Central Texas top stories for February 10, 2023. City Manager employment meeting. Austin ISD special education backlog. Austin ISD superintendent search continues. University of Texas leaving Big 12 early. Lockhart ISD mental health resources.
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KUT Afternoon Newscast for February 09, 2023
Central Texas top stories for February 09, 2023. Fewer outages but some persist. Venting at Austin City Council meeting. Austin utility late fees waived. Agreement on APD contract. Disability Rights Texas wants AISD investigation. New ACC mental health center. Water research funding. Lower gas prices.
KUT Morning Newscast for December 9, 2022
Central Texas top stories for December 9, 2022. Austin Energy rate increase. Last day of early voting. Kyle runoff election. 911 staff shortages. Leander ISD staff retention bonus. Bijan Robinson wins Walker award.
KUT Morning Newscast for November 9, 2022
Central Texas top stories for November 9, 2022. Austin Mayor runoff. City Council election results. Affordable housing. AISD Bonds pass. AISD Board of Trustees new members. Manor and Lago Vista keep CapMetro. San Marcos decriminalizes cannabis. Governor Abbott wins re-election. Railroad Commissioner re-elected.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 22, 2022
Central Texas top stories for September 22, 2022. Ozone action day. Fentanyl awareness. Job fair for seniors. Indigenous remains. EMS education. Bastrop ISD school names. City council candidate forums.
KUT Morning Newscast for September 21, 2022
Central Texas top stories for September 21, 2022. Travis County early voting. Austin City Council D5 and D8 candidate forums. Central Health budget vote delayed. Suggested teacher shortage solutions. UT Austin President Jay Hartzell and tenure. Austin transportation survey and virtual open house.
KUT Morning Newscast for September 9, 2022
Central Texas top stories for September 9, 2022. Austin City Council District 1 candidate forum. Hays County fentanyl overdoses. Leander Stage 4 water restrictions. Cedar Park 2023 budget. Field of Light display at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Ozone Action Day.
KUT Morning Newscast for September 8, 2022
Central Texas top stories for September 8, 2022. Coverage of anti-HIV medicine and religious freedom. Texas Oathkeeper enlistments. Austin hotel occupancy. Austin City Council candidate forum.
KUT Morning Newscast for September 6, 2022
Central Texas top stories for September 6, 2022. Uvalde CISD first day of school. Austin rent slightly dropping. Austin Energy rate increase. Lockhart ISD Drive.Pair.Share initiative. Austin Public Health mini grants and vaccine reminder. Austin City Council District 1 candidate forum. Texas v. Alabama this Saturday.
KUT Morning Newscast for September 1, 2022
Central Texas top stories for September 1, 2022. Land development near Lady Bird Lake. EMS labor contract. Age requirement for semi-automatic weapon purchases. Central Health budget. New judicial conduct law. Austin FC’s loss against the Portland Timbers. Labor Day weekend travel traffic.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for August 19, 2022
Austin City Council budget. Brushy Creek water conservation. Austin ISD election day. Austin Pride. Austin FC. UT and Texas State start classes.
KUT Morning Newscast for July 28, 2022
Central Texas top stories for July 28, 2022. The Austin City Council votes on new management for the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless. Update on wildfires in Travis and Hays counties. Central Health is asking for accountability on Dell Medical School’s budget. A new public art installation in San Marcos honors the indigenous population.
KUT Morning Newscast for July 27, 2022
Central Texas top stories for July 27, 2022. Texas’ “trigger law” banning almost all abortions is set to go into effect next month. Austin City Council will vote on new management for the city’s homeless shelter. AISD’s offering free menstrual products to students. Fire mitigation efforts. Austin’s Red River Cultural District looks for a new executive director.
KUT Morning Newscast for July 22, 2022
Central Texas top stories for July 22, 2022. The Austin City Council passes a resolution decriminalizing abortion. Pflugerville ISD’s recruitment efforts for school bus drivers. The Uvalde CISD Board considers firing the district’s police chief. The City of Kyle tightens water restrictions. Tiff’s Treats employees file to hold a union election.
Texas Standard: June 11, 2020
Amid calls for defunding and dismantling police departments nationwide, Texas cities take up proposals for reexamining spending on law enforcement. A tale of two cities, both under pressure to change the calculus when it comes to policing and reform in the name of racial justice. We’ll hear from reporters in Houston and Austin. Also, museums across Texas struggling to reopen after a pandemic lockdown. And love in the time of COVID-19, Tech expert Omar Gallaga on how virtual matchups may outlive the virus. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard:
Joel G. Baker (Ep. 33, 2019)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Austin, Texas Fire Chief Joel G. Baker, Austin’s first African American Fire Department Chief, whose career includes more than 30 years in Atlanta, including 3 years as fire chief there