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March 28, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 28, 2025: A conference promoting higher birth rates taking place at UT Austin this weekend is drawing criticism to the university.

Central Texas top stories for March 28, 2025. UT Austin has received pushback from people who say speakers at the Natal Conference promote extremism and theories based in eugenics. The City of Austin will continue to use automatic license plate readers through at least the end of June. Williamson County has a new county judge. […]

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March 28, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for March 28, 2025: The Texas NCAAP is challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to dismantle the Department of Education.

Central Texas top stories for March 28, 2025. The Life of the Mother Act is aimed at clarifying when doctors can offer emergency abortion care. Williamson County commissioners have selected Liberty Hill Independent School District’s Superintendent Steven Snell as the county’s new chief executive. The Texas NAACP has joined a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald […]

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March 27, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 27, 2025: Remembering former Austin Mayor and Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton.

Central Texas top stories for March 27, 2025. Friends, family, former colleagues and a lot of everyday folks are remembering Carole Keeton and her long life of service to Austin and the State of Texas. CapMetro says it doesn’t know how much money was lost from a malfunction in its fare collection system. Updated wildfire […]

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March 27, 2025

UT Morning Newscast for March 27, 2025: Carole Keeton, Austin’s first and only woman mayor, dies at 85.

Central Texas top stories for March 27, 2025. Carole Keeton, Austin’s first and only woman mayor so far, died at age 85. Capital Metro doesn’t know how much money it lost from problems with its fare collection system in 2023-2024. Austin City Council will hear today on new wildfire maps today. 

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March 26, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 26, 2025: Austin remains free to govern itself – for now.

Central Texas top stories for March 26, 2025. The City of Austin can keep making its own budgets and local laws. State lawmakers are considering whether to shield certain police complaints from public view. The Department of Education is facing lawsuits for blocking access to income-driven repayment plans for federal student loans. Some much-needed rain […]

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March 26, 2025

Austin churches answer prayers for affordable housing — by building it themselves.

As faith organizations across the city watch their congregations dwindle, some are wondering if their property could be used to realize a core mission: providing for those in need.  KUT’S Audrey McGlinchy tells us, it’s a trend some have termed “Yes in God’s Backyard.” 

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March 26, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for March 26, 2025: Burying Austin’s power lines would cost $50 billion and is next to impossible.  

Central Texas top stories for March 26, 2025. A new commissioned study says burying Austin’s power lines would be next to impossible. Williamson County is looking for a new County Judge, commissioners have identified four candidates. Wildflowers are finally here, but there are fewer than usual.

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March 25, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 25, 2025: Public Defenders protested at the Travis County Commissioner’s Court today.

Central Texas top stories for March 25, 2025. Public Defender’s Office staffers are asking for fair pay and better benefits. The spending deal approved in Washington left tens of millions of dollars for Central Texas on the cutting room floor. Unseasonable highs in the forecast today, with rain arriving tomorrow night. Frontier Airlines is adding […]

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