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The 13th annual Eastside Kings Festival is set for this weekend. More than 20 bands and artists will play across five venues in historic East Austin on Saturday and Sunday.

AUSTIN, Texas — Formula 1's U.S. Grand Prix will stay in the Austin-area for another nine years. On Thursday, officials with Travis County and the city of Austin announced the popular motor racing event will continue competition at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) through 2034.

Revisions to the city's longtime creative incentive program are expected to draw more film, TV and digital productions to Austin.

KXAN spoke with Austin Mayor Kirk Watson to find out how city leaders are impacted by the shutdown and what they're doing to handle the situation.

The Austin Business Journal's online list of local employers contains 343 businesses in our digital ranking and employ more than 219,750 people locally. Companies included span multiple industries and sectors,