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Audrey McGlinchy @mcglinchyreports.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I'm at a @sxsw.com panel with Austin Mayor Kirk Watson talking about housing. Watson touts the work of he and his colleagues over the past 2 years as part of Austin's "enormous success" on housing. Rents have been falling for nearly 2 years.
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Mose Buchele @mosebuchele.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Strong drink and a bad attitude are never a good combination. But, occasionally, they do change history. In this episode of The Disconnect learn how a drunken brawl in downtown Austin delivered a system of energy price fixing that persists to this day. kutkutx.studio/the-disconne...
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Audrey McGlinchy @mcglinchyreports.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
NEW from me: Austin is set to change how it regulates short-term rentals (aka Airbnbs), after court cases have gutted the city's rules. The city's now focused on getting more owners licensed and less on limiting the number of these controversial rentals: www.kut.org/housing/2025... :
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Austin to overhaul how it regulates Airbnbs and other short-term rentals
The city has proposed rules to make it hard to run a short-term rental without a city-issued license. Third-party data suggests thousands of owners rent out their homes without one.
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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Did you know the heart of #ElonMusk’s business empire is in rural Texas? We used records to map how much land he and his lieutenants have in Bastrop County. It’s more than 600 acres. Have a tip about Musk? Email me! www.kut.org/austin/2025-... #musk #spacex #boring #xcorp #txlege #texas
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Mose Buchele @mosebuchele.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Hello Bluesky! The new season of our power grid podcast The Disconnect is out! This time we look at the oil and gas industry's role in keeping the lights on. We start with the roaring history of martial law, oil bootlegging and con artistry in the East Texas oilfield! kutkutx.studio/the-disconne...
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The Long Con - KUT & KUTX Studios - Podcasts
Hear the story of a con man and a group of hardscrabble East Texas farmers who uncovered the biggest oilfield in U.S. history — and how that discovery forced an obscure state agency to confront the de...
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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Season 3 of The Disconnect — our podcast about the Texas power grid — has begun. This time: natural gas — how it failed in the 2021 blackout and why TX leaders call it the future of a reliable grid. The first episode is all about the con man who started it all. kutkutx.studio/category/the...
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The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout Archives - KUT & KUTX Studios - Podcasts
Millions lost power. Hundreds died. How did this happen? KUT’s Mose Buchele explores what happened during the worst blackout in Texas history, how we got the electric grid we have today and what could...
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Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Made a little starter pack of folks reporting on Austin from @kutnews.bsky.social go.bsky.app/QfocwBJ
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