The PGA Tour is returning to Austin with the inaugural Austin Championship at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa on Nov. 9-12.

The tournament will showcase 120 players, marking PGA Tour’s first event in Austin since the 2023 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. The Austin Championship has the potential to return annually, depending on if PGA Tour secures a lead sponsor for the event, according to Ian Helm, tournament director at HNS Sports Group.

The big picture: The PGA Tour is taking over Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa this fall with a reimagined tournament, hosting the Austin Championship as part of the FedExCup Fall series.

The FedExCup Fall series includes eight events that shape each golfer’s eligibility for the 2027 PGA Tour season. The tournament will see 120 players compete for a $6 million prize and 500 FedExCup points.

Travis County was named as an affected party in a preliminary hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings on Oct. 27, regarding a contested wastewater permit for the White Rocks mixed-use development near Bee Cave.

The overview: The preliminary contested case hearing for the wastewater permit began on Oct. 27 before the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality initially granted contested case hearings to Save Our Springs Alliance, The Nature Conservancy and some nearby homeowners on July 15 in response to the opposition.

Yet others in opposition, including Travis County, were also named as affected parties at the preliminary hearing by the administrative law judge.

What’s next: The hearing process will now enter mediation, a confidential alternative to a traditional hearing in which a neutral third party will help all parties in resolving the dispute.

The University of Texas at Austin unveiled the rebranded UT Dell Medicine, its academic health system anchored by Dell Medical School. The system is primed for a multi-billion dollar expansion with the planned UT Dell Medical Center coming to Northwest Austin.

UT officials said the system combines patient care, research and education capacity, and unveiled its new name and logo on Oct. 27.

The cornerstone medical complex will be situated on 27 acres of the UT Campus for Advanced Research near The Domain. It'll include hundreds of patient beds and focus on cardiovascular, cancer, neurological, transplant and advanced intensive care. Cancer services will be developed and operated through a partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Initial site preparations begin a week after the October UT Dell Medicine ceremony, with the medical center expected to open in 2030.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which regulates the state's air quality, water quality and waste management, has shut down its electronic filing portal for certain environmental permit applications, an agency spokesperson confirmed Oct. 22. The shutdown comes after watchdog groups said the agency violated an order from Gov. Greg Abbott by processing nearly three dozen permit applications for data center projects.

What's happening: The agency disabled its automated electronic filing system and suspended initial stormwater and wastewater permits, known as "notices of intent," for 17 data center construction projects.

"To ensure all applications are thoroughly reviewed by agency staff to determine if they are related to data centers, applications must be physically provided to TCEQ," agency spokesperson Victoria Cann said in an Oct. 22 statement.

Zooming in: The permits suspended as part of TCEQ's review include a permit for EdgeConneX’s second data center campus in Bastrop County and one for a Google data center facility in Tarrant County, both of which are in Community Impact's coverage areas.