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Summary
On January 6th, Austin's new City Council was sworn into office.
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Click the badge above to look up your Council district and figure out who your new Council member is.
We officially have a new Austin City Council! Keep scrolling to learn what that means for our city.
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This quote comes from Mayor Watson’s Facebook page. You can check out his Facebook page here.
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