Two days after the Texas House passed a $164 billion budget bill, Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, told a group of students the cuts in the bill were necessary. The Texas Politics Speaker Series,...

In India, a farmer takes his own life every 33 minutes because of the rise of corporations and the systemic problems in the country’s agriculture, said journalist P. Sainath during a talk Tuesday. Sainath,...

Operation “Gang Crusher,” an initiative of the Austin Police Department, targeted 40 criminals affiliated with Austin area gangs last week. Using a federal grant, APD formed a FBI...

Barefoot, with their soles blackened by the pavement, students endured cracked sidewalks and hot asphalt Tuesday to raise awareness of global poverty. About 30 students participated in the joint...

State university campuses with gender and sexuality centers could have to add a “traditional family values center” that receives equal state funding if an amendment to the House Budget Bill...

UT’s president and the UT System chancellor are the second- and third-highest paid public university executives in the country, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. In total take-home...

Despite Austin’s reputation as a top bicycling destination, the city should improve its bicycling infrastructure, said representatives from bike organizations at a forum for Austin City Council...

Burglary rates haven’t changed but police are solving them at a slower rate, public safety commissioners said in a meeting Monday. The actual rate of burglaries during the past three years...

James Garang had to leave his home in southern Sudan at the age of 10 when a civil war broke out in the country in 1983. “About 2.5 million people were killed and 7 million were displaced...

The Lonestar 4 supercomputer was dedicated at a ceremony at the Pickle Research Campus on Monday. Multiple technology partners, including the National Science Foundation and Dell, commissioned...

UTPD received reports of an Asian male armed with two tan guns outside the Recreational Sports building at 6 p.m. Monday night, but it was an ROTC student transporting his replica rifles, said UT spokesman...

A UT student’s claim of assault during Roundup last weekend sparked the formation of a coalition to address racial discrimination during the annual event. Finance senior Donesha Bell alleges...