Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter
• November 9, 2022
Gov. Greg Abbott won re-election in the 2022 gubernatorial race with an approximately 55% majority, earning a third term as Texas’s governor and defeating challenger Beto O’Rourke.
Abbott celebrated...
Members of the UT System Board of Regents donated $5.8 million to Gov. Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaigns, according to an analysis by The Texas Tribune.
Abbott appointed all 90 members currently...
Clarissa Jasso, General News Reporter
• November 2, 2022
Victims’ families from the Uvalde shooting gathered at the Texas Capitol along with the Austin community on Nov. 1 to honor the lives of their children, and to celebrate the first day of Día de los...
The Title IX office released their annual report on Monday, reviewing the Title IX cases received in the 2021-22 academic year.
Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination and conduct,...
Ali Juell, Senior news reporter
• October 31, 2022
With early voting in full swing, congressional candidate Greg Casar addressed voters Saturday at the Austin Labor Celebration & Rally. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and...
Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter
• October 27, 2022
With early voting underway and a continuously growing population of Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Texas, conversations around voter inclusion are expanding to include the interests of the AAPI...
During a Travis County Commissioners Court meeting on Oct. 11, county officials explained that the Perry-Castañeda Library at UT will no longer serve as an early or regular voting location during this...
UT Student Government hosted a discussion panel with Democratic state representatives James Talarico, Ron Reynolds and Gina Hinojosa in the Union’s Eastwoods room on Thursday.
Hinojosa said the...
Aaron Sullivan, General News Reporter
• October 10, 2022
Six candidates running to replace District 3 council member Sabino “Pio” Renteria held a community forum at the Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center on Thursday to present their platforms to voters.
District...
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the keynote address for the Texas Democratic Party’s annual Johnson-Jordan Reception, hosted at the Hyatt Regency on Saturday.
The fundraiser, named after...
According to data from a study conducted by polling firm TargetSmart, more than 300,000 people ages 18-25 have registered to vote in Texas since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
Marina Garfield, a Plan...
Gov. Greg Abbott and former congressman Beto O’Rourke debated immigration, gun control, abortion and more at Texas’ first and only gubernatorial debate in Edinburg, Texas on Friday night.
The debate...
