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All About That Base (Funding) and More: Reviewing the 2015 Texas Legislature

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On Monday, the Texas Legislature ended its 84th regular session. After 140 days of committee meetings, testimony, debate, amendment, and occasionally, bill-passing,...

 
 

Legislators Weigh Adding ‘Campus Carry’ to ‘Open Carry’ Bill

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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...

 
 

After Tough Questions, Three UT Regents Confirmed

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Regent Foster earns another term and two new regents are confirmed following an intense marathon hearing. You know how it goes. With great power comes great responsibility....

 
 

UT Advocates Podcast: Sen. Hegar on Regents, Guns, and UT vs. A&M

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State Sen. Glenn Hegar talks about shepherding the nominations process, UT’s proposed engineering epicenter, and his thoughts on campus carry. Republican...

 
 

Top 10 Percent Cap Slated for Final Vote

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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...

 
 

House Committee Approves Bill To Define Regent Roles

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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...

 
 

Senate Passes Bill to Refine Regents’ Role

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The Texas Senate passed a bill to more tightly define the role of university regents Thursday, just hours after the UT System Board of Regents voted unanimously...

 
 

Senate Extends Top 10 Cap

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The Texas Senate has endorsed a measure that would extend an existing cap on automatic admissions to UT-Austin, and protect the cap against potential fallout from...

 
 

Lawmakers Find Unlikely Unanimity on Top 10 Law

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For as much as the Top 10 Percent Law is loved and hated, lawmakers’ support for an extension to cap the rule is as surprising as it is unlikely. The students...

 
 

House and Senate Panels Approve Top 10 Exemption

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Higher education leaders in both chambers of the Legislature have endorsed legislation to extend a cap on automatic admissions at UT. Update: Senate Bill 1530,...

 
 
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