Members of the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Higher Education questioned a UT Systems representative Tuesday over student affordability and the system’s removal of diversity, equity and...

This story was part of a series of articles published in the March 4 edition of The Daily Texan. Jan. 14: First day of the legislative regular session This marks the formal start to the legislative...

Since Jan. 14, the Texas Legislature has organized the 89th Legislative Session to pass bills and discuss policy areas impacting the lives of every Texas resident, including UT students.  The Texas...

Four years after Texas’ widespread blackouts in February 2021, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas released a standard report on Feb. 13 that predicted irregular electricity reserve shortfalls...

Editor's note: This story was part of a series of articles published in the March 4 edition of The Daily Texan. A little under a mile away from UT’s campus, the 89th Texas Legislative Session has...

Editor's note: This story was part of a series of articles published in the March 4 edition of The Daily Texan. A handful of key figures are positioned to steer the state’s higher education policies...

Editor's note: This story was part of a series of articles published in the March 4 edition of The Daily Texan. As the 89th Texas Legislative Session reaches the 45-day mark on Feb. 28, lawmakers have...

Texas received a ‘C’ in its overall infrastructure report card from a national engineering society, according to a Feb. 18 press release. The organization found that aviation in the state is adequate,...

A UT lab will launch an online measles outbreak simulator this week in response to the emerging threat of measles. The epiENGAGE lab, previously known as the UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium, has made...

More than 250 people and at least 25 organizations gathered at the Texas Capitol on Thursday to advocate for “common sense” gun policies. The Texas Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, an alliance...

Social work senior Fabiola Amaya was in Almetris Duren Residence Hall two years ago when the fire alarm went off. Amaya, who uses a wheelchair, said while others went down the stairs, she couldn’t evacuate....

Texas added the most new jobs in the nation last year, creating 284,200 nonfarm jobs in the state, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Jan. 28.  Texas also took the...