Texas legislators may not be in session at the Capitol, but the clash between representatives continues just down the street. Both Democratic and Republican representatives discussed their parties’ futures...

Texas lawmakers and UT officials discussed free speech on college campuses and the implementation of higher education laws on Thursday at the Texas Capitol.  The Senate Select Committee on Civil Discourse...

Gov. Greg Abbott will run for a fourth term as governor next November, according to a Sunday news release from his campaign, Texans for Greg Abbott.  Abbott won his previous three gubernatorial elections...

UT alumna Montserrat Garibay started her campaign for Texas House District 49 like any former teacher would: with a notepad, a pencil and plenty of notes. She has spent the first weeks of her campaign...

As a graduate student at UT, Kathie Tovo picked out 19th and 20th-century literature to teach a women’s autobiography course.  Now, she said, courses like the one she taught are being flagged for...

Editor’s note: The professor quoted in the article is speaking independently and not on behalf of the University. Two student-led organizations in Texas raised over $30,000 to help undocumented students...

Early voting for the 2025 Texas general and special elections began Oct. 20 and will run through Friday. Election Day is on Nov. 4.  Polling stations are located at the Texas Union, the Lyndon B. Johnson...

Gina Hinojosa said she never planned to run for elected office, but when her son’s school was about to close, she felt like she had to act and ran for the Austin Independent School District board.  After...

UT alumnus Andrew White announced his candidacy for Texas governor on Sept. 24 as an independent in the Democratic primary.  White, who said he comes from an entrepreneurial background with less of...

A former city council member and former UT adjunct faculty member announced a campaign for Texas state representative on Monday. Kathie Tovo will run as a Democrat for House District 49, which includes...

A federal judge will decide whether to resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, which provides temporary deportation protection and work permits to certain undocumented immigrants, after...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into messaging platform Discord after the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination used it, Paxton announced in an Oct....