KUT

KUT is the NPR affiliate in Austin, operating out of the University of Texas’ flagship campus. We are an audience-focused, community-funded newsroom that focuses on city government, education, health care, politics and policy, energy and the environment, transportation and housing and affordability issues. We cover an 8-county region in Central Texas. Our mission is to provide our audience with the information they need to understand the world around them and engage with their communities on civic issues. We distribute our content through FM radio, our website, social media, podcasts and other platforms to reach our audience where they are.

 

Current Position

Location: Austin, Texas

Beat: Hays County and the strains of rapid development

Position:

As Austin has grown in the few past decades, affordability in the city has become a bigger and bigger issue. The cost of housing has forced many working families to move further out from the urban core. This has meant explosive growth in many of Austin’s suburban communities. Everything from roads to water systems to schools and law enforcement in these communities have become strained. And that infrastructure stress means local governments are trying to catch up with the boom.

Reporter: Riane Roldan