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Texas Extra: How do we define a museum?

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2024/08/07

Texas Standard kicked off a new project in August: The Texas Museum Map. To begin, we decided to get answers to some challenging questions about museums. This Texas Extra is an extended version of that interview with Kenneth Hafertepe, a fellow with the Texas State Historical Association and chair of the Department of Museum Studies at […]The post Texas Extra: How do we define a museum? appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Record number of employees leave Houston ISD after...

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2024/08/07

New ratings suggest big improvements for Houston schools, but not everyone is excited about the changes: In the wake of the state’s takeover, a huge number of teachers and staffers have been leaving.An Abilene family’s experience with a fentanyl overdose has sparked a citywide call to action. KACU’s Alexis Jones reports.As rent falls in some […]The post Record number of employees leave Houston ISD after state takeover appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios --

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Amazon expands Prime shipping to rural areas,...

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2024/08/06

More than 400 people ended up in emergency rooms with carbon monoxide poisoning after Hurricane Beryl, many from generators.Five years later, victims of a mass shooting in El Paso wait for the state to prosecute the gunman.Why Texas ranks last when it comes to healthcare access and affordability, especially for women.Is there a link between […]The post Amazon expands Prime shipping to rural areas, challenging USPS appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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State of Texas defends lack of prison A/C in federal...

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2024/08/05

Does the lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons amount to cruel and unusual punishment? A state prison official testifies that heat levels contributed to three deaths last summer.The Great Springs Project aims to someday create a whole new route between San Antonio and Austin – via hike and bike trail.Rick Jervis, author of the […] The post State of Texas defends lack of prison A/C in federal court appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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What’s ahead for U.S. gymnastics at the Olympics

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2024/08/02

A faculty committee at UT Austin found that university leaders violated their own rules when calling police to respond to protests over the war in Gaza at the end of the spring semester. Audrey McGlinchy of KUT News shares the latest.Five years after the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, a new memorial […]The post What’s ahead for U.S. gymnastics at the Olympics appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Bighorn sheep being released in Franklin Mountains...

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2024/08/01

The Santa Fe community is seeking answers and accountability for the 2018 school shooting as the accused shooter’s parents appear in court this week.Houston police admit systemic failure in the processes that led to 264,000 cases being dismissed over eight years.On the anniversary of the 1966 UT Tower shooting, a man who helped a fellow […]The post Bighorn sheep being released in Franklin Mountains outside El Paso appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Fifth Circuit rules Texas can keep buoys in the Rio...

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2024/07/31

Gov. Greg Abbott receives at least a temporary victory in a fight with the Biden administration over border buoys in the Rio Grande.NPR’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán has the latest on the reduction in the numbers of people crossing the border from Mexico into Texas, and the political spin in a volatile election season.As Texas senators hold […]The post Fifth Circuit rules Texas can keep buoys in the Rio Grande for now appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Dozens of earthquakes rattle region west of Fort Worth

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2024/07/30

President Biden visits Texas and unveils his plan to reform the Supreme Court, including a call for term limits.Protests and claims of fraud as Venezuela president says he won another election. Could that spur more migration to the U.S.?Scurry County, west of Fort Worth, has felt more than 90 earthquakes in the past week.Why Austin is […]The post Dozens of earthquakes rattle region west of Fort Worth appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Investigation finds worker deaths from trench...

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2024/07/29

President Biden is in Austin to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act – and is expected to deliver a speech that could have big implications for the future of the U.S. Supreme Court.The surprise arrests in Texas of two leaders of the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel were a major victory for the […] The post Investigation finds worker deaths from trench collapses were often preventable appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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What VP Kamala Harris said at her Houston stop

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2024/07/26

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee comes to Houston talking teachers, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Andrew Schneider of Houston Public Media was at Kamala Harris’s speech to the American Federation of Teachers. We’ll hear what she had to say in her sprint toward the convention and Election Day.How El Paso could teach the rest of […]The post What VP Kamala Harris said at her Houston stop appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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