Laura Rice
Managing Producer at Texas Standard
Managing Producer at KUT-FM (Austin, TX)
@TexasStandard/@KUT Managing Producer. @mujschool grad loving @utaustin land. Film, travel, triathlon, etc. (she/her) 🐘 @[email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
kut.org | Laura Rice
After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has just wrapped up its 89th session. This year, state lawmakers passed over 1,200 bills. Among them were several important pieces of legislation focused on energy and the environment. Barring a veto from Gov. Greg Abbott, these will soon become law in Texas. Here’s a breakdown of some of those measures.
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3 weeks ago |
kut.org | Laura Rice
HAYS COUNTY — In late March, a group of Venezuelan relatives and friends, celebrating a pair of birthdays, rented a six-bedroom house in the southern tip of Austin with a pool and stunning views from every window of Texas’ Hill Country. They decorated a table for a cake and blew up balloons. As the night faded, the kids went to bed and the adults kept hanging out.
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3 weeks ago |
kut.org | Laura Rice
After nearly five months meeting in Austin, the Texas Legislature wrapped up its 89th session on Monday. Once again, education was a huge topic at the statehouse this year. From passing a billion dollar school voucher plan to a sweeping school funding bill, lawmakers made some big moves that will affect public education in Texas for years to come. But there were also many other consequential education-related bills lawmakers passed in addition to the marquee legislation. Barring a veto from Gov.
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3 weeks ago |
kut.org | Laura Rice
On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League. Founded in 1910 and headquartered in New York City, the National Urban League collaborates at the national and local levels with community leaders, policymakers, and corporate partners to elevate the standards of living for African Americans and other historically underserved groups.
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4 weeks ago |
kut.org | Laura Rice
From The Flatwater Foundation, this month's spotlight nonprofit:With over 74,000 hours of therapy costs covered for those impacted by a cancer diagnosis to date, Flatwater’s impact has been felt deeply across Central Texas. Since its inception, Flatwater has covered the cost of over $9 million worth of therapy for people in need, touched by cancer.
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