Nathan Bernier
Nathan Bernier a KUT reporter and the local host during All Things Considered and Marketplace. He grew up in the small mountain town of Nelson, BC, Canada, and worked at commercial news radio stations in Ottawa, Montreal and Boston before starting at KUT in 2008.
Nathan has won numerous journalism awards including a National Edward R. Murrow Award, Texas Associated Press Awards, Lonestar Awards from the Houston Press Club, and various other awards and recognitions. Nathan's hobbies outside work include producing music and enjoying Austin's many food and drink establishments.
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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is busier than last summer as a $5 billion expansion moves ahead and high oil prices prompt some airlines to trim prices. -
The Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals has cleared the way for new Department of State Health Services rules governing hemp products to take effect again, including higher fees for businesses and limits on the sale of THCA flower and concentrates. But DSHS says they're still considering how to proceed. -
A Texas Supreme Court order takes effect May 28 that allows state health officials to again treat manufactured Delta-8 THC as a Schedule I controlled substance, a legal category that includes peyote and Ecstasy. -
The Texas hemp industry is asking a judge to suspend some of the state's new rules while businesses challenge the regulations in court. -
Texas says new rules banning sales of smokable hemp also apply to out-of-state companies. But cannabis lawyers question the rules and Austin police won't confiscate hemp if you have the packaging. -
Lines at Austin's airport not caused by government shutdown, Republican and Democratic lawmakers sayPoliticians from both major parties are blaming each other for holding unpaid TSA officers "hostage" in negotiations over government funding. But they say few TSA workers at Austin's airport are calling in sick. -
New state rules change how THC levels are calculated and raise fees on hemp businesses by as much as 4,000% -
Construction on the boardwalk has not begun. Public records show the project has been slowed by behind-the-scenes disputes over who would control the money. -
The Department of State Health Services is considering new rules for the Texas hemp industry that would require child-resistant packaging, stronger warning labels, sharply higher fees and effectively ban smokeable flower and extracts. -
The city revealed the number of gates after locking down long-term agreements with the seven biggest airlines at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
