Fred Cantu
Reporter at KEYE-TV (Austin, TX)
aka Uncle Fred. Local “icon” in Austin, TX, USA. Retired after 53 years in broadcasting. My opinions, musical tastes & sense of humor are my own.
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Mar 25, 2025 |
cbsaustin.com | Fred Cantu
Parents who feel a book in their child's school is inappropriate could soon have a way of having it banned across the state. The Texas House Committee on Public Education will hold a hearing on House Bill 100, which could have the effect of getting a book banned by the state board of education. The way it works right now, parents go to their local school board with their concerns of inappropriate educational materials.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
cbsaustin.com | Fred Cantu
The casual voter registration drive in Texas may be about to get a lot more formal. On Thursday, a state senate panel will take up a proposal that would change what you would need to have with you when you register to vote. Technically, the change won't add any new requirements, just how you prove you meet them. The Senate Committee on State Affairs will consider Senate Bill 16, which would require a person who wants to register to vote to submit proof of citizenship at the time they sign up.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
foxsanantonio.com | Fred Cantu
AUSTIN, Texas — The casual voter registration drive in Texas may be about to get a lot more formal. On Thursday, a state senate panel will take up a proposal that would change what you would need to have with you when you register to vote. Technically, the change won't add any new requirements, just how you prove you meet them.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
cbsaustin.com | Fred Cantu
Beginning Thursday, a longtime Texas lawmaker will lie in honor in the Texas Capitol Chamber where he served for more than two decades. Texas is remembering U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner. Turner died suddenly last week after only recently taking office representing the historic 18th Congressional District in Houston. Before that, he had served eight years as Houston mayor. And all of that after being a state lawmaker. The 18th District seat was first held by noted stateswoman Barbara Jordan.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
cbsaustin.com | Fred Cantu
Depending on who you ask, it's either something we can all agree on or it's the most divisive issue of our times. On Tuesday, a Texas House panel will hear about a plan to use tax dollars to help pay for private school tuition and other alternatives to public schools. There's only one item on the agenda for this meeting of the Texas House Committee on Public Education.
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We’re grateful we got some rain in #ATX this week, but the rain in San Antonio made the Top 10 in their record book.
Epic rainfall. 10th most in San Antonio for a single day since late 1800s. Here are the highest totals in locations in and around Bexar County https://t.co/FYn237mZYW
Here’s the background on Colbert’s segment Thursday night on a “therapy chatbot”telling a recovering addict to have a little meth as a treat. Scary stuff. https://t.co/ZcOvrvVIbV
Just because you have insurance doesn’t mean they’ll pay. This report says some Texas companies deny half their claims. I wish this story wasn’t on the other side of the paywall. https://t.co/t4fT9txuox
Texas home insurers closed half of all claims without paying anything last year https://t.co/qDUrTigNbm
