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Interim Dean Anita Vangelisti fired KUT Public Media General Manager Debbie Hiott this week for "lack of responsible leadership" ahead of the KUT Festival. Documents obtained by KUT don't suggest any glaring issues between UT and event planners in the days and weeks before the festival.

The judge in the case insisted on a 60-day jail sentence. The controversy has roiled Texas politics and led critics to question the attorney general's ability to adequately prosecute crime.

The camp has 45 days to revise its emergency plan.

The boom in data centers, many to support artificial intelligence, could strain the Texas power grid and increase energy costs.

Federal tax filings show the Texas Public Policy Foundation gave $70,000 to a university led by one of the content advisers guiding the drafting of the new social studies curriculum.

Musk launched the "TERAFAB" project at an event inside the old Seaholm power plant on Saturday night. He said the project would include an Austin-area "advanced technology" facility and thanked Gov. Greg Abbott for his support.

Doolysaurus gives scientists more insight into connections in lineages between species in North America and Asia.

A win for Greg Abbott in November would put the Republican on track to becoming the longest serving governor of Texas. For Democrat Gina Hinojosa, an Austin-area Texas House member, a win would break a 30-plus year Republican streak in the office.

This is the latest move by the state to have more control over what is taught at public universities.

Starting mid-February, Alamo Drafthouse will ditch its pen and paper ordering system for food and drinks.

Government sources say that for the last six weeks, they've been ordered not to release undocumented children in federal custody to their parents and relatives.

Eckhardt said she was running for Congress earlier this year, but she has since changed her mind.