Andrew Weber
Andrew Weber is a freelance reporter and associate editor for KUT News. A graduate of St. Edward's University with a degree in English, Andrew has previously interned with The Texas Tribune, The Austin American-Statesman and KOOP Radio.
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The city's got the largest urban bat population in the world. The bats draw scores of tourists to the South Congress Bridge year-round, but they could face complications from planned construction nearby.
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La ciudad tiene la mayor población de murciélagos urbanos del mundo. Los murciélagos atraen a decenas de turistas al South Congress Bridge durante todo el año, pero podrían enfrentar complicaciones debido a la construcción planificada en las cercanías.
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Bands that play South By Southwest in Austin get paid $250 while organizers make profits. Musicians are speaking out about needing more money as exposure at the festival is no longer as lucrative.
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The exposure can be great for some bands, but it doesn't pay the rent.
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The state's near-total ban on abortion means mifepristone and misoprostol — two drugs that can induce abortion within 10 weeks of gestation — are still illegal.
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Oficiales de la Salud Pública esperan que las farmacias van a solicitar la droga para tenerla en sus estantes. Oficiales del Condado de Travis declararon una crisis de la salud pública a principios de este año después de que el condado vio un número récord de sobredosis accidentales en el 2021.
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Public health officials hope pharmacies will request the drug to have on their shelves. Austin and Travis County officials declared a public health crisis earlier this year after the county saw a record number of accidental overdoses in 2021.
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The devices scan license plates in the hopes of assisting police in tracking down stolen vehicles, missing children and people who have felony warrants. Opponents argue they could be used to track people seeking abortions or undocumented immigrants.
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Manjula fue una de las 246 personas que murieron oficialmente a causa de la tormenta, durante la cual millones de tejanos se quedaron sin electricidad. El marido de Manjula, Lalji — que murió cuatro meses y cinco días después — no cumplía los criterios para estar en la lista oficial de fallecidos del estado.
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The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs says it's no longer accepting applications to the federally backed program to help struggling Texans amid stifling summer heat.