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The polar vortex is complicating Northeast Texas farming

Rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow are sweeping across Texas, with the Panhandle and DFW areas bracing for the worst. We’ll have the latest on this week’s forecast – and how it’s complicating life for farmers and ranchers between Dallas and Texarkana.

With the Texas Legislature set to reconvene in a few days, some lawmakers preparing to fight again for Medicaid expansion in Texas.

As the president of UT Austin announces plans to lead Southern Methodist University, a years-long fight between SMU and the United Methodist Church over a potential split is set to reach the Texas Supreme Court in just days.

Also: President-elect Trump is getting pushback from car manufacturers on his plan to roll back EV incentives and mandates.

KUT Afternoon Newscast for January 7, 2025

Central Texas top stories for January 7, 2025. How to prepare your car for the cold. How to stay informed when the weather gets severe. Austin Pets Alive! is asking people to foster dogs or cats during this week’s cold snap. UT Austin President Jay Hartzell is leaving in June to lead Southern Methodist University. The average rent in the Austin area was down again last month, marking nearly two years of falling prices. Georgetown city council members approved an agreement that will allow Georgetown to purchase groundwater from the Simsboro Aquifer in Lee County. The Texas Longhorns basketball team hosts the Auburn University Tigers tonight.

KUT Afternoon Newscast for August 22, 2024

Central Texas top stories for August 22, 2024. We are under another Excessive Heat Warning. About 15 thousand people were without power for several hours yesterday. Cooling Centers for people experiencing homelessness. Kealing Middle School will officially start the new school year on Monday, nearly one week after the rest of the district. The Texas Women’s Soccer team takes on Southern Methodist University tonight in Dallas. Gas prices are still getting lower.

Texas Standard: September 30, 2015

Should police be required to live in the cities they serve? What about a bonus for those who will? Also, imagine making more than 200 thousand dollars a year but not letting go of your subsidized housing? The issue over-income families. Plus- an abortion clinic closed in the wake of new state restrictions, reopens…but for how long? And a banner year for academic misconduct in collegiate sports: but as SMU gets slapped with its tenth major infraction, is the price for cheating too low? All of that and more on todays Texas Standard: