Central Texas top stories for May 13, 2025. The Austin area is under a Heat Advisory, it’s unusually early for this kind of heat. It’s an Ozone Action Day, here’s what you need to know. Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that could outlaw diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in state and local governments. Local groups are working to help residents beat the heat by distributing donated fans.
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Navy destroyer headed to the southern border region
A U.S. Navy destroyer armed with tomahawk missiles enroute to the gulf waters off the coast of Texas. What’s this all about?
Investigative reporter Lauren McGaughy of The Texas Newsroom with word that the Texas government appears to be maintaining a list of people asking for information about changing the sex on their driver’s licenses. Who’s compiling this list and what is it being used for?
Five years after the declaration of a pandemic, what’s happened with vaccination rates?
And an AI service used by millions for free is about to go behind a paywall.
Plus, why Texas Monthly’s barbecue editor is busy making his list and checking it twice.
KUT Morning Newscast for November 11, 2024
Central Texas top stories for November 11, 2024. The Austin Mayor race outcome will come down to provisional ballots. Republicans will soon make up nearly 75 percent of intermediate appellate court justices in Texas. Texas lawmakers are looking at ways to further dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within higher education at the request of the Republican lieutenant governor. Here’s how Round Rock is protecting its residents from package theft. The University of Texas soccer team has won its first SEC Championship.
David Lee (Ep. 33, 2024)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with David Lee, co-founder and president of On The Corner Media Group and author of The Only One in the Room, about the need for greater African American representation in the tech industry and On The Corner’s efforts to empower black and brown voices.
Shondra J. Brown (Ep. 19, 2023)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses issues of diversity and inclusion in the workplace with Shondra J. Brown, a Family Nurse Practitioner and author of The Black Professional’s Guide: How to Navigate White Privilege in the Workplace.
Ya’Ke Smith (Ep. 26, 2021)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the current Black media renaissance and African American cultural influence with Ya’Ke Smith, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Associate Professor of Film at the University of Texas at Austin.
Charles Whitaker (Ep. 27, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Charles Whitaker, Dean of the Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University, discussing his work at Medill and at Ebony Magazine, and the lack of diversity in newsroom management.
Dr. Christine Nix (Ep. 39, 2018)
In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Dr. Christine Nix, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Criminal Justice at the University of Mary Hardin-Taylor, about her experience as the first African American female Texas Ranger, and her two and a half decades in law enforcement.