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News, Top StoriesU.S. House District 36: Old and New NamesRedistricting has divided Travis County into five Congressional districts, and longtime Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, has a new district and a new race.... |
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News, Top StoriesThe Alamo Revisited in “The Blood of Heroes”“The Blood of Heroes” is a fresh retelling of the 13-day battle for the Alamo. KUT’s Wells Dunbar spoke with author James Donovan about the real people behind the battle’s legendary figures, and separating myth from reality.
Donovan:
I think something between 2 and 4 million people still visit the Alamo every year. It’s unbelievable. Everybody is always fascinated by last stands because they’re so dramatic – especially when it’s a small garrison that’s outnumbered. Those are the things we just can’t get enough. And the fact that that’s how our state was born is especially inspiring. My job on this book was separating the myths and legends from fact, and I diligently tried to just write the facts in this.... |
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Website Built to Lure Tech Talent to A...
Today the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce announced the launch of a new website designed to help fill Austin’s so-called “technology gap.”
The chamber says that Austin tech companies are having trouble finding qualified local candidates for mid-to-senior level positions. Last month the...
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Bastrop Asks for State Aid
Eight months ago, wildfires burned through Bastrop County, reshaping the landscape and many lives. The county received millions of dollars in aid from federal agencies and local organizations to fix roads and other infrastructure. But the county says the need is still so great, that it’s asking...
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Pipeline Might Push Gas Prices Higher
The debate over TransCanada’s proposed oil pipeline to the Texas Gulf Coast has focused largely on the environmental and economic impacts....
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Cruz Gets Another Million from Club fo...
A conservative Washington group has doubled its investment in the GOP race for the U.S. Senate nomination in Texas....
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Perry Votes For Romney, Predicts He Wi...
Gov. Rick Perry, who bitterly clashed with Mitt Romney on the Republican presidential primary campaign trail, voted for the former Massachusetts governor Wednesday and predicted he would prevail in November....
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‘No Kill’ Achieved, For No...
The Austin Animal Center exceeded their goal of adopting out 40 pets yesterday. And that means 23 animals did not have to be put down....
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Behind the Scenes of the Fact Checkers
KUT’s Emily Donahue explores the nuances involved in separating political rhetoric from fact with Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas....
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Minorities Now Majority Among Youngest...
For the first time, more than half of the children born in the U.S. are non-white. New census data released today shows 50.4 percent of U.S. children under one year are minorities.
The number is even higher in Texas. Here, about 70 percent of kids under one are non-white.
Altogether, minorities...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News
Getting Political on Social Networks
With this year's Texas primaries less than two weeks away, candidates are blanketing the state, speaking to as many voters as they can in an effort to engage and gain support. But while candidate bumper stickers and yards signs mark support for older voters, the younger generation prefers a more...
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Austin Adds Direct Flight to D.C.
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport recently added nonstop flights to Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Portland and the Mexican city of Cancún. But these additional routes won't necessarily mean a significantly bigger airport any time soon.
There is some expansion ahead for ABIA, which served...
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May 29 Primaries May Not Be the Last W...
Texas is still waiting on a final ruling from a Washington, D.C. court on whether new state House and congressional district maps don't violate the Voting Rights Act....
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Smoke and Work for UT? Get Ready to Pa...
In July, University of Texas employees who use the UT SELECT Medical plan will have to declare whether they use tobacco. And if they do, they will have to pay a $30 dollar premium every month starting in September.
The same goes for spouses and children who are on the plan. The maximum charge...
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Changing Austin, News
Get Involved in the City Budget Proces...
In this week’s Changing Austin the city’s budget officer, Ed Van Eenoo, talks with KUT’s Matt Largey about why a tax rate increase is planned and what the alternatives would be....
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Help a Sister Out: Protesters Call for...
A small band of Austinites braved the rain this afternoon to rally in support of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, one of the largest organizations of Catholic nuns in the U.S.
Eight protesters assembled outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in downtown Austin, holding signs reading "In...
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