KUT-FM (Austin, TX)

KUT FM 90.5 is a public radio station that relies on support from listeners and corporate sponsors. It is run by the faculty and staff at the University of Texas at Austin and serves as the National Public Radio member station for central Texas. Sometimes, people mix up KUT with KVRX 91.7 FM, which is the student-operated radio station at the university. This confusion arises because both stations are affiliated with the University of Texas and are located on the UT campus.

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Georgetown passes rules that would ban homeless people from sitting and sleeping downtown

2 days ago | kut.org | Kailey E. Hunt

Georgetown City Council members have approved new ordinances related to homelessness, including a ban on people sitting, lying down or sleeping in public spaces downtown. The vote Tuesday was unanimous. It came after advocates for people experiencing homelessness expressed concern during public comments about the impact of the rules.
'So connected to these characters': the new fiction podcast 'Kicking the Bucket'

3 days ago | kut.org | Mike Lee

“It's like an old radio play, but a little bit more intense,” says Andee Kinzy, the creator of the new fiction podcast Kicking the Bucket. “So we've said radio play, immersive fiction, audio drama... And I knew that this medium created a really new, interesting opportunity that connected to the audience in a way that live theater and film cannot.
Austin cannabis shop owners celebrate temporary victory after Abbott vetoes THC ban

3 days ago | kut.org | Katy McAfee |Maya Fawaz

Todd Harris was mentally preparing to move out of the state and spend the next few years buried in debt as he waited for Gov. Greg Abbott to take action on Senate Bill 3. If signed into law, SB 3 would have banned all consumable hemp products containing THC in Texas, shutting down thousands of cannabis shops, including Harris’ own business, Happy Cactus. In the final hour before his deadline, Abbott vetoed the bill.
Gov. Abbott vetoes THC ban, breaking with other top Texas Republicans

4 days ago | kut.org | Katy McAfee |Stephanie Federico

Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed a bill that would have banned the sale in Texas of most products containing THC, the compound in cannabis that gets people high. In announcing the veto just before a midnight deadline, the governor said he would call a special session July 21 to debate the legislation further. Senate Bill 3 would have unraveled Texas’ $8 billion hemp industry and cost an estimated 50,000 people their jobs.
Lawmakers urge Elon Musk's Tesla to delay Austin robotaxi launch until new safety law takes effect

1 week ago | kut.org | Katy McAfee

Tesla’s robotaxis will “tentatively” start driving around Austin on Sunday, Elon Musk said on X. The company is starting out with a small fleet of roughly 10 cars, which will travel around what Tesla considers to be the city’s “safest areas.”“It’s not going to take intersections unless we are highly confident [it will] do well in that intersection,” Musk said in an interview with CNBC.
What aren't there any lesbian bars in Austin?

1 week ago | kut.org | Kailey E. Hunt |Lauren McGaughy

Austin is the third queerest city in the country, by some estimates. So why doesn't it have any lesbian bars? Theo Snow wanted to know the answer to this question, so they reached out to KUT's ATXplained project. "I’m curious why there aren’t any dyke bars — lesbian bars," they said. "Because I know they have existed but they haven’t persisted."Only San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have more gay people per capita than Austin, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA.
Austin is losing even more water to leaky city pipes than previously thought

1 week ago | kut.org | Mose Buchele

Austin's leaky pipe problem keeps getting worse. In recent years, the city’s water utility has recorded losses of about 7 billion gallons annually due to leaks in its treatment and distribution system. That’s about enough water to fill Lady Bird Lake three times over every year. Now, an annual review shows the problem could be far greater than officials had suspected.
Teen Journalism: Tell Your Community’s Story

1 week ago | kut.org | Erin Geisler

Texas Standard producer Sarah Asch – who is pursing a master’s degree in library science – is teaming up with the Austin Public Library's Teen Central and members of the KUT and Texas Standard newsrooms produce a three-part workshop series: Teen Journalism: Tell Your Community’s Story.
Meet Denton Rep. Andy Hopper - a father, engineer and farmer

1 week ago | kut.org | Blaise Gainey

While the state’s 89th Legislature is still in office, The Texas Newsroom will be helping you get to know the people behind the politics. This story is a part of an ongoing series profiling Texas’ lawmakers in their own words. Unlike most Texas lawmakers, Andy Hopper wasn’t born and raised in the Lone Star State – or even the South. The Denton representative started his life in Kansas City. “My family's not from Kansas City.
Travis County Commissioners call for constitutional and humane treatment of immigrants

1 week ago | kut.org | Katy McAfee

Following Hays County’s footsteps, the Travis County Commissioners Court passed a resolution that calls for constitutional and humane treatment of all immigrants amid the Trump's administration's aggressive immigration enforcement. The resolution passed Tuesday and asks any law enforcement agency relocating or detaining immigrants in Travis County to provide a prompt report indicating who was taken, where they were transported and why they were detained.