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May 18, 2023

KUT Afternoon Newscast for May 18, 2023

By: Trey Shaar

Central Texas top stories for May 18, 2023. Austin-area cities among fastest growing, Austin now in top 10. A unanimous re-vote on money for more natural gas power. Effort to keep standardized testing off religious holidays. Round Rock ISD looks at pay increase. Busy summer expected at Austin airport. Austin FC win.


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June 26, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for June 26, 2024

Central Texas top stories for June 26, 2024. APD officer no longer facing prosecution in fatal shooting. Charges dropped for more UT campus protesters. More safety improvements along Lady Bird Lake. SXSW drops Army sponsorship. Another autonomous car company coming to Austin. ABIA sets passenger traffic record. UT hires baseball coach from Texas A&M. 

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June 26, 2024

KUT Morning Newscast for June 26, 2024 

Central Texas top stories for June 26, 2024. The U.S. Soupreme court could decide the fate of Austin’s laws surrounding homelessness. Infant deaths increased in Texas after the 2021 abortion ban. Austin Water customers could see a rate increase next year. UT has a new head baseball coach. Yesterday’s heat advisory has been extended, take precautions.

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June 25, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for June 25, 2024

Central Texas top stories for June 25, 2024. Heat Advisory extended until Wednesday evening. Austin Energy looking at another rate increase. Hays CISD latest local school district to operate on budget deficit. Travis Co considering helping with high childcare costs. Georgetown weighing incentives for electricity conservation.

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June 25, 2024

KUT Morning Newscast for June 25, 2024

Central Texas top stories for June 25, 2024. There’s a heat advisory into effect today. The application process for Austin Energy’s “Medically Vulnerable Registry: has left hundreds of people waiting. The family of Joshua Wright, a man killed by a former Hays County Corrections Officer in 2022, plans to take their case to civil court. Taylor […]

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June 24, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for June 24, 2024

Central Texas top stories for June 24, 2024. Second person, a juvenile, taken into custody in Round Rock Juneteenth deadly gunfire incident. Central Texas moves into typical summer pattern earlier than used to be normal. Hays County Food Bank moving into bigger, better space as need grows. What to know about snakes now that they’re […]

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June 24, 2024

KUT Morning Newscast for June 24, 2024

Central Texas top stories for June 24, 2024. In Austin metro renters and homeowners are segregated; here’s why. Round Rock Police arrested a second suspect related to the shooting at the City’s the Juneteenth celebration. It’s officially summer, and here’s how the high temperatures affect those who work directly in the heat. The Zilker Eagle derailed, […]

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June 21, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for June 21, 2024

Central Texas top stories for June 21, 2024. The Texas Medical Board has adopted a final rule intended to guide doctors in navigating the emergency medical exception to state abortion law. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking for another shot at throwing out Austin’s marijuana laws. The Austin ISD school board has adopted a […]

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June 21, 2024

Musicians, poets and artists remember the Summer of Love and Summer of Soul – and encourage us to keep them going

A group of poets, musicians and artists is celebrating the anniversaries of the Summer of Love and Summer of Soul at an upcoming event in Austin called “A Dozen Texas Voices Swing in the Key of Summer Love.” KUT’s Jennifer Stayton asked local poet and minister Terry Dawson, poet Griselda Jane Castillo and local musician […]

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