closest preseason vote since 1998.

Notes for Tomorrow

Tuesday, Aug 12

  • Arraignment of former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of attempting to shut down plane engines mid-flight
  • Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government
  • CPI data released. Figures published last month said that CPI rose by 2.7% in the year to June, up from 2.4% in the year to May
  • Annual Perseid meteor shower — which occurs as the Earth passes through the trail of the Swift-Tuttle comet — peaks tonight, and can be seen through Aug. 24
  • Forbes announces “Next Billion-Dollar Startups” list, featuring the U.S. venture-backed companies most likely to reach a $1 billion valuation
  • United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket national security space launch, carrying the USSF-106 satellite mission directly to geosynchronous orbit for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command
  • World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), including Monthly Corn Stocks, Monthly Soybean Stocks and Monthly Wheat Stocks

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CeeDee Lamb. (AP Photo)

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