
Rhonda Fanning
Rhonda is the newest member of the KUT News team, joining in late 2013 as producer for KUT's new daily news program, The Texas Standard. Rhonda will forever be known as the answer to the trivia question, “Who was the first full-time hire for The Texas Standard?” She’s an Iowa native who got her start in public radio at WFSU in Tallahassee, while getting her Master's Degree in Library Science at Florida State University. Prior to joining KUT and The Texas Standard, Rhonda was a producer for Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis recently stumped in Eagle Pass, with a heavy focus on border issues.
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Lawmakers use last-minute pitches to rectify older legislation, but also do a bit of political grandstanding.
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Baby boomers and Generation Xers who lived through the dot-com crash had their views of the industry shaped by the experience.
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With only a few days before the start of the next legislative session, politics reporters Niki Griswold and James Barragán preview what’s on the agenda for state lawmakers.
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The winningest college football coach in the history of Texas Tech, Leach died Tuesday at the age of 61.
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Thousands of men, women and children – many seeking asylum – are lining up to turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents, just days before the court-ordered end of a pandemic-era policy known as Title 42.
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A pair of adult wolves was recently transferred from a ranch in New Mexico to the wild in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Conservationists are hoping to preserve the 7,000-acre stretch of high desert wilderness with a national monument designation.
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Demand for mental health services has skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic began. What’s driving the increased demand, and how can psychologists meet it?
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With a lack of concrete results and about a year left in the state’s two-year budget cycle, it’s unclear whether Texas can afford to continue running the border security initiative in its current form.