Gas Prices

KUT Afternoon Newscast for July 27, 2022

Central Texas top stories for July 27, 2022. School safety exercise. Thorndale schools phone-free. State of Black education. Gas prices fall for six weeks. Austin’s hottest July. Being wildfire ready. Georgetown tax election. More affordable homes.

KUT Afternoon Newscast for July 26, 2022

Central Texas top stories for July 26, 2022. High fire risk weather conditions. Protest of “parental rights”. CapMetro fare limit program. Renaming Pan American Park. Emergency reunification training. Gas prices still falling.

KUT Afternoon Newscast for July 25, 2022

Central Texas top stories for July 25, 2022. No heat warning but still abnormally hot. Per-student school funding report. San Gabriel Fire in Williamson County. John Goodenough at 100. Gas prices still falling.

KUT Afternoon Newscast for July 22, 2022

Central Texas top stories for July 22, 2022. No heat warning but still abnormally hot. Williamson County H-E-B e-commerce. Psychedelics center. Utility assistance spent. Goodenough at 100. Austin FC. Gas prices falling.

KUT Afternoon Newscast for July 21, 2022

Central Texas top stories for July 21, 2022. Heat Advisory today for the Austin area. Austin City Council abortion decriminalization vote. AISD bond info in Spanish. Local drought update. UT songbird study. Gas prices falling more than 2 cents a day.

KUT Afternoon Newscast for July 19, 2022

Central Texas top stories for July 19, 2022. Excessive Heat Warning today until tomorrow night for Austin area. New clear backpack rules. Bond work session tonight for AISD Board. Future funding for cooling centers. Census of Austin music scensters. Gas prices falling closer to $4.

Gas Prices

Texas gas prices are actually down quite a bit from the record high price (not counting inflation) set last month. AAA Texas reports the statewide average is $3.70 for a gallon of regular unleaded. But the cost of filling up is still challenging for many. That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.

Texas Road Trips

Record-high gas prices might mean many are scaling back on travel plans. But the warming weather and (currently) loosened pandemic concerns make a short escape to enjoy the outdoors somewhere in Texas sound awfully appealing. At least that was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.

Texas Standard: February 9, 2022

As more teachers quit, those who remain are taking on more students and more responsibilities; a survey suggests a new Texas public school crisis in the making. Also, efforts to ban certain books from school libraries and how what’s been happening in Hood County may be a harbinger of what’s ahead. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:

Texas Standard: March 9, 2016

Tornados touch down in north Texas…after a warm dry winter, you may want to break out the wetsuit for spring. Also- they turn out at rallies, their registration numbers are formidable…but on election day the Texas Democrat doesn’t tend to vote, despite the fact that demographics suggest they could change the political complexion of the state. We’ll explore. Plus a sobering talk about what Texas campuses can to to stop sexual violence. Also gas at a buck 40, is this the new normal? All that and much more, on todays Texas Standard:

Texas Standard: August 26, 2015

Two Virginia journalists shot dead during a live TV broadcast today, opening new conversations around violence and the media. We’ll speak with a journalism professor about the ethics of airing video of the shooting. Plus, the battle over the Alamo in 2015 -pitting the daughters of the republic of Texas against the general land office. Also, gas prices- why are they higher some places than others and how low could they go? And saving historic theaters in Texas, new landfill technology, and WF strong on austin’s moon towers. All that and more coming up on the Texas Standard: