Central Texas top stories for April 5, 2024. Watching the weather forecast for Monday. Eclipse to affect Texas solar power Monday, but no grid concerns. Teacher injured in deadly school bus crash sues truck driver, company. Cap 10k to close roads this weekend. All-abilities job fair. Petition calls for creation of Austin Poet Laureate.
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KUT Afternoon Newscast for February 26, 2024
Central Texas top stories for February 26, 2024. Voter turnout during early voting. Record day for wind and solar power. Two former Williamson County sheriff’s deputies are on trial in Travis County. Quiet zones still a few weeks away.
Texas Standard: October 22, 2019
Huge political news in the Lone Star state as one of the most powerful politicians in Texas government says he won’t seek reelection amid scandal. We’ll have the latest on House speaker Dennis Bonnens decision. Also, the Texas city once hyped as greenest in the nation is now suing to get out of its solar power deal. We’ll have the latest. And ex Baylor coach Art Briles returns to football, in a place even some locals were surprised to find him. Plus, how do so-called red flag gun laws work in real life situations? Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard: