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Central Texas top stories for June 9, 2025. Immigration rights activists say undocumented college students pay tens of millions of dollars in tuition and fees. Capital Metro has new police officers; they’ll patrol the transit system starting next week. The City of Austin continues with cyanobacteria remediation efforts in Lady Bird Lake.  

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Central Texas top stories for June 6, 2025. Taylor Pride is set to hold its fifth annual music and arts festival later this month. A Texas law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates was repealed this week. With the weather heating up, the city is about to resume cyanobacteria remediation efforts in Lady Bird Lake. Starting today, dust that has travelled all the way from North Africa is obscuring the skies over Central Texas.

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This year’s Jazz at St. James event is “Texas and West Coast Voices: Joining Hands for Love of the Diaspora.” KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talked with the three of the participating poets about the focus of this year’s event.

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Graduation season in the Austin area has ended. Graduation time naturally means a focus on achievements, maybe grades, and what students will do next. That tendency to focus on what people “do” can sometimes come at the expense of noticing the humanity of “who” people are. KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talked recently over Zoom with Central Texas neuropsychotherapist Bella J. Rockman MA, LPC, LCDC-i  who hopes we don’t lose that “who” when elevating the “do.”

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Central Texas top stories for June 12, 2025. Advocates for renewable energy didn’t face big setbacks this session at the Texas Legislature, but federal laws could pose a challenge. Advocates for immigrant rights react to the end of a law that allowed in-state tuition rates for undocumented college students. Taylor’s Mayor Dwayne Ariola did not issue a proclamation to recognize Taylor Pride this year. The Longhorns lost game two against Texas Tech, they have to win one more game to take home the Women’s College World Series Championship.

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Central Texas top stories for June 5, 2025. Most students who graduated from Texas high schools were eligible for in-state tuition at Texas universities regardless of immigration status for more than two decades. A federal investigation has found that a hospital in Round Rock broke the law by delaying life-saving care for a woman with a nonviable pregnancy. Food truck operators in Austin will soon have the option of getting their trucks inspected for health and safety where they sit. Bastrop and Caldwell counties got much needed rain last night.

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Central Texas top stories for June 5, 2025. Texas college students without legal status are no longer eligible for in-state college tuition after the DOJ sued the state of Texas. International students at UT Austin are feeling uncertain about their future. Here are the grid-related bills that passed and didn’t pass during the 2025 Texas Legislature. Texas is a step closer to winning the Women’s College World Series. FM 1826 will be closed starting tomorrow until Saturday at 5 pm.  

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Central Texas top stories for June 4, 2025. The Austin Police Department’s automatic license plate reader program had been getting criticism from city leaders and the public. The Department of Justice is suing the State of Texas over in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. Former Austin City Council member Jackie Goodman has died. Longtime rivals Texas Tech and Texas meet tonight in Game One of the Women’s College World Series finals. The National Weather Service is forecasting triple digits this weekend.

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CloudBurst Data Centers is planning to build a facility south of San Marcos that could be leased to an AI firm or other tech company. KUT’s Maya Fawaz reports residents are concerned about the potential environmental impacts.

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Central Texas top stories for June 4, 2025. Austin’s Automated License Plate Reader program was set to be renewed by the City Council, but City Manager T.C. Broadnax pulled the item off the agenda. Rents continue to fall in the Austin area. Williamson County is working on serving its homeless population.

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