Rhonda Fanning
Rhonda is the newest member of the KUT News team, joining in late 2013 as producer for KUT's new daily news program, The Texas Standard. Rhonda will forever be known as the answer to the trivia question, “Who was the first full-time hire for The Texas Standard?” She’s an Iowa native who got her start in public radio at WFSU in Tallahassee, while getting her Master's Degree in Library Science at Florida State University. Prior to joining KUT and The Texas Standard, Rhonda was a producer for Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis recently stumped in Eagle Pass, with a heavy focus on border issues. -
‘A lot of times we learn from misfortune. … And this will be an opportunity for us to learn and be better,’ says Dan Ashe, president and CEO of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
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With only a few days before the start of the next legislative session, politics reporters Niki Griswold and James Barragán preview what’s on the agenda for state lawmakers.
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The winningest college football coach in the history of Texas Tech University, Leach died Tuesday at the age of 61.
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With a lack of concrete results and about a year left in the state’s two-year budget cycle, it’s unclear whether Texas can afford to continue running the border security initiative in its current form.
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The DPS director’s comments to USA Today come as seven of the agency’s officers have been referred for investigation into their actions on the day of the shooting.
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The recommendations fall into four categories — prevention, preparedness, response and review — and include raising the age requirement to 21 for purchasing AR-15-style weapons.
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With more kids vaccinated and testing in place, one of the bigger hurdles now is keeping enough staff on hand.
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Wednesday's hearing at the high court will be about a Mississippi law. But a ruling on Texas’ Senate Bill 8 is still to come.
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"I'm going to spend the next 405 days telling the truth about Dan Patrick, and he's probably not going to like it," Dowd told the Standard.
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"There may simply be no enforcement mechanism. Well, that means that the so-called requirement or mandate is more metaphysical in nature than it is actually a kind of legal impediment," says a Texas law expert.
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Supporters of the effort want to boost tourism in Fort Stockton by restoring year-round access to the natural spring.
