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Abilene volunteers serve Ukrainian refugees through soccer

Who is Angela Colmenero, the state’s new interim attorney general, and where do we stand with the impeachment of the now-suspended AG Ken Paxton? Lauren McGaughy of the

Dallas Morning News joins us with the latest.

Republican Mayra Flores has announced a bid to retake the South Texas congressional seat that she won in a special election last summer, then lost a few months later in the midterms.

An Associated Press investigation raises questions about the oversight of police in rural parts of the Lone Star State.

A group of volunteers from Abilene has just returned from Poland, where they held a soccer camp for Ukrainian refugees.

And a new report on beach contamination reveals that the Texas Gulf Coast has the highest percent of unsafe fecal contamination in the country.

What’s the deal with that out-of-place 10-story building in southwest Austin?

The Pinnacle building in Oak Hill was intended to be an office tower, but then the economy tanked and it was sold to Austin Community College.

KUT Morning Newscast for September 13, 2022

Central Texas top stories for September 13, 2022. Austin Animal Center intake restrictions. Housing insecurity among students. AISD repurposing facilities. State Highway 45 Hays County expansion. Austin Municipal Court closure. YMCA refugee Welcoming Week.

KUT Morning Newscast for August 23, 2022

Central Texas top stories for August 23, 2022. Flood Watch. Austin Community College enrollment. Food insecurity among college students. Alzheimer’s and institutional racism. Austin FC new winger Emiliano Rigonni.

KUT Morning Newscast for August 12, 2022

Central Texas top stories for August 12, 2022. Pine Pond fire in Bastrop County. The school boards for Austin ISD and Austin Community College unanimously approved bond packages to send to voters this fall. Huston-Tillotson University has a new president. COVID-19 cases in Texas are waning. Advocates call for environmental impact assessment of Austin coal plant.

KUT Morning Newscast for August 2, 2022

Central Texas top stories for August 2, 2022. Austin Community College board of trustees approves new compensation package for employees. Austin’s Public Safety Commission reviews police staffing. Swimming is suspended at Blue Hole in Wimberley. The San Marcos City Council is hosting a discussion about putting the decriminalization of marijuana on the ballot in November.

KUT Morning Newscast for August 1, 2022

Central Texas top stories for August 1, 2022. Last month was the hottest July on record in Austin. Austin Community College employees await detasils on pay raises. Central Health’s Community Health Champions program has new members joining. Remembering Austin radio icon John Aielli.

ACC employees are struggling with the cost of living. The college says it’s doing what it can.

The Austin Community College Board of Trustees meets August 1 to vote on the 2022-2023 budget. It includes a compensation package that seeks to give employees significant raises but some say the proposal does not go far enough. KUT’s Becky Fogel has the story.

Texas Standard: May 22, 2017

Public money for private education; thought the plan was dead? School savings accounts become an 11th hour battleground, we’ll have the latest. Plus: plunger proof? The so-called Bathroom Bill back on a fast track to become Texas law, we’ll explore. And storms are on track for parts of Texas this week, but when it comes to tornados we’re safer than we might. We’ll hear from a researcher who developed the system. And she was literally the poster girl of the 70’s. Who knew she was a remarkable artist in her own right? Reconsidering Farrah Fawcett. All that and much more today on the Texas Standard: