Archive for: Gov. Rick Perry

 
TXEXplainer: The Wallace Hall Hearings

TXEXplainer: The Wallace Hall Hearings

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This week, members of a select legislative committee are returning to Austin from across the state to conduct a new round of hearings in the investigation of controversial...

 
 

Legislative Recap: Capital Investment

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Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series recapping the Texas Exes legislative advocacy priorities. Throughout the 2013 legislature, UT Advocates were highly...

 
 

Spikes and Booms: The Higher Ed Week in Review

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What’s the deal with student loan rates? And have people stopped going to college? Here’s a brief look at what happened this week in higher education. President...

 
 

Campus Construction Bonds Would Mean a Smarter, Healthier Texas [Infographic]

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Branch: There’s Hope for Campus Construction Bonds

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The House higher education chairman Dan Branch says Gov. Perry is listening to calls for campus construction to be added to the call. The Texas House appropriations...

 
 

Lawmakers, Students React to Perry’s Veto of Regents Bill

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Despite passage by large, bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed Senate Bill 15 on Friday afternoon. SB 15 would have more strictly...

 
 

Perry Vetoes Regents Bill

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Gov. Rick Perry has vetoed a bill intended to address legislators’ concerns with the behavior of some University of Texas regents. Gov. Rick Perry vetoed...

 
 

Legislators Urge Perry to Add Campus Construction to Special Session

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With the clock ticking down on the special session, legislators are looking to avoid missing another deadline for university infrastructure projects—and they need...

 
 

TXEXplainer: Can the Legislature Still Fund UT’s Engineering Building?

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As the regular session of the Texas Legislature lurched across the finish line Monday, lawmakers left behind a number of bills—including one that would fund UT’s...

 
 

Top 10 Percent Cap Heads to Perry’s Desk

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Correction: An earlier version of this article erroneously said the the version of the bill that now heads to the governor preserved the cap even if the Fisher...

 
 
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