Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera
Assistant Digital EditorAlejandro Martínez-Cabrera is an assistant digital editor at KUT.org. He previously worked as a breaking news editor at the Austin American-Statesman and content editor at the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Before that, he worked for several English- and Spanish-language publications covering the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration, technology and public safety.
He grew up in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Oficiales de salud bajaron las recomendaciones locales de salud ante el descenso en el número de contagios y hospitalizaciones en las últimas semanas. -
Health officials downgraded their local health recommendations after new cases and hospitalizations have steadily decreased in the last few weeks.
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If approved by the City Council, Chacon will take leadership of the Austin Police Department at a time when the city is seeing a rise in crime and seeking reforms to policing. -
Las autoridades han confirmado la muerte de dos personas, cientos siguen desaparecidos y un millón se quedó sin electricidad tras la llegada de Ida el domingo. -
Two people have been confirmed dead, hundreds are missing and a million people were left without power after Ida made landfall on Sunday.
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Nearly 400 students and staff members have tested positive for the virus since the school year began two weeks ago, school district data show. -
Debate on the contentious Senate Bill 1 resumes after enough Democratic lawmakers returned to the state last week. -
Los índices de vacunación en Texas llegaron a su punto más bajo en julio, pero han ido subiendo poco a poco en las últimas semanas conforme han aumentado los contagios ocasionados por la variante delta del coronavirus. -
Vaccination rates in Texas had reached their lowest levels in July, but they have gradually picked up the pace in the last few weeks as the highly contagious delta variant has ravaged the state.
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Blanco is relying on its reserve tank after crews identified two leaks that depleted water levels.
