This weekend marks 50 years since an event in Austin that no one has seen the likes of since. A concert so epic — and so messy — that if you remember it, maybe you weren’t really there.
The Texas Department of Public Safety closed the Capitol grounds through the weekend in anticipation of the protest. Organizers called the move an attempt to “repress” pro-Palestinian organizing in the state.
KUTX, the sister station of KUT, went off the air over the weekend. Crews are working to investigate what happened, but until then the station will not reach its normal audience.
The average American human lives to their 70s. The average giant tortoise can live more than 100 years. The Greenland shark can live up to 500 years. What about trees in Austin?
Critics are skeptical about whether the new rules by the Railroad Commission
will prevent another catastrophe like the power grid disaster in February 2021.