Mose Buchele
Mose Buchele is the Austin-based broadcast reporter for KUT's NPR partnership StateImpact Texas . He has been on staff at KUT 90.5 since 2009, covering local and state issues. Mose has also worked as a blogger on politics and an education reporter at his hometown paper in Western Massachusetts. He holds masters degrees in Latin American Studies and Journalism from UT Austin.
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The state office that distributes billions to expand Texas rural broadband is facing allegations of "favoritism" and offering "sweetheart" deals to companies that provide low earth orbit satellite broadband. -
The boom in data centers, many to support artificial intelligence, could strain the Texas power grid and increase energy costs. -
Police recordings of an immigration enforcement operation in East Austin show how quickly and quietly people are taken into federal custody when state police partner with ICE. These videos, obtained through a public information request, show Texas DPS agents wearing face masks in violation of state policy. -
While cities in blue states like Minnesota and California resist ICE enforcement, some Democrat-led cities in red states, like Austin, Texas, are in a heated debate over how to respond.
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The power grid is now better equipped to handle winter storms, but what has not been fixed is also becoming clearer. -
Thousands of people are still without power after ice and snow gripped much of the country, rattling power grids and energy markets.
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In some parts of the U.S., ICE agents are seizing people directly from county jails to take into immigration custody. The tactic has raised concerns over due process.
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Data shows a growing number of people in Travis County jails find themselves facing deportation after sometimes routine run-ins with the police. -
The Environmental Protection Agency's "Solar for All" grant program aimed to lower peoples energy bills by providing access to renewable energy. -
While the storms' full environmental impacts may take weeks to assess, Austin-area officials warn they could be serious and will include a rise in the city's mosquito population.
