Luz Moreno-Lozano
City Hall Reporter at KUT-FM (Austin, TX)
city hall reporter @KUT 90.5 | previously @statesman | @TAMU former student 👍🏽 | breakfast taco 🌮 snob from the 210
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6 days ago |
kut.org | Luz Moreno-Lozano
Five months into a pilot program to improve safety on Sixth Street, Austin police officials said there have been fewer fights, arrests and incidents where they used force. Late last year, Austin began reopening Sixth Street to vehicles on weekend nights, erecting barriers to keep people on newly expanded and protected sidewalks.
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1 week ago |
kut.org | Luz Moreno-Lozano
Last year's Austin City Limits Music Festival pumped $534.8 million into Austin’s economy — the equivalent of creating over 3,600 full-time jobs, according to Mayor Kirk Watson. ACL Fest has brought in over $4.1 billion since the city began tracking its economic impact in 2006. That's nearly 40,000 jobs. “That is a huge aspectto our economy,” Watson said.
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1 week ago |
kut.org | Luz Moreno-Lozano
Read this story in EnglishAntes de convertirse en electricista, Jennifer Cobb trabajaba como recepcionista en un consultorio médico de Austin. Ganaba cerca de 16 dólares la hora y criaba a dos niños, lo que significaba que el dinero escaseaba. Tenía que recurrir a la ayuda del gobierno para llegar a fin de mes. “A veces no sabía cómo iban a comer mis hijos”, dice Cobb. "Me ponían notificaciones de desalojo en la puerta. Casi me embargan el auto un par de veces. De hecho, me embargaron otros autos".
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1 week ago |
kut.org | Luz Moreno-Lozano
Arts organizations in Austin are being impacted by the termination of grant funding by the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA informed organizations last week that the previously approved grants it awarded will end on May 31, citing a shift in priorities. Some organizations said they had not received the funding yet but had already allocated the funds or spent money anticipating the grants.
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1 week ago |
kut.org | Luz Moreno-Lozano
Before Jennifer Cobb became an electrician, she worked as a receptionist in a doctor’s office in the Austin area. She was making about $16 an hour and raising two boys, which meant money was tight. She had to rely on government assistance to help make ends meet. “Sometimes I didn't know how my kids were going to eat," Cobb said. "I was having eviction notices put on my door. My car almost got repoed a couple of times.
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