Lisa Gartner

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• Posted T. Don Hutto Center in Taylor Will No Longer Detain Families to Austinist
  from The Least of These The T. Don Hutto Residential Center will no longer be a detainment center for families awaiting judgments on their immigration cases, the Obama administration announced this morning. Now, it’s not exactly going to be a kiddie pool either—the Hutto Center will become an immigration jail for women—but it’s an improvement in step with a national overhaul of the immigration detention system, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet...
• Posted Bull Creek Dog Park May Be On-Leash This September to Austinist
  If every dog has its day, then that day is Sept. 8 for the free-roaming Fidos at the Bull Creek District Park. Blaming unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria in the unleashed dogs’ fecal waste, the city proposed yesterday to make Bull Creek an on-leash park this September.