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Episodes
Blinn College Trustees Increase Tuition And Fees For The 2024-25 Academic Year
5/10/2024
Blinn College trustees set tuition and fees for the 2024-25 academic year. Chief financial officer Clen Burton said increasing tuition one dollar per credit hour and fees by three dollars per credit hour for all [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:58
Governor Names New Student Regents At Public Universities After Farewell Comments Are Made By This Year’s Texas A&M System Student Regent
5/10/2024
This week’s Texas A&M system board of regents meetings were the last for this year’s student regent. Click below to hear comments from Annie Valicek of West Texas A&M during the May 7, 2024 regents [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:58
Bryan ISD School Board Deliberates Five Issues Behind Closed Doors Then Takes Action On One Item
5/9/2024
Another economic development prospect has approached the Bryan ISD school board for incentives. That was one of five items scheduled for discussion in private during Monday’s (May 6) board meeting. After a 75 minute executive [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:31
Bryan ISD Administrators Announces Spending Cuts Of More Than $6 Million For The 2024-25 School Year
5/7/2024
More than $6 million dollars of spending cuts were identified by Bryan ISD administrators for the 2024-25 school year. BISD school board members expressed no opposition during Monday’s (May 6) meeting. Click HERE to read [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:46
Bryan/College Station Chamber Of Commerce Delegation Returns To Washington D.C.
5/7/2024
A delegation from the Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce is in Washington D.C. for its annual meeting with federal lawmakers. The chamber’s community liaison, Royce Hickman, says 36 community leaders began their visit Monday (May [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:35
Brazos County Tax Office Upgrading Property Tax Software Means No Property Tax Services On Wednesday
5/7/2024
Brazos County property owners will not be able to conduct business at the tax office on Wednesday, May 8. Tax assessor-collector Kristy Roe says they are making a change in computer software which will not [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:25
College Station City Council Grants An Impact Fee Appeal
5/6/2024
Since 2015, a local developer has been working on a multi family housing and commercial project across FM 60 from Easterwood Airport along Turkey Creek Road. Having planned to pay the city of College Station [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:43
Brazos County Commission Proclamations For Corrections Officers And Nurses
5/6/2024
This week is National Correctional officers and employees week and National Nurses week. Brazos County commissioners issued proclamations last week, which was followed by comments from county officials and employees. Click HERE to read and [Read More...]
Duration:00:08:49
College Station ISD School Board Approves Buying New Computer Software For Employees, Students, And Parental Use
5/6/2024
College Station ISD employees, students, and their parents will soon have access to new computer software. Business during the April regular meeting of the College Station ISD school board included the purchase of new computer [Read More...]
Duration:00:08:29
Senator John Cornyn Tells Reporters About An “Intriguing” Idea From A Texas A&M Team To Build Semiconductors
5/3/2024
U.S. senator John Cornyn says he is “intrigued” about a proposed project on the Texas A&M system’s RELLIS campus. Cornyn told Texas reporters Thursday (May 2) about a team from A&M proposing to the Commerce [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:14
College Station City Council Approves Spending Another $104,000 On The Nearly $5 Million Dollar Visitor’s Center And Economic Development Office
5/3/2024
The cost of the relatively new city of College Station visitors center and economic development office gets closer to $5 million dollars. That’s after a city council majority approved spending $104,000 dollars to add ceiling [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:28
Brazos County Commissioners Approve An Emergency Budget Amendment To Add Another Court Bailiff
5/1/2024
An emergency amendment to this year’s Brazos County budget was approved by county commissioners during Tuesday’s meeting (April 30). The amendment says the need for another court bailiff “is a case of grave public necessity [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:36
George Bush Drive / Wellborn Road Intersection Update and Online Survey
4/30/2024
Construction is expected to begin on the Wellborn Road / George Bush Drive intersection improvement project in spring 2026. Dr. Susan Ballabina, Chief of Staff to Texas A&M’s president, says both the campus community and [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:23
College Station City Council Considering Paid Parking On City Streets And Parking Lots For Kyle Field Events
4/30/2024
College Station city administrators hold their first public discussion with the city council about the idea of charging $25 dollars for people to park on some city streets and some city owned parking lots around [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:13
Brazos County Commissioners Asked To Recruit A Mental Health Facility
4/30/2024
A local attorney who represents children in the Texas child protective services system asks Brazos County commissioners how he and others can do to get a local mental health facility. Fred Medina said during the [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:58
Bryan ISD Employees And Parents Are Notified Cost Cutting Will Take Place For The 2024-25 School Year
4/29/2024
Bryan ISD’s superintendent sent an e-mail to employees and parents after school last Friday (April 26) announcing cost cutting measures for the 2024-25 school year. Ginger Carrabine’s statement says every student program will continue to [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:18
College Station City Council Adds A Civil Penalty To Its “No More Than Four Unrelated Occupancy” Ordinance
4/26/2024
Five College Station city council members approve adding a civil fine along with continuing the option of criminal prosecution of those found guilty of living in residences that are limited to four unrelated occupants. Councilwoman [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:20
College Station ISD Issues Statement About Future Staffing Following Public Comments To The School Board
4/26/2024
College Station ISD issues a statement about future staffing following public comments during the April school board meeting. Click below to hear comments from David Foley during the April 16, 2024 College Station ISD board [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:09
Reorganization Of Texas A&M’s Marketing And Communications Efforts Shared With Members Of A&M’s Faculty Senate
4/26/2024
The April message on the website of Texas A&M’s president included the future use of 164 full time equivalent employees tasked with building the university’s brand. That followed an appearance of A&M’s new vice president [Read More...]
Duration:00:29:58
Bryan City Council Special Meeting To Approve Another Change Order In The Reconstruction Of South College Next To Midtown Park
4/25/2024
Motorists won’t have access to South College Avenue in Bryan between Villa Maria and Carson until the end of 2025. What was originally a construction period of 360 days, has grown to 509 days. The [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:57