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October 19, 2022

KUT Morning Newscast for October 19, 2022

By: Jerry Quijano

Central Texas top stories for October 19, 2022. Pandemic response. COVID-19 boosters. Community college funding. Williamson County voting machines. IDs for voting.


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February 19, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for February 19, 2025: The Austin area is under Extreme Cold Warning today. 

Central Texas top stories for February 19, 2025. The Austin area is under an Extreme Cold Warning until tomorrow at noon with dangerously cold wind chills. More than 200 acres of environmentally sensitive land near Southwestern Travis County are being permanently protected by the city of Austin. Liberty Hill ISD is moving to a four-day school […]

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February 18, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for February 18, 2025: Austin-Travis County EMS prepare for extreme cold tonight.

Central Texas top stories for February 18, 2025. The National Weather Service expects temperatures in Austin to go below freezing tonight. Texas lawmakers got an update today on an expansion to the state’s mental health hospitals. Liberty Hill ISD could adopt a four-day school week next year.

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February 18, 2025

The beating heart of Elon Musk’s business empire is growing in Texas

Fifteen hundred miles from Washington, DC, Elon Musk has been quietly growing his business empire outside of Austin. His Texas footprint could rapidly grow this year, as he moves X’s HQ and expands his SpaceX Starlink facility’s size in rural Central Texas.

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February 18, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for February 18, 2025: Winter is not over, the Austin area will see below freezing temperatures.

Central Texas top stories for February 18, 2025. The National Weather Service has issued a Cold Weather Advisory for Central Texas starting late tonight until tomorrow at noon. The City of Austin will open its cold weather shelters for the next couple of nights. Austin area school districts are struggling with budget deficit, one local district […]

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February 17, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for February 17, 2025: Food insecurity is growing in the Austin area, organizations are trying to help.

entral Texas top stories for February 17, 2025. As everyday expenses like groceries continue to rise, Hays County Food Bank is trying to help those in need. A construction is underway for an emergency food pantry in Bastrop. Round Rock city leaders are calling for drought-friendly landscaping in new developments. UT’s women’s basketball team beat […]

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February 14, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for February 14, 2025: The legal battle between a New York Doctor and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton continues.

Central Texas top stories for February 14, 2025. A Texas judge is ordering a New York doctor to stop prescribing abortion pills to people in Texas. Austin ISD is instituting a hiring freeze on March 1st to try to reduce its growing budget shortfall. A new report from the ERCOT suggests there’s more work ahead […]

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February 14, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for February 14, 2025: AISD says its projected budget deficit has grown to $110 million.

Central Texas top stories for February 14, 2025. The Austin Independent School District says its projected budget deficit has grown by nearly 20-million-dollars. A Texas judge ruled a New York doctor has to stop providing abortion care to people in Texas via telemedicine. Now it is illegal to park in a bike lane in Austin. Ascension […]

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February 13, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for February 13, 2025: Austin led the country in affordable housing builds last year.

Central Texas top stories for February 13, 2025. There’s more affordable housing in Austin than there used to be. How the city of Austin decides to open cold weather shelters. A new childcare facility run by the YMCA is opening in Southeast Austin next month. The Texas Women’s basketball team looks to extend their eight-game […]

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