Mario Carrillo
KUT News internMario will be an intern at KUT for the spring of 2011. He is currently a student at UT Austin pursuing his MA in Journalism. Prior to UT, he spent 27 months in Costa Rica as a Peace Corps Volunteer. His reporting interests include Mexican-American studies, immigration issues, and the ongoing drug war in Mexico. He was born in Chihuahua, Mexico but grew up in El Paso, Texas and has a BA in Communication from UT-San Antonio.
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An anti-bullying bill has cleared a major hurdle towards becoming law. House Bill 1942 cleared the Texas House by a final vote of 94-41.The bill, authored… -
Austin city officials say have no plans to ratchet up security following the death of Osama Bin Laden and concerns that Islamist radicals could stage… -
A survey by the Texas Farm Bureau's "Grocery Price Watch" found that Texans are paying more for some food staple items.The report shows an increase in… -
Students at Leander High School got out a little early today.According to the Leander ISD website, Leander High School evacuated its students at about… -
The first African-American to fly aboard the Space Shuttle was in Austin today.In honor of Black History Month, Austin Community College invited Dr. Guy… -
The House State Affairs Committee is taking invited testimony on a bill that would require women considering an abortion to receive a sonogram and have a… -
This Sunday's Super Bowl will showcase two of the league's premier quarterbacks: Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers and Pittsburgh's two-time champion Ben… -
Cold weather and power outages could snarl rush hour traffic this afternoon. Some intersections, like the one at 6th and Lamar, were backed up for blocks… -
Since U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s announcement last week that she will not seek re-election to the in 2012, names of several possible candidates,…
