Central Texas top stories for April 9, 2025. Texas Attorney General Republican Ken Paxton has announced he’s running for U.S. Senate. The City of Austin’s facing a $33 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year; it might ask voters for help. Austin’s City Council has only a few weeks to decide where to build parks over I-35. Rent prices in Austin have continued to fall for almost two years. A new program in Hays County will connect people caught driving while intoxicated with treatment instead of sending them to jail.
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KUT Morning Newscast for April 8, 2025: Trucker arrested in I-35 crash that killed 5 was sober, lawyer says.
Central Texas top stories for April 8, 2025. A committee of the Texas House of Representatives heard testimony yesterday on a bill known as the Life of the Mother Act, it is aimed at clarifying the emergency medical exception to the state’s abortion law. The truck driver who crashed his vehicle into a line of cars on I-35 near Parmer Lane in north Austin last month, killing five, was sober, according to his lawyer. The Austin City Council is set to get an update today on how to pay for caps that would be built over I-35. Liberty Hill ISD school board members accepted the resignation of Superintendent Steven Snell last night and named Chief of Schools Travis Motal Interim Superintendent.
KUT Morning Newscast for November 20, 2024
Central Texas top stories for November 20, 2024. The City of Austin has to rethink the project to build caps on I-35. A conflict between two local health organizations came to a head yesterday when Central Health’s CEO fired the CEO of CommUnityCare. The State of Texas is offering land for Donald Trump’s upcoming administration to build its first mass deportation camp. The San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District is considering switching to a four-day school week. The National Weather Service says high – almost critical– fire weather conditions are expected today in most of Central Texas.