On Monday, the Texas Legislature ended its 84th regular session. After 140 days of committee meetings, testimony, debate, amendment, and occasionally, bill-passing,...
As the 2015 Texas Legislature sprints toward the finish line, bills allowing licensed gun owners to carry firearms on college campuses seem unlikely to pass. But...
The sometimes tense relationship between legislators and the UT System Board of Regents continued this week, as regents rebuked a request from a pair of lawmakers...
The Hall of Government
This week began with the news that legislators were, after more than a year of investigation, taking action in the case of UT regent Wallace...
Another round of questions leads to more allegations in the investigation of embattled UT System regent Wallace Hall. We take a look at what made it into new outlets...
Emails reveal Gov. Rick Perry’s personal communication with UT System regents.
With less than two weeks left in the legislative session, some lawmakers are...
With time running out at the legislature, a UT-specific cap on the Top 10 Percent Law takes another step forward in the legislative process.
The Texas House of...
A bill to extend UT’s cap on automatic admissions, previously passed by the Senate, is now ready to be voted on by the House of Representatives.
The Texas...
Making its way through the Legislature, a bill that would more carefully define the role of public university regents now heads to the House—and possibly the Governor’s...
