Jimmy Maas
Assistant Program DirectorJimmy became the assistant news director after years of hosting and reporting on business, sports, and odd stuff around Austin.
He grew up in Austin where he studied at its finest institutions. He moved to New York where he worked for some of its biggest media conglomerates.
Since joining the KUT News team, he has won awards and received several years of "meets and sometimes exceeds expectations" in employee reviews. You can email him at jmaas@kut.org.
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The 60-point “Roadmap to Improving Grid Reliability” includes more energy conservation alerts and plans to increase transmission capacity in South and West Texas.
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The shortage is like if H-E-B ran out of milk, bread and toilet paper (if you could imagine). And while firecrackers are not nearly as essential as groceries, they are subject to the same supply-chain disruptions that have plagued other businesses.
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The MLS team will play its first soccer game at home Saturday night. KUT's Jimmy Maas and Jerry Quijano preview what fans can expect.
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As many as 20,500 people will be sitting, standing and cheering right next to each other at Q2 Stadium.
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NASCAR drew Austin's largest crowd to attend an event since before the pandemic.
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Proponents of Sunday liquor sales in Texas are making a big statement this weekend at the NASCAR Xfinity race at Circuit of the Americas. An industry group is taking its “Boot the Ban” campaign to the racetrack.
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The team will play Nigeria on June 16 as part of a final series of tuneups before the Tokyo Olympics in July.
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Moody Center is a $338 million public-private project on the UT Austin campus that will eventually replace the Frank Erwin Center.
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Dozens of storefronts have closed permanently since the start of the pandemic, but a new report shows optimism for growth.
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After the pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2020 festival, SXSW returned this year in a shortened, virtual form but was looking for a financial lift to get back to a full-sized festival in 2022.