Will DuPree
@willdupreetv
Emmy-winning @KXAN_News Reporter / Anchor • @NorthwesternU @MedillSchool grad • Arkansas native • Instagram: willdupreetv 🏳️🌈
What a way to kick off #PrideMonth! 🏳️🌈 We cannot shake off our smiles after experiencing so much love, joy & magic during our wedding. Thanks to our families, friends & loved ones for making it incredibly special. We’ll be back from our honeymoon soon!
Here in Austin, @KUT & @KUTX expect to lose more than $1.2 million per year in federal funding because Congress clawed back money they already approved for public broadcasting. @dhiott, the stations' general manager, joined me to talk about the impact of those cuts. @KXAN_News
🔴 Texas 2036 goes live on @KXAN_News! This afternoon, @marylynnpruneda joined @willdupreetv to talk about the future of STAAR — a key issue up for debate in the #txlege special session. #txed Thanks for having us join the conversation!
Breaking News: President Trump was told by Pam Bondi this spring that his name appeared in the Epstein files, said people who know of the exchange. nyti.ms/3TRcN9v
70 days since our last triple digit day in Austin... #KXAN #ATXWX
this is extraordinary work by @propublica @texastribune and their fearless partners projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-imm… #txlege
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV
The first special joint committee hearing on the Hill Country flood response and relief is about to begin. Room full of media. There are 17 witnesses testifying between 5 panels.
Today, Task Force 1 recovered the body of a missing adult female lost in the flood. She was recovered in the Kerrville area. We are still missing one adult male and a little girl from Camp Mystic. Our search continues.
The new restaurant and tavern, called A Little Shady, is opening at 5172 S. Farm to Market Road 1626 in Kyle. More from Austin Business Journal: kxan.com/news/local/co-…
Some redistricting news: MISSOURI Republicans are discussing a new 7R-1D map that would crack Dem Rep Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district The WH, which pushed TX to redistrict, is on board, per sources familiar The current map is 6R-2D punchbowl.news/article/campai…
NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott told members of Congress he was skeptical about calling a special session to redraw Texas’ congressional maps. Most Texas Republicans were not a fan, either. Then Trump called. How the redistricting effort came to be: @TexasTribune texastribune.org/2025/07/22/tex…
The Texas Senate is taking up a resolution to adopt redistricting rules and procedures. It’s the first time Democrats have the chance to directly question their Republican colleagues about redistricting.
NEW -- CBO has a new cost estimate for OBBB. The law will add $3.4T to the budget deficit over the next 10 years, CBO says. CBO: "That increase in the deficit is estimated to result from a decrease in direct spending of $1.1 trillion and an decrease in revenues of $4.5…
On the first day of the Texas special legislative session, acting comptroller Kelly Hancock says lawmakers have more than $3 billion in general revenue available to use. @KXAN_News


Today is day 1 of the 30-day special legislative session in TX, and what an agenda awaits lawmakers. Gov. Abbott wants them to tackle the deadly Central Texas flooding, redrawing political maps, ending the STAAR test, regulating THC & more. @KXAN_News kxan.com/state-of-texas…
JUST ANNOUNCED Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Kelly Clarkson and more will take the Moody Center stage on August 17 for Band Together Texas—a star-studded benefit concert. Register for presale here - moodycenteratx.com/bandtogetherte… *All tickets subject to availability.
The Joe Rogan podcast episode with Texas State Rep. @jamestalarico, D-Austin, has dropped. It’s 2.5 hours. Talarico is mulling a run for U.S. Senate in the seat held by Sen. @JohnCornyn. #txlege youtu.be/_jOGPvMftb8?si…
The United States has assessed that only one of Iran’s three principal nuclear facilities was destroyed in U.S. strikes last month, prompting renewed questions about President Trump’s claim that Tehran’s nuclear program had been “totally obliterated.” wapo.st/44Fdjxq
Up to 1.7 million Texans are expected to lose their health insurance through coming changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace under Republicans’ tax and spending megabill, according to an analysis by health policy experts. Latest from @TexasTribune texastribune.org/2025/07/18/tex…
People who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could soon see their monthly premiums sharply increase as subsidies expire and insurers propose a major premium hike for 2026. nbcnews.com/health/health-…