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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Those opposed to the a border barrier throughout the Big Bend region say the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department should be doing more to stop the construction on state lands.
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A plan to build a network of 765 kV transmission lines to bolster the state's power grid has come under intense opposition from landowners in its path and others.
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Warmer air holds more water. When that air encounters the right weather conditions, bigger storms emerge.
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The Invisible Mammal follows scientists trying new ways to save bats from white-nose syndrome.
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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.
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The boom in data centers, many to support artificial intelligence, could strain the Texas power grid and increase energy costs.
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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.
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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.
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Thousands of people are still without power after ice and snow gripped much of the country, rattling power grids and energy markets.