Affordable housing program in Travis County opens waitlist for the first time...
Housing choice vouchers allow households to pay no more than 40% of their income toward rent; the federal government pays the landlord the rest.
View ArticleHere's where to celebrate the Fourth of July in and around Austin this year
Where Central Texans can find fireworks, live music and parades this Independence Day weekend.
View ArticleWhat is eminent domain?
A lot more private property will be seized for public transportation projects in Austin through the use of government authority.
View Article5 questions with Austin ISD's new interim superintendent, Anthony Mays
Mays formally takes over as the head of one of the largest school districts in Texas on Friday. He steps into the role as Austin ISD faces ongoing challenges related to the pandemic, school safety and...
View ArticleUTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine to welcome inaugural class this fall
With a high prevalence of diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley, the first podiatry school in the state hopes to keep graduates in the area.
View ArticleTexas students in grades 3-8 make significant gains in STAAR tests, while...
While Texas students have not regained all the ground they lost in math during the pandemic, scores across all grades were higher in 2022 than they were in 2021. Reading proficiency, on the other hand,...
View ArticleGet Involved spotlight: The Sobering Center
The Sobering Center offers a free, safe place for publicly intoxicated individuals to sober up as an alternative to a stay at the hospital or jail.
View ArticleEl programa de vivienda asequible del condado de Travis abre una lista de...
La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Travis dice que añadirá 500 personas a su lista de espera para vales de elección de vivienda, antes conocidos como vales de la Sección 8. Los residentes que...
View ArticleKUT and KUTX membership team's dog days of summer
While our twice-yearly membership drives get the lion’s share of attention, our membership team is hard at work year-round planning station events, thanking members, updating records, writing...
View ArticleState education board members push back on proposal to use 'involuntary...
The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state’s public school social studies curriculum this summer.
View ArticleUvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo resigns from city council
In a letter to the city, Arredondo said he was stepping down from his elected position, citing a desire to “minimize further distractions.”
View ArticleA limited supply of monkeypox vaccines and tests is heading to Travis County...
Austin Public Health officials said five more people are presumed positive based on symptoms, but they're waiting for test results.
View ArticleSan Marcos is reconsidering economic incentives for film studio project after...
A local grassroots group, known as Protect the River, has sprung up in response to the film studio's development. Its goal is to protect the San Marcos River and the Edwards Aquifer from development.
View ArticleTexas to start randomly inspecting public schools for weak entry points this...
Campuses won’t be warned ahead of time about the “random intruder detection audits.”
View ArticleTexas police chiefs make recommendations to state lawmakers on school safety,...
The recommendations fall into four categories — prevention, preparedness, response and review — and include raising the age requirement to 21 for purchasing AR-15-style weapons.
View Article"KUT News Now" is your daily podcast for Central Texas news
Our new podcast, “KUT News Now,” is the quick and effortless way to catch up on local news – whenever you want.
View ArticleJMA Global with Jeanette Abraham, president and CEO — Part II
On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents his second, and final, discussion with Jeanette Abraham, president and CEO of JMA Global, LLC.
View ArticleTexas comenzará a inspeccionar al azar escuelas públicas este otoño en busca...
A partir de este otoño en las escuelas públicas de Texas, el estado empezará a aplicar las llamadas "auditorías aleatorias de detección de intrusos".
View ArticleDespite abortion ban, Planned Parenthood remains open for other health services
The nonprofit offers reproductive health care services like birth control and STI screening and treatment. Abortion services made up less than 5% of the total patient visits in Central Texas in 2020.
View ArticleTexas GOP’s proposed election reforms would restrict mail-in voting for...
Texas Republican Party leaders want the state to adopt laws that would shorten the early voting period and no longer allow mail-in voting for anyone 65 and up.
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