Nathan Bernier
Nathan Bernier a KUT reporter and the local host during All Things Considered and Marketplace. He grew up in the small mountain town of Nelson, BC, Canada, and worked at commercial news radio stations in Ottawa, Montreal and Boston before starting at KUT in 2008.
Nathan has won numerous journalism awards including a National Edward R. Murrow Award, Texas Associated Press Awards, Lonestar Awards from the Houston Press Club, and various other awards and recognitions. Nathan's hobbies outside work include producing music and enjoying Austin's many food and drink establishments.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
The Texas hemp industry is asking a judge to suspend some of the state's new rules while businesses challenge the regulations in court. -
Companies seek immediate pause of rules, accusing Texas regulators of effectively banning smokable products, raising fees beyond what's allowed and sidestepping rulemaking requirements. -
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. -
New state rules change how THC levels are calculated and raise fees on hemp businesses by as much as 4,000% -
The Department of State Health Services is considering new rules for the Texas hemp industry that would require child-resistant packaging, stronger warning labels, sharply higher fees and effectively ban smokeable flower and extracts. -
The city revealed the number of gates after locking down long-term agreements with the seven biggest airlines at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. -
Small sellers say the new tax on fees cuts into already thin margins while the comptroller argues state law requires online marketplaces be taxed like any other data processor. -
Airlines led by Delta are rolling out a slate of new routes from Mexico City to Miami to Denver to Palm Springs. -
Texas lawmakers ended their second special session without regulating or banning hemp.
