Central Texas top stories for March 7, 2025. Festival-goers who park downtown could have their parking tickets waived. A program that dispatches mental health professionals to certain 911 calls is getting a boost from Austin City Council. Scientists throughout the country are rallying today in protest of Trump administration policies impacting research. The city of Kyle plans to add more parkland. Southwest Airlines is closing a base for flight attendants in Austin this July.
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KUT Afternoon Newscast for February 11, 2025: A new policy from the NIH will significantly reduce research funding for UT Austin.
Central Texas top stories for February 11, 2025. The funding UT Austin receives for biomedical research is significantly reduced under a new policy from the National Institutes of Health. The City of Austin is looking at changing its parking rules for the first time in more than 15 years. Propositions to decriminalize marijuana possession in Bastrop and Lockhart are not being honored. Egg prices continue to rise as poultry flocks are affected by avian flu. The Lockhart school board is asking voters to approve a bond to fund the construction of a new middle school.
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Slashing federal grants that fund overhead for research labs will save some money but also hinder life-saving research.
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