Nathan Bernier

Transportation reporter at @KUT. Hemp interviews: X posts mirrored here: Support:

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

LISTEN: Austin's City Council has been voting in secret for years, despite the city’s claims of transparency.

This audio story I made with @MoseBuchele is about ten minutes.

[Mose Buchele @MoseBuchele]

Liam Tadeo was planning to start Kindergarten in Austin this year. Instead he will be deported to Mexico along with his father after the two were detained by ICE on their way to a soccer game.

https://t.co/nC0WQQUPRu

[KUT Austin @KUT]

The Austin Animal Center lost air conditioning earlier this month in two buildings, which house about 80 dogs, the shelter said.

The city of Austin has made a temporary fix to the AC, but the air temperature is still sitting in the low 90s. https://t.co/93DfbIkRFE

[Taylor Goldenstein @taygoldenstein]

Texas Railroad Commission eliminates public comment period from its public meetings, @insideclimate reports https://t.co/GQet1cdyPo

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A passenger rail link between Austin and San Antonio, long dreamed about by local officials and commuters who would rather watch YouTube than white-knuckle it between semi-trucks on I-35, is now being presented with two very different paths forward. https://t.co/0KfWSS0NrX

[Alex Driggars @AlexDriggars]

Austin’s Project Connect was back in court today. Here’s what happened. @statesman https://t.co/9JwFCcoudI

[Faith Bugenhagen @FBugenhagen_]

@tedcruz @GavinNewsom Delta President Peter Carter says, "There's no better advocate in Washington, D.C., for the airline industry than @tedcruz

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

Ticket sales start Saturday.

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

BREAKING: Delta to launch Austin's first nonstop flight to Paris on March 27, 2027.
https://t.co/jdldepYhi2

[KUT Austin @KUT]

"Austinhenge" is what people call the days when the sunset aligns perfectly with Austin's east-west downtown streets. https://t.co/gUmq8ALnLw

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

I should have wrote Memorial Day *weekend fire. It was on Saturday, May 23.

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

Austin's Bikeshare service starts coming back Aug. 11 after a Memorial Day fire prompted CapMetro to pull its fleet of almost 500 bikes.

The estimated value of burned equipment was $159,000.

None of it was insured.

https://t.co/ogVcIqc9vl

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

@KHealy__ They’re asking the judge for a temporary restraining order and expedited preliminary injunction to put the rules on hold while the case proceeds. So it’s possible we could hear something within a couple weeks but it’s hard (for me, a mere non-lawyer) to say for sure.

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

Three hemp businesses, including Austin’s Happy Cactus Apothecary, are suing the state of Texas in federal court over the Delta-8 ban that took effect Friday, which makes it a felony to possess almost all hemp-derived THCs (except Delta-9).

Filing: https://t.co/tTCmyk1xmd

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

Background on the ban: https://t.co/DQDmmXRk7v

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

Our most recent story on the citywide artwork removal was by KUT's newest reporter, @gvelasquezn.

He was there as people mourned the loss of the rainbow crosswalks, a symbol of LGBTQ identity in a neighborhood long central to Austin's queer community.

https://t.co/zIYdMHTbfh

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

NEW: Removing Austin road art like the "Black Artists Matter" mural on 11th Street and the rainbow crosswalks downtown cost the city $41,298.

That doesn't include the cost of removing art on Joe Sayers Avenue, so the final total will be a bit higher.

https://t.co/CxaM8282jc

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

@JosieBedlam It’s still legal to posses hemp flower and THCA concentrate in Texas but not legal to sell. Because of that, some out-of-state retailers are still shipping smokable hemp to Texas despite DSHS’s insistence that they shouldn’t. https://t.co/DcaekhDavf

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

https://t.co/ZndPWW1aeE

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

The Delta-8 ban taking effect Friday, July 31 makes possession a felony in Texas.

Here's a 22-minute chat with Amanda Taylor, lead counsel for those who challenged the ban including @HometownHeroATX.

This interview is also on YouTube: https://t.co/uh8Gdzu7HD

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

Texas will ban Delta-8 on July 31.

Austin police say possession will be a felony.

https://t.co/DQDmmXRk7v

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

And a reminder that APD won’t confiscate hemp products if they’re keep in the original packaging, because officers in the field can’t tell the difference between hemp and marijuana. Here’s an APD lieutenant who oversees drug enforcement saying that:

https://t.co/BFFkR8e7ru

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

@HometownHeroATX The story: https://t.co/DQDmmXRk7v

[Nathan Bernier @KUTnathan]

The Delta-8 ban taking effect Friday, July 31 makes possession a felony in Texas.

Here's a 22-minute chat with Amanda Taylor, lead counsel for those who challenged the ban including @HometownHeroATX.

This interview is also on YouTube: https://t.co/uh8Gdzu7HD