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KUT -- The rate of infant mortality in Texas is almost six per 1,000 people, but the infant mortality rate for the black population statewide and in Travis County is twice as high, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
KUT -- Every five years Austin Energy reevaluates the rates it charges customers. That process will begin in the spring when, for the first time, there will be an independent advocate at the table speaking for Austin Energy customers.
KUT -- Kick off the season at the Holiday Sing-Along and Downtown Stroll, Saturday, December 5, with KUT, KUTX and the Downtown Austin Alliance.
KUT -- A member of the Austin City Council says he wants to prevent Syrian refugees from coming to Austin, which is putting him at odds with the mayor.
KUT -- Since last week’s attacks on Paris, more than 30 governors, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, have stated that they plan on preventing any resettlement of Syrian refugees within their borders.
KUT -- The Austin City Council has completed almost one year in its new configuration as a 10-1 system – with ten Council members representing ten different districts alongside one mayor.
KUT — The City of Austin earned a gold-level designation this week from one of the nation’s leading cycling advocacy...
KUT — Jasmine Johnson, a 20-year-old expectant mother, gave birth in January. She didn’t just bring home a baby girl...
KUT — In the midst of a heated debate about requirements for fingerprint background checks and fees for transportation network...
KUT — The Travis County Commissioners Court finalized the sale of county-owned land in East Austin for the purpose of...
KUT — Faculty members at the University of Texas at Austin have approved a measure calling for banning guns in...
KUT — According to the latest statistics, about 12 of every 10,000 Texans are living homeless, many of whom have...
KUT — Both public and private colleges in Texas are in the process of deciding how to implement a new...
KUT — Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will not accept any Syrian refugees, after the attacks in Paris that left...
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KUT — Prominent Austin philanthropist, arts activist and lawyer Jo Anne Christian died Thursday afternoon after a battle with lung...
KUT — A group made up of professors, and a few others, rallied behind their common goal of a gun-free UT on...
KUT — Public safety officials and researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have unveiled a new national flood...
KUT — Austin drivers who complain about Interstate Highway 35 have been validated. A new report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute named the...
KUT — Most adoptions are about children finding their “forever homes,” or their permanent families. Other adoption proceedings are for parents...
KUT — Earlier this year, when Texas’ 84th Legislative Session was just shifting into gear, Gov. Greg Abbott was urging sweeping...
KUT — Earlier this month, Gov. Greg Abbott warned Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez that he’d “no longer tolerate” Texas sheriff offices...
KUT — Veterans Day is a week away. And, as they have for more than a decade, veterans will take...