Although a record high of more than 45,000 students enrolled at Austin Community College this spring, the college could have to place a cap on the number of students it accepts or raise tuition if the...
A United States Senate sergeant at arms and Vietnam War veteran will be the UT System’s new director of police, a spokesman for the System announced Tuesday.
UT System spokesman Matt Flores...
Although the sun was out on Monday, members of The Students Speak chanted “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the Legislature is snoring,” under umbrellas.
About 20 group members...
A student coalition met with four Texas senators and two Texas House representatives on Monday to raise the Longhorn voice at the Capitol.
Students from groups such as Student Government, the Senate...
Editor’s note: This is the final installment in a two-part series about the 2010 Census in South Texas.
Before the official ensus count ended, community activists and local elected officials...
Funding for mental health care keeps people out of the prison system and encourages proper diagnosis and treatment, members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness said at a rally Thursday.
A...
Two survivors of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting want Texas lawmakers to vote against bills that would allow students to carry concealed handguns on campus, they said at a press conference Thursday.
Sen....
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a two-part series about the 2010 census in South Texas.
A group of long-standing community groups and local officials are ramping up their charge...
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will receive the Inaugural Annette Strauss Texas Leadership Award on Feb. 22.
The Annette Strauss Texas Leadership Award reflects the standards of civil service established...
Members from Children at Risk collaborated with other organizations to give a voice to children who are too young to vote for themselves, group members said.
The organization hosted Children’s...
Two Texas education agencies may merge to ease the transition from high schools to universities if a proposed bill passes this legislative session.
Rep. Fred Brown, R-Bryan, proposed the bill to...
Census data released Thursday verifies what most Texans already know — in the last 10 years, the state has seen a huge population boom and dramatic demographic shifts.
Texas is still the second...
