A busy and not-so-busy day at City Hall. Once City Council finally got through the cornerstone of today's agenda – adoption of Austin Energy's renewables-boosting Climate Protection Plan – there really wasn't too much else. It was just getting through that one item that was the problem …

The long-awaited repairs to the Texas Legislature begin this week. Everyone knew that the dome needed repairs (see video of the damage here) but now the House ceiling needs a quick touch-up. The Senate, it seems, has been saved from renovation, possibly because someone likes to crank the AC up.

"The Cactus Cafe lives on," UT's Vice President for Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez told the crowd at Tuesday's public forum on the future of the venue in the Texas Union. "What does that mean?" replied a member of that crowd.

The Totescast just flew in, and boy are its arms tired! (Ba-dum-dum-crash!) First up on the agenda: action at City Council this week, including Wednesday's financial forecast, and Thursday's taxi franchise renewals, and proposals to rename a tiny plot of parkland just south of City Hall. The Totescast is partial to Grackle Oaks.

Is it really that time again? It seems like only yesterday the Hustle was buried in the intricacies of the FY 2009-10 city budget. But, like a bad penny, a bad taco, or Carole Keeton Strayhorn, it's back!

When it comes to who should be involved in the Cactus Cafe, the UT administration seems to work from a definition of community that excludes everyone except non-drinking undergraduates. Now the Friends of the Cactus Cafe are advising their members: When UT asks for donations, just Close Your Checkbook.

Where in the world is Louanne Aponte? That's the question we asked last week when it was revealed that the former executive director of Family Connections had left the nonprofit a financial shambles, went missing, and is now wanted by the law.

The Texas Cannabis Crusade, a day of "celebration and protest," for pot-law reformers and tokers is just around the corner.

The city readies two ecological campaigns for blast-off this morning, as the mayor and an intergalactic friend of his announce campaigns to lessen your impact on this planet. Plus: How can we miss you if you won't go away, Water Treatment Plant No. 4?