Andrew Weber
ReporterAndrew Weber is KUT's government accountability reporter, focusing on criminal justice, policing, courts and homelessness in Austin and Travis County. You can email him at aweber@kut.org.
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Travis County Sheriff's Office is 'considering' how to partner with ICE after bill heads to governorSenate Bill 8 would require sheriffs running a jail to have a formal partnership with the federal immigration agency. -
Gov. Greg Abbott called all state workers back to the office this spring. Now, state lawmakers are sending this bill to his desk. -
Nearly 30 people sued the city over the Austin Police Department's use of so-called less-lethal ammunition five years ago. -
The Tesla CEO says he expects as many as 10 by the end of June. After that? "Thousands," he said. -
Austin's oppressive summer heat is back. The earlier-than-usual wave of triple-digit temperatures prompted the city to open up cooling centers this week. -
In one case, the university had pushed to delete records related to an arrest. In another, the university was accused of hiding communications on encrypted apps. -
Community members said they were decided to join the protests because of the Trump administration's stance on LGBTQ+ issues and cuts to federal grants that have had local effects. -
The lawyer for a protester arrested at a pro-Israel event argues UT officials actively hid communications about the case by using apps that can delete messages. -
APD continues to have trouble filling empty jobs and bringing in new officers. That's due in part to a lack of recruitment plans, city auditors found. -
The agency put the brakes on a plan to build a larger parking structure at the campus, which opened in 2022. It cited an abundance of remote workers.
