The Texas Senate passed four bills Friday that will help balance the budget and prepare Texas for the next biennium.
The special session, which Gov. Rick Perry called Tuesday, started slowly after...
State budget cuts will cost the University $92 million for the 2012-13 biennium, President William Powers Jr. said in an email last week.
In Powers’ email, he said the cut amounts to...
HOUSTON — The final crew of the space shuttle Endeavour returned home Thursday to Houston, where they thanked colleagues and reunited with families. But Mark Kelly had to wait just a bit longer...
Gov. Rick Perry and Texas legislators started working overtime during a special session Perry called Tuesday.
Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, filibustered the school finance bill at the end of the...
AUSTIN, Texas — Republicans began the Texas legislative session with unprecedented majorities in the House and Senate and holding every statewide office. But 140 days later, they...
AUSTIN, Texas — Several Texas senators on Thursday criticized the recent $200,000 raise for Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes, calling it “nuts” and “tone deaf” during...
President Barack Obama descended on Austin on Tuesday, and the iconic bright blue of Air Force One lit up a stormy sky.
He made two fundraising stops in Austin as part of the earliest stage of his...
AUSTIN, Texas — Republicans in the Texas Senate on Monday approved allowing concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons into public college buildings and classrooms, moving forward on a...
Despite student activist marches, rallies at the Capitol and sit-down meetings with legislators, students have had mixed results with some of their top initiatives.
Invest in Texas, a committee...
The end of the 82nd legislative session is drawing near, leaving lawmakers scrambling to hear, vote and amend a bevy of bills.
The regular session ends on May 30, and after that, the governor has...
Republicans pushed the next two-year budget through the Texas Senate on Wednesday by using a loophole to bypass Democrats, clearing the path for negotiations to begin with the House on the $176.5 billion...
