Sangita Menon
ReporterSangita Menon is a general assignment reporter for KUT. Before switching over to journalism in 2017, she was a circuit designer for a high-tech company in Austin. She has a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UCLA.
Sangita was born in India, grew up in California, lived in Oregon and finally made her way to Texas in 2007. She lives in Austin with her husband and two daughters.
You can email her at smenon@kut.org.
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El tiempo helado ha derribado árboles y ramas en los barrios de Austin esta semana. Si han causado daños a tu propiedad, es posible que desees considerar la presentación de una reclamación al seguro.
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Icy weather conditions have downed trees and branches in neighborhoods around Austin. If they’ve caused damage to your property, you may want to consider filing an insurance claim.
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Organizers are aiming to recruit about 3,000 volunteers — that’s about how many they had in 2018.
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Cada año, cientos de millones de dólares quedan sin reclamar en Texas. El estado no notifica a la gente acerca de estos fondos, por lo que muchos no saben que tienen dinero - a menudo cientos de dólares - a la espera de ser reclamados.
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Here's how those assets got there, and how to reclaim your own money.
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Las nuevas clases del AISD que fueron introducidas este otoño comienzan en el jardín de niños y se extienden hasta la preparatoria. Pero no todos los estudiantes van a participar en ellas. Los padres y guardianes tienen que aprobar que sus hijos tomen las clase debido a una ley estatal que legisladores de Texas pasaron en el 2021.
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The new lessons AISD introduced this fall start in kindergarten and run through high school. But not all students will participate. Parents and guardians must opt their kids into the lessons because of a state law Texas lawmakers passed in 2021.
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An independent research group found the department is promptly getting sexual assault kits tested and properly classifying cases, but that it could improve its response time to sexual assault reports.
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Voters elected two commissioners and a county judge to preside over the Hays County Commissioners Court, the governing body that creates policies and budgets.
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The ordinance stops the city’s police officers from arresting or issuing citations to people for some misdemeanors associated with possession of about 4 ounces or less of marijuana.