Nathan Bernier
Austin transportation reporter
KUT News
A Marine Corps veteran is challenging the incumbent Republican in House District 52, which includes parts of Round Rock, Leander and Georgetown, along with all of Taylor and Hutto.
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The city set out to restore the historic gateway to Barton Springs. For our ATXplained project, we take a look at the ballooning costs, finger-pointing and architectural tradeoffs.
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After Mayor Kirk Watson criticized the Austin Transit Partnership's plan to move into a high-rise overlooking Lady Bird Lake, the agency's board voted unanimously to approve a less expensive lease.
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A state rule that was reinstated July 31 bans Delta-8, and Austin police said the packaging could establish probable cause for a felony arrest. But APD says cracking down on Delta-8 isn't a "primary objective."
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The Texas health department wouldn't say if its newly updated list of highly illegal drugs includes the same hemp flower made legal by state law.
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The airline's big expansion plans for Austin now include a 19,500-square-foot lounge scheduled to open in late 2027.
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Austin is forecast to reach 107 Monday, tying a daily record. Triple-digit highs are expected through Sunday at least.
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A pair of new rail studies give Austin and San Antonio a clearer choice: negotiate with Union Pacific or build a mostly elevated $13.5 billion line along SH 130.
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The nonstop flights will begin March 27, 2027, and will run daily through the end of October.
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The fire in a battery charging room happened in May. A final report on the cause of the fire hasn't been released, but CapMetro acknowledges charging equipment wasn't insured.
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The state's health department reissued the ban after the Texas Supreme Court overturned a temporary injunction that kept Delta-8 legal since 2021.
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Keolis, the contractor that operates most CapMetro bus service, says it must bargain within financial limits set by the transit agency as workers threaten Austin's first systemwide bus strike since 2008.
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Voters approved a sweeping transit expansion in 2020. Now, we check in to see what's arriving and what's delayed, scaled back or canceled.
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Workers authorized a strike but will return to negotiations Tuesday. They say inadequate training and a shortage of working buses contribute to delays and missed trips.
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Local immigrant women shared stories of detention, family separation and fear during an Austin vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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The City Council may have been voting on Austin Energy matters in closed-door meetings since 1999. The votes are kept so secret that public records do not even indicate that they happened at all.
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The attention-grabbing burger restaurant at 5701 North I-35 will close June 28, almost ten years to the day after it opened.
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The plane crashed on Loop 20 in Laredo on its way to Austin from Los Cabos, Mexico. Six people were inside the plane, according to police.
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The Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals has cleared the way for new Department of State Health Services rules governing hemp products to take effect again, including higher fees for businesses and limits on the sale of THCA flower and concentrates. But DSHS says they're still considering how to proceed.
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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is busier than last summer as a $5 billion expansion moves ahead and high oil prices prompt some airlines to trim prices.
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Almost 500 electric bikes have been pulled from Austin streets since Memorial Day weekend, with no timeline for their return.
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A Texas Supreme Court order took effect May 28 that allows state health officials to again treat manufactured Delta-8 THC as a Schedule I controlled substance, a legal category that includes peyote and Ecstasy.
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The state also rejected Austin's request to keep the giant "TEXAS" street painting near the University of Texas at Austin campus and gave the city until June 22 to submit a plan.
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TxDOT says the 75-foot-wide passage is needed to keep boaters away from construction equipment. Some daily lake users say the setup can be confusing from the water.
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The remarks are a notable shift from one of the council's more prominent supporters of the project to build parks over I-35 after TxDOT widens and sinks the mainlanes.
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At KUT Fest, Paige Ellis — who's on Austin's city council and CapMetro's board — agreed with Mayor Kirk Watson that ATP's office lease plan was wrong, but said the dispute showed oversight is working.
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A Travis County judge issued a temporary injunction allowed the sale of hemp flower and concentrates and blocking sharply higher state fees charged to businesses that make and sell hemp products.
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The Texas hemp industry is asking a judge to suspend some of the state's new rules while businesses challenge the regulations in court.
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The public has until May 3 to comment on the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's environmental review of the MoPac South project
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Nearly 200 Austin students are headed to the national archery championship, including a group from Highland Park Elementary — a school that's won every state championship since 2018.
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A Travis County judge agreed with plaintiffs that some of the rules that took effect March 31 were causing irreparable harm.
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Companies seek immediate pause of rules, accusing Texas regulators of effectively banning smokable products, raising fees beyond what's allowed and sidestepping rulemaking requirements.
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Texas says new rules banning sales of smokable hemp also apply to out-of-state companies. But cannabis lawyers question the rules and Austin police won't confiscate hemp if you have the packaging.
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City staff warned council members against committing more money to caps over I-35 as costs climb and no outside funding has emerged.
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Politicians from both major parties are blaming each other for holding unpaid TSA officers "hostage" in negotiations over government funding. But they say few TSA workers at Austin's airport are calling in sick.
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New state rules change how THC levels are calculated and raise fees on hemp businesses by as much as 4,000%
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