Progressive Texas candidates for the 2020 election spoke to students Thursday at the 21st Street Co-op about their plans for criminal justice reform.
The Criminal Justice Candidate Forum, hosted by...
The nursing labor shortage in Texas prompted the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to allocate $5 million to educational programs last Thursday.
The board gave the money to the Nursing, Allied...
Republican candidate Gary Gates won the 2020 special runoff election for Texas House District 28 on Tuesday.
The special election comes after Republican incumbent John Zerwas stepped down last...
As the last day to register to vote in the primary election (Feb. 3) approaches, history professor Leonard Moore has emphasized in his classes the parallels between the 1972 and 2020 elections.
Moore,...
Students will no longer have to mail state financial aid applications once the application goes online, starting in fall 2021.
The Texas Application for State Financial Aid is currently submitted...
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved an evaluation of co-requisite models Thursday, requiring students to take an additional course to assist them if they have not demonstrated college...
An anti-abortion rally brought thousands of people to march to the Texas Capitol on Saturday, days after the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
The...
University Democrats gathered outside of the Governor’s Mansion on Sunday in protest of the governor’s decision to reject the resettlement of refugees in Texas.
This decision would make...
Education leaders met Thursday to discuss how colleges, universities and public schools will implement equity through methods such as requiring financial aid applications and funding lower-income school...
In the 2020 Texas elections, students have the opportunity to vote for representative officials such as judges, senators and the president of the United States.
As these elections approach, student...
After observing makeshift court proceedings in tents and shipping containers and the conditions of encampments for asylum seekers across the border, the UT Law Immigration Clinic compiled a report that...
Looking Back
Homelessness
In October, the Austin City Council banned camping on sidewalks and within 15 feet of business doors and the governor sent the Texas Department of Transportation to clear...
