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April 11, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for April 11, 2025: Austin requires all homes to have working air conditioning

Central Texas top stories for April 11, 2025. All homes in Austin will require air conditioning starting in July. AISD must tell the Texas Education Agency how it plans to improve Dobie Middle School to avoid it from shutting down. Sunrise Church could be forced to relocate its center that helps homeless Austinites. Green Mesquite […]

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April 10, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for April 10, 2025: More areas of Austin are now considered to be at higher risk of damage from wildfire.

A newly adopted map now has half of habitable city land in wildfire risk areas. The City of Austin is taking a closer look at how changes along 6th Street are affecting safety, traffic and economic development. The number of patients served by Travis County’s Central Health went up last year. Austin Community College is keeping tuition and fees flat for a twelfth straight year. Southwestern University in Georgetown is working to bring football games back to campus for the first time since 1950.

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April 10, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for April 10, 2025: The visa status of multiple UT international students has unexpectedly changed.

Central Texas top stories for April 10, 2025. A few dozen UT students protested on campus yesterday against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. City of Austin leaders are looking to get more data on how the Sixth Street Safety Plan is progressing. Honeybees are dying in high numbers this season. Today is an Ozone Action […]

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April 9, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for April 9, 2025: UT Austin students protest Trump administration for revoking student visas.

UT Austin students held a demonstration on campus today. Crude oil prices climbed today after the announcement of a pause on most tariffs. Hays County has created a new Animal Welfare Services Division. Rent prices in the Austin area continue to fall. Rori Harmon is coming back next season to play a fifth year for the Longhorns.

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April 9, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for April 9, 2025: The City of Austin is facing a $33 million shortfall for next fiscal year.

Central Texas top stories for April 9, 2025. Texas Attorney General Republican Ken Paxton has announced he’s running for U.S. Senate. The City of Austin’s facing a $33 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year; it might ask voters for help. Austin’s City Council has only a few weeks to decide where to build […]

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April 8, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for April 8, 2025: A measure in the Texas Legislature aims to clarify when emergency abortions are legal.

Central Texas top stories for April 8, 2025. House Bill 44 would clarify when emergency abortions are legal. We Are Blood needs donations of type-O blood. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is warning about another telephone scam. Liberty Hill ISD Superintendent Steven Snell has submitted his resignation, now that he’s been appointed to be Williamson County […]

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April 8, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for April 8, 2025: Trucker arrested in I-35 crash that killed 5 was sober, lawyer says.

Central Texas top stories for April 8, 2025. A committee of the Texas House of Representatives heard testimony yesterday on a bill known as the Life of the Mother Act, it is aimed at clarifying the emergency medical exception to the state’s abortion law. The truck driver who crashed his vehicle into a line of cars […]

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April 7, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for April 7, 2025: Federal funding cuts could impact Austin’s flood risk mitigation plans.

Central Texas top stories for April 7, 2025. Austin Energy is warning about fraudulent phone calls. The Trump administration is clawing back millions in federal dollars that would have helped to address flood risks in Austin. We started this week with temperatures dipping into the 30s in Austin.

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