Central Texas top stories for June 11, 2025. The City of Austin has been notified that the Texas National Guard will be ready to respond this weekend to scheduled protests. Austin and Travis County leaders are celebrating improvements in the local response to the opioid crisis. A judge on Tuesday upheld an Austin vote on redevelopment along the shores of Lady Bird Lake. A vote on a proposal to improve three Austin ISD middle schools that have received failing grades from the state has been delayed.
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KUT Afternoon Newscast for May 13, 2024
Central Texas top stories for May 13, 2024. Why it may seem like there’s more severe hail lately. Texas lawmakers may look at limiting institutional investors in the housing market. Teachers, lawmakers call for more school funding. Local prosecutors push back on state threats to local policies. More overdose treatments available and being used in Austin area. Texas Softball heads into NCAA tournament.
Texas Standard: March 30, 2022
The five fastest growing counties by population in Texas last year; we’ll talk with the state demographer about shifts in population during a pandemic year. And, President Biden has a new spending plan, and on his wish list: millions for Corpus Christi. Also, Camilla Alves McConaughey on her new book aimed at getting little ones to try ‘just one bite’. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard: