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KUT Afternoon Newscast for April 8, 2025: A measure in the Texas Legislature aims to clarify when emergency abortions are legal.

Central Texas top stories for April 8, 2025. House Bill 44 would clarify when emergency abortions are legal. We Are Blood needs donations of type-O blood. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is warning about another telephone scam. Liberty Hill ISD Superintendent Steven Snell has submitted his resignation, now that he’s been appointed to be Williamson County Judge. A man accused of fatally shooting six people in Austin and San Antonio in 2023 is now in a state mental health facility. Austin’s sales tax revenue has flattened, and that’s putting the city in some financial strain. Texas State University is changing its contract with a bus company after university-branded buses were seen transporting people to a protest rally in Austin over the weekend. Texas Baseball is the number two team in the country after sweeping Georgia.