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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The variant BV-1 was first identified in a Texas A&M student with mild COVID-19 symptoms.
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The governor's executive order bars entities that receive state tax dollars from requiring anyone to verify they've been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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“It’s bad for the economy. It’s bad for people. … It has a ripple effect when rent isn’t paid.”
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A UNT epidemiologist says it's not too late to keep Texas from going the way of California, where hospital ICU units have reached capacity.
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The Texas attorney general is suing four states over the 2020 election, but it’s unlikely the Supreme Court will take on the case.
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From Texas Standard : Lubbock saw the same summer spike in COVID-19 cases as much of Texas. And, like much of the state, those cases decreased for a...
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From Texas Standard : In presidential election years past, Democrats weren't willing to spend a lot of money on political ads in Texas because winning...
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From Texas Standard: Reviews for Joe Biden's speech accepting his party's presidential nomination on closing night of the Democratic National Convention...
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From Texas Standard : On Aug. 3, Texas reported 5,839 new COVID-19 cases . But that doesn't mean all positive cases are reflected in the state's tally....
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From T exas Standard: Democrats running for Congress in Texas are raking in some of the biggest fundraising hauls in years compared to their Republican...