Wells Dunbar
As online editor for KUT News, Wells Dunbar covers news in Austin, Central Texas and beyond. Before joining the KUT family, Wells served as staff writer and news blog editor at The Austin Chronicle, and covered the Texas Legislature for Gallery Watch. Hailing from El Paso, Wells is a longtime Austin resident whose interests include technology and social media, film and music, and spending quality time with his wife and cat.
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Despite rising cases and renewed concern over the virus and a new variant, hundreds of millions in dollars has not yet been used. -
Southwest is one of several airlines starting to require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees to comply with federal rules.
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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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From Texas Standard : Many Texas political watchers would agree that the 2019 legislative session was surprisingly tame. Legislation about divisive...
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From Texas Standard: If they're in your city, you've certainly seen them, and you've probably formed an opinion about electric scooters – personal...
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From Texas Standard: Three named plaintiffs launched a class action lawsuit last year against the City of Austin, Travis County and several local...
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On a clear spring day in 2013, two smoke stacks fell in El Paso. They had been a part of the landscape, and the El Paso economy for years. It took a...
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Questions raised by this year's South by Southwest festival and conference aren't restricted to think pieces: The Austin City Council is now asking for ...
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A patient injured in last week's car collision with South by Southwest crowds has died. Sandy Thuy Le, 26, died this morning at University Medical...
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This post is no longer being updated. See more from KUT: SXSW Crash Raises Concerns About Barricade SafetyHow You Can Help SXSW Crash VictimsSummary: An...
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Update: With a federal judge blocking enforcement of a key restriction on abortion in Texas, here’s reaction from Gov. Rick Perry: “Today’s decision will
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The word is out: Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis will run for governor. News of Sen. Davis run, attributed to anonymous Democratic sources, shot around
