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October 1, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for October 1, 2024

Central Texas top stories for October 1, 2024. The City of Austin has unveiled its most detailed vision yet for the I-35 caps. The federal government is giving borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans extra time to apply for a program that will return them to good standing. A longstanding legal battle over […]

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October 1, 2024

Re-Considering Conspirare’s “Considering Matthew Shepard:” Music and Themes Still Resonate Today

Matthew Shepard was a 21-year-old college student in Wyoming in 1998. On October 7th of that year, in an anti-gay hate crime, he was attacked, tied to a fence, and left to die in a field outside Laramie. Shepard died five days later. Conspirare founding Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson still remembers the grief, anger […]

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October 1, 2024

KUT Morning Newscast for October 1, 2024

Central Texas top stories for October 1, 2024. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed another lawsuit yesterday against Travis County. Rental assistance in Austin’s new city budget. Austin voters will soon decide who’ll represent them on the City Council. The San Marcos City Council is moving forward with a plan for the city’s future development.

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September 30, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 30, 2024

Central Texas top stories for September 30, 2024. This September has been one of the driest ever recorded in Austin. A deal between Baylor Scott & White Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas will keep health services in-network for thousands of Texas patients. Today is an Ozone Action Day. Attorney General Ken Paxton […]

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September 30, 2024

KUT Morning Newscast for September 30, 2024

Central Texas top stories for September 30, 2024. The Austin City Council rejects a proposed rate increase for customers of Texas Gas Service. Lane closures ahead of the first of two Austin City Limits Music Festival weekends. Hays County voters will decide this fall whether to pass a major bond for road improvements. The University […]

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September 27, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 27, 2024

Central Texas top stories for September 27, 2024. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the City of Austin. Austin ISD voters will soon be deciding whether to approve a new tax rate that would generate millions of dollars in additional revenue for the district. Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium just became the first soccer-only stadium […]

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September 27, 2024

KUT Morning Newscast for September 27, 2024

Central Texas top stories for September 27, 2024. The Austin City Council has rejected a proposed rate hike from Texas Gas Service. AISD is working on a place to reduce its spending by tens of millions of dollars, here’s an update. Unhoused Austinites staying at the ARCH or 8th Street shelters will soon have access […]

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September 26, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 26, 2024

Central Texas top stories for September 26, 2024. The details of Austin’s $218 million contract with the city’s police department. Use of the Marshalling Yard shelter in Southeast Austin will now continue indefinitely. The number of defendants waiting for years in the Hays County jail for their trial has gone down. The Caucus on Global […]

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