First Black Director Of UT's Longhorn Band Feels Pride And Pressure As He...
Cliff Croomes took over this summer as the 15th director of UT Austin's Longhorn Band. He returns to the program at a time of change and controversy.
View ArticleCity Of Austin Pays $2.25 Million To Family Of Man Killed By Police In 2017
An Austin police officer shot and killed 20-year-old Jason Roque in May 2017. Roque’s mother had called 911 after her son threatened to kill himself. When police arrived, Roque was holding a BB gun on...
View Article'Tap Into That Courage': Jeanne Baker Guy On Her New Memoir 'You'll Never...
Author Jeanne Bake Guy has just released her new memoir 'You'll Never Find Us,' about the 1977 abduction of her children and her struggle to get them back.
View ArticleInside Or Outside? Where Students Eat Lunch Is One Of The Biggest Challenges...
Schools are taking different approaches to lunch, the only time during the school day when students don't have to wear masks.
View ArticleCapital Metro Slashes Bus Frequency Amid Driver Shortage
Seventeen high-frequency bus routes will see some form of service reduction and the late-night E-Bus that shuttles UT students to Sixth Street will be temporarily suspended.
View ArticleAustin Company Aims To Fill Wind Industry Employment Gap
Wind jobs are plentiful, but there haven't been enough skilled workers to fill open positions.
View ArticleMás De 650 Nuevas Leyes Estatales Entraron En Vigor Esta Semana. Estas Son 13...
Las nuevas leyes incluyen medidas que traen cambios al voto, limitan el aborto, permiten que las personas porten armas sin licencia y prohíben que se enseñe la llamada "teoría crítica de la raza" en...
View ArticleCapital Metro Busca Establecer Su Propio Departamento De Policía
La agencia de transporte público de Austin ya no quiere depender de los oficiales de la policía de Austin para proporcionar seguridad a sus clientes. Pero la propuesta también ha generado la...
View Article'Everyone's Story Matters': Texas Freedom Colonies Project Challenges What...
The Texas Freedom Colonies Project is holding a workshop this weekend about gathering artifacts and stories. And they're challenging long-held assumptions about what's often considered "museum-caliber"...
View ArticleDeaths From COVID-19 Are On The Rise In Travis County. Twelve Were Reported...
“Those deaths weigh heavy on my mind because there’s so much that we can do,” Austin Public Health's interim director said. One reason for the increase is that the delta variant is highly transmissible...
View ArticleLooking Back On 10 Years Since Bastrop Fire, And What Central Texas Is Doing...
The 2011 Bastrop County Complex fire was the most destructive wildfire in Texas history.
View ArticleFor Most Of Texas, This Summer Was Extreme ... Extremely Mild
Just because the state had calm weather for the last few months doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way.
View ArticleBurnet CISD Closes Campuses, Lago Vista ISD Moves High School Classes Online...
Officials expect to resume in-person classes on Thursday in Burnet and on Monday in Lago Vista.
View ArticleThree Questions with Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera
Meet KUT assistant digital editor Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera.
View ArticleHere's What's In Texas Republicans' New Voting Law
The GOP-led law includes new identification requirements for people voting by mail, and it expands access for partisan poll watchers.
View ArticleDemocrats Say Voting Law Targeting Harris County Could Inspire A Backlash
Voters who believe the GOP-sponsored changes are a setback for civil rights may express their anger at the ballot box.
View ArticleTexas A&M Virologist Says COVID-19 Doesn't Have To Be Endemic
"Giving up is the thing that happens naturally after you lose. I'm not ready to lose yet."
View ArticleWatch: Views And Brews Discusses 9/11 And America's Longest War
KUT's Rebecca McInroy, military historian Aaron O'Connell, and Middle East historians Yoav Di-Capua and Adey Almohsen will walk through the major events of the past 20 years of war.
View ArticleAs Texas Tightens Abortion Restrictions, Mexico’s Supreme Court...
Only a handful of states allow abortions up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy. The decision could pave the way for more legalized abortion across Mexico.
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