Rhonda Fanning
Rhonda is the newest member of the KUT News team, joining in late 2013 as producer for KUT's new daily news program, The Texas Standard. Rhonda will forever be known as the answer to the trivia question, “Who was the first full-time hire for The Texas Standard?” She’s an Iowa native who got her start in public radio at WFSU in Tallahassee, while getting her Master's Degree in Library Science at Florida State University. Prior to joining KUT and The Texas Standard, Rhonda was a producer for Wisconsin Public Radio.
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A county judge is under investigation for defacing the sign that was preserved as evidence of the area’s segregationist past.
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The Texas attorney general is suing four states over the 2020 election, but it’s unlikely the Supreme Court will take on the case.
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A Washington Post correspondent doesn’t predict Texas will turn blue, but the state continues to show signs of moving in that direction.
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From Texas Standard: Five years ago, 28-year-old Sandra Bland died by what was officially ruled a suicide, in a Waller County jail cell. Bland, a Black...
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From Texas Standard : Saturday's launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent two astronauts to the International Space Station or ISS. It was the first time...
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From Texas Standard : Massachusetts Sen. and former University of Texas law professor, Elizabeth Warren, is among the Democratic presidential candidates...
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From Texas Standard : Former Vice President Joe Biden is among the leading Democratic candidates for president nationwide. In Texas, a recent poll found...
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From Texas Standard : Limited business regulation has led to an influx of large companies and skilled workers in Texas over the past few years. It's...
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From Texas Standard : The last Texan in the presidential race, Julián Castro, lamented Tuesday about the dwindling number of candidates of color vying...
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From Texas Standard: Texan, and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom, where New York prosecutors are...
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From Texas Standard : India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making his first visit to the U.S. since he won a landslide reelection victory in May. The...
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From Texas Standard : Students in Odessa returned to class on Tuesday, many of them dressed in yellow. It was planned by Odessa High School’s student...