Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here.
The city of Austin confirmed...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused an appeal Wednesday from Meechaiel Criner, who was convicted of capital murder in 2018 for killing UT student Haruka Weiser in 2016.
Criner, who represented...
Arriving at a UT polling location 10 minutes before it opened, business honors freshman Michelle Zhang thought she would beat the large crowd of voters on Super Tuesday. Instead, Zhang said she was greeted...
United States senatorial candidates Mary Jennings “MJ” Hegar and Royce West entered a Democratic primary runoff following Super Tuesday, narrowing a field of 12 candidates to two.
The runoff...
Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Texas Democratic presidential primary election with 33.4% of the votes and 94% of the precincts reporting at the time of print, according to The New York Times.
Biden...
The United States Senate Democratic primary race is heading to a runoff election after inconclusive results came in Tuesday.
A runoff election will be held for the Democratic senatorial primary...
Democratic presidential primary candidates visited Texas to make their final case to voters ahead of Super Tuesday.
Remaining candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, billionaire Michael Bloomberg,...
The UT System Board of Regents unanimously approved the establishment of a medical school at UT Health Science Center at Tyler on Thursday.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and other accrediting...
Texas Primary Election Day, March 3, is right around the corner. Early voting for the election started Feb. 18 and will continue until Friday.
Here is a voting guide for this year’s elections:
What...
AUSTIN - In the 1980s, before she ran for president or was elected to the United States Senate, Elizabeth Warren was a professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
Warren’s time...
Texas is falling behind on its education goal, known as 60x30TX, which aims for 60% of the Texas population to earn a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2030, said the Texas higher education commissioner...
Although Texas Democratic Party leaders worry a new system for reporting votes in Texas will delay final delegate counts on primary election night March 3, the Texas secretary of state office said results...
