This weekend in Austin you can catch shows featuring Tony Kamel, Caramelo Haze, Alejandro Escovedo and more.
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June 10, 2025
Austin police arrested 8 protestors Monday night following demonstrations downtown against President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Hays County Commissioners voted unanimously to pass a resolution for the humane treatment of immigrants. A bill headed to Governor Abbott’s desk would raise the threshold needed for property owners to protest a neighbor’s construction plans. The City of Austin’s offering grants to local organizations working on food, climate equity and resilience.
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June 10, 2025
Central Texas top stories for June 10, 2025. Law enforcement officers used an eye irritant to disperse people protesting the Trump’s administration’s mass deportation efforts. Some students expect their tuition and fees to be more than double after the Texas Dream Act was struck down last week. A bill lawmakers hope will make it harder […]
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June 9, 2025
Undocumented students are preparing to pay higher tuition rates at public colleges and universities after a judge last week struck down the Texas Dream Act. Rain in the forecast this week could be helpful in bringing life back to Jacobs Well. Williamson County’s Regional Animal Shelter is now offering “reunion stations” to help lost pets get home faster.
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June 9, 2025
Here’s what happened with abortion at the Texas Legislature this year
Three related bills prompted substantial discussions in the Texas House and Senate this year. Two of them passed. KUT’s Olivia Aldridge tells us about the main abortion bills that were part of the conversation at the Texas Legislature this year.
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June 9, 2025
Central Texas top stories for June 9, 2025. Immigration rights activists say undocumented college students pay tens of millions of dollars in tuition and fees. Capital Metro has new police officers; they’ll patrol the transit system starting next week. The City of Austin continues with cyanobacteria remediation efforts in Lady Bird Lake.
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June 6, 2025
Taylor Pride is set to hold its fifth annual music and arts festival later this month. A Texas law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates was repealed this week. With the weather heating up, the city is about to resume cyanobacteria remediation efforts in Lady Bird Lake. Starting today, dust that has travelled all the way from North Africa is obscuring the skies over Central Texas.
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June 6, 2025
Interview: This year’s Jazz at St. James event is focusing on the diaspora
This year’s Jazz at St. James event is “Texas and West Coast Voices: Joining Hands for Love of the Diaspora.” KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talked with the three of the participating poets about the focus of this year’s event.
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June 6, 2025
Graduation season in the Austin area has ended. Graduation time naturally means a focus on achievements, maybe grades, and what students will do next. That tendency to focus on what people “do” can sometimes come at the expense of noticing the humanity of “who” people are. KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talked recently over Zoom with Central […]
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