Laura Rice
Laura first joined the KUT team in April 2012. She now works for the statewide program Texas Standard as a reporter and producer. Laura came to KUT from the world of television news. She has worn many different hats as an anchor, reporter and producer at TV stations in Austin, Amarillo and Toledo, OH. Laura is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, a triathlete and enjoys travel, film and a good beer. She enjoys spending time with her husband and pets.
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The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is just one-tenth of the adult dose. As the company seeks emergency approval, trials are still ongoing to see if a third shot would help boost immunity in some young kids. -
An expert in culture-based education strategies says not glossing over atrocities is one step towards repairing relationships with Indigenous communities. -
UT Austin professor Leonard Moore decided to take 25 years of classroom teaching to the world after the police killing of George Floyd. -
Why evangelical vaccination rates might look different under a former ‘patron saint of conservatism’A Southern Methodist University professor says the emphasis on economic freedom starting in the 1980s replaced prior understandings of what it meant to be conservative. -
Though meteorologists expect a mild winter for much of the United States, forces overseas are already sending prices up. -
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is considering adding clinics near the Texas border, but says immediate demands are unsustainable. -
As of this writing, there are four lawsuits in federal court and one in state court. -
Economist Ray Perryman says Texas stands to lose over $180,000 per year for every person who can’t go back to work because of the pandemic. -
While there are more than 900 active COVID-19 cases among Texas nursing home residents, the severity of the disease and outbreaks are much less since most residents are vaccinated. -
Inmate suicides rose despite a prison population that decreased last year by about 20,000 from the year before.
