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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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.
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A combination of the delta variant and low vaccination rates in much of Texas means the pandemic is not over. But there are things you can do to stay healthy.
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Rice University's Mark Jones says extreme polarization is keeping both sides motivated to stand their ground.
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Ray Benson, the Grammy-winning group’s frontman, says the Lone Star State has always embraced him even though his roots are not in Texas.
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The variant BV-1 was first identified in a Texas A&M student with mild COVID-19 symptoms.
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The governor's executive order bars entities that receive state tax dollars from requiring anyone to verify they've been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Extreme weather, language barriers and more all contribute to enhanced risk.