With her elementary, middle and high school all within a three-mile radius of UT, Kima Cargill’s childhood was always influenced by the University’s atmosphere and highly regarded academics. The prestigious...
The Texas Senate approved Senate Bill 16 on April 12 along party lines, with Republicans backing the bill and Democrats pushing against its passage. The bill would prevent public universities and their...
Tess Harmon, General News Reporter
• April 12, 2023
The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill on March 29 that would remove the sales tax on menstrual products and maternity supplies. If signed into law, the bill would go into effect on Sept. 1.
Filed...
Isabella Zeff, General News Reporter
• April 12, 2023
A proposed Texas House Bill would make student identification cards an accepted form of voter ID, which advocates say would make voting more accessible to students.
House Bill 75, currently facing...
Mason Rouser, General News Reporter
• April 11, 2023
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect the current status of Senate Bill 597 and House Bill 1361 as of May 19, 2023.
A bill filed in the Texas Senate would designate a representative...
Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter
• April 10, 2023
After an announcement last month that the Texas Department of Public Safety would provide troopers to aid the short-staffed Austin Police Department, concerns rose over what authority DPS would hold —...
Last month, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in front of Congress after federal lawmakers expressed concerns about the app’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party and an ensuing threat to U.S. data security.
The...
Isabella Zeff, General News Reporter
• April 6, 2023
A Texas House of Representatives bill proposes banning books with sexual content from public school libraries.
HB 900, advanced by the Public Education Committee on March 29, would require all school...
CW: This story contains mentions of gun violence.
In the aftermath of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School last May, Democratic Texas state senators are attempting to keep gun control in the...
Mason Rouser, General News Reporter
• April 3, 2023
The Senate Committee on State Affairs held public testimony at the end of March over a bill that could potentially ban drag and drag performances from taking place in public spaces and in the presence...
Isabella Zeff, General News Reporter
• April 2, 2023
Christian Santos always had a passion for both helping others and health sciences, creating a love that inspired him to major in nursing when he came to UT.
“You’re taking care of (patients’)...
The Civitas Institute, UT’s conservative think tank established in 2022, has been no stranger to change during its brief yet contentious tenure as part of the University. If a new bill is passed in the...
