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Andy Uhler

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Andy Uhler is the former Texas-based reporter for Marketplace, based in Austin. He joined Marketplace team from the Texas Standard, an hour-long news program produced at KUT in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, he was a natural resources policy analyst at the Texas Legislature as part of a global policy studies master’s program at the University of Texas at Austin. He was also the senior producer for the music journalism program Texas Music Matters, and he worked as a co-host for NPR Music’s festival coverage. Andy's reporting tended to focus on the energy industry and agriculture in Texas. Every now and again, though, he got to report on sports. When that happened, don't be surprised if the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers or Dallas Mavericks entered the conversation.

Latest from Andy Uhler

  • President Donald Trump will go on a multi-country trip this week to Europe, where he'll discuss the global economy and trade with the world's leading 20 economies. But with the U.S. and countries like Germany seemingly at odds when it comes to protectionism, we'll discuss just how contentious these meetings might be. Next, we'll talk about the growing market for physical storage spaces, and then look at whether Georgia's music industry can succeed as the state's public schools reduce its music classes.

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  • An electric bus pulls up to the Pomona, California transit center. Proterra sold its first electric buses on the west coast to Foothill Transit, the group in charge of running Pomona's buses.
    Andy Uhler/Marketplace

    It sounds like a thing of the future, but many cities and counties are trading in their diesel mass transit vehicles for electric ones.

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  • Plans by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reform the nation’s tax system have sparked fiery protests across the country. For the first time, many small traders must pay tax. Businesses say they aren’t ready for the new system, which goes into effect this weekend. The government maintains the overhaul is needed to finance infrastructure […]

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  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Washington today for his first meeting with President Trump. The two are likely to stick to subjects both countries agree on — defense and counterterrorism — but the issue of H-1B visas can’t be ignored.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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  • NBA Prospect Lonzo Ball speaks with the media after a workout with the Los Angeles Lakers at Toyota Sports Center on June 7 in El Segundo, California.
    Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

    Nowadays, how good you are on the court is only one factor in your earning potential as a star athlete.

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  • A fisherman casts his line into the Sacramento River.
    David McNew/Getty Images

    For all its ocean docks, lakes, river and streams, the state has the fewest people who go fishing per capita.

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  • Department of Energy head Rick Perry has a history of developing renewable energy, especially wind power, as governor of Texas. He voiced support for wind and solar power expansion in his confirmation hearings and elsewhere. But the budget on the table for DOE includes drastic cuts to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, […]

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  • Fish populations are tracked using data collected by fishermen working with the Morro Bay Community Quota Fund.
    Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

    Environmentalists in Morro Bay focus on getting fishermen back in the water with more sustainable practices.

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  • These past few years have been rough for the European economy. The Greek debt crisis; shaky banks in Italy; widespread unemployment in Spain. Now, though, there are signs that things are picking up. The European Central Bank, which frames economic policy for the eurozone — the 19 countries that use the euro as their currency […]

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  • Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 3.
    JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

    FBI-themed bar food and drinks are just part of the plan to monetize the political drama.

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