
Michael Minasi
Photojournalist and Multimedia Producer at KUT-FM (Austin, TX)
Photojournalist and Multimedia Producer at Freelance
Photo and video storyteller for @NPR affiliates: @KUT and @KUTX
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
texasstandard.org | Nathan Bernier |Michael Minasi
From KUT News:A shortage of air traffic controllers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has increasingly forced federal officials to slow the pace of arriving flights, at times holding planes on the ground in other cities to avoid overwhelming the tower. The delays — known as “ground delay programs” — don’t happen every day.
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1 month ago |
texasstandard.org | Michael Minasi
But when the Monahans team checked in with federal officials about the grant they had been promised, they learned the funding amount had been cut – not once, but twice. In the end, the CARES Act money amounted to just $1 million of the $3.2 million they needed to design and build a fiber optic network. » GET MORE NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE: Sign up for Texas Standard’s weekly newslettersBurnett and company got on the phone with their other funders.
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1 month ago |
kut.org | Michael Minasi
This video premiered at the ATXplained Live show at Bass Concert Hall on April 29, 2025. Austin's iconic moontowers were erected in the 1890s as part of the city's first street light system. Seventeen of the original 31 still stand today — 165 feet above the ground. If you look closely at one of the towers, you’ll see the telltale signs of a pulley system — the original way workers scaled the towers daily to change out the lights.
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2 months ago |
texasstandard.org | Blaise Gainey |Nina Banks |Lucio Vasquez |Michael Minasi
From The Texas Newsroom:The day many watchers of Texas politics have been waiting for is here: The Texas House is currently debating Senate Bill 2 on the floor. If passed, the contentious proposal would create a $1 billion dollar Education Savings Account plan allowing parents to use public funds towards private school tuition. Past attempts to pass the controversial school voucher measure — a top priority for Gov.
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2 months ago |
tpr.org | Michael Minasi
A Willie Nelson mural is returning to East Seventh Street in downtown Austin after the original version was torn down following a building fire. The original artist, musician Wiley Ross, says he was contacted by a developer and the owner of whiskey bar Seven Grand to replace the mural, which is now completed on the wall of 405 E. Seventh St. — only a few feet away from its original location.
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RT @KUTnathan: Some of the businesses Austin lost in 2024 https://t.co/iIfRuUbv7p by @katyjmcafee with illustrations by @MichaelMinasi

RT @katyjmcafee: The very talented @MichaelMinasi made illustrations of the some of the beloved businesses Austin lost this year. Check tho…

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