Episodes
August 7, 2024
Record number of employees leave Houston ISD after state takeover
New ratings suggest big improvements for Houston schools, but not everyone is excited about the changes: In the wake of the state’s takeover, a huge number of teachers and staffers have been leaving.An Abilene family’s experience with a fentanyl overdose has sparked a citywide call to action. KACU’s Alexis Jones reports.As rent falls in some […]
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August 6, 2024
Amazon expands Prime shipping to rural areas, challenging USPS
More than 400 people ended up in emergency rooms with carbon monoxide poisoning after Hurricane Beryl, many from generators.Five years later, victims of a mass shooting in El Paso wait for the state to prosecute the gunman.Why Texas ranks last when it comes to healthcare access and affordability, especially for women.Is there a link between […]
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August 5, 2024
State of Texas defends lack of prison A/C in federal court
Does the lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons amount to cruel and unusual punishment? A state prison official testifies that heat levels contributed to three deaths last summer.The Great Springs Project aims to someday create a whole new route between San Antonio and Austin – via hike and bike trail.Rick Jervis, author of the […]
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August 2, 2024
What’s ahead for U.S. gymnastics at the Olympics
A faculty committee at UT Austin found that university leaders violated their own rules when calling police to respond to protests over the war in Gaza at the end of the spring semester. Audrey McGlinchy of KUT News shares the latest.Five years after the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, a new memorial […]
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August 1, 2024
Bighorn sheep being released in Franklin Mountains outside El Paso
The Santa Fe community is seeking answers and accountability for the 2018 school shooting as the accused shooter’s parents appear in court this week.Houston police admit systemic failure in the processes that led to 264,000 cases being dismissed over eight years.On the anniversary of the 1966 UT Tower shooting, a man who helped a fellow […]
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July 31, 2024
Fifth Circuit rules Texas can keep buoys in the Rio Grande for now
Gov. Greg Abbott receives at least a temporary victory in a fight with the Biden administration over border buoys in the Rio Grande.NPR’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán has the latest on the reduction in the numbers of people crossing the border from Mexico into Texas, and the political spin in a volatile election season.As Texas senators hold […]
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July 30, 2024
Dozens of earthquakes rattle region west of Fort Worth
President Biden visits Texas and unveils his plan to reform the Supreme Court, including a call for term limits.Protests and claims of fraud as Venezuela president says he won another election. Could that spur more migration to the U.S.?Scurry County, west of Fort Worth, has felt more than 90 earthquakes in the past week.Why Austin is […]
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July 29, 2024
Investigation finds worker deaths from trench collapses were often preventable
President Biden is in Austin to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act – and is expected to deliver a speech that could have big implications for the future of the U.S. Supreme Court.The surprise arrests in Texas of two leaders of the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel were a major victory for the […]
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