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The UT Tower on Feb. 3, 2025.

Texas government issues letter declaring recognition of only two sexes

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter February 4, 2025

Gov. Greg Abbott sent out a letter to state government agencies on Jan. 30 declaring that the state of Texas only recognizes two sexes, male and female, and follows a similar executive order from President...

Gov. Greg Abbott prioritizes education, public safety in state address

Gov. Greg Abbott prioritizes education, public safety in state address

Daniela Capistran and Isaiah Williams February 2, 2025

Gov. Greg Abbott laid out his legislative priorities in his biennial State of the State address at the Arnold Oil Company on Sunday to members of the Texas House and Senate.  While the Texas Legislature...

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Gov. Greg Abbott issues executive order for state agencies to support federal immigration, deportation operations

Catharine Li, Senior News Reporter February 1, 2025

Gov. Greg Abbott issued five executive orders on Jan. 29 directing state agencies to assist federal immigration operations to “investigate, apprehend, detain and deport” undocumented migrants within...

The south end of the state Capitol on Congress Avenue, on March 23, 2023.

UT’s Texas Politics poll reveals border security, economy as top Texas voter priorities

Caroline McConnico, Senior News Reporter January 28, 2025

Immigration, economics and public education are among Texas voters’ top concerns about what lawmakers should prioritize in the 89th session of the Texas Legislature, according to the University’s Texas...

Texas Groundwater Protection Committee calls on state Legislature to conserve statewide groundwater resources

Texas Groundwater Protection Committee calls on state Legislature to conserve statewide groundwater resources

Catharine Li , Senior News Reporter  January 24, 2025

  The Texas Groundwater Protection Committee released its biennial report to the state Legislature this month calling to establish a statewide fund to plug abandoned water wells. Groundwater,...

Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock

UT alumnus appointed as Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice

Isaiah Williams , Senior News Reporter  January 21, 2025

  Gov. Greg Abbott swore in UT alumnus Jimmy Blacklock as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court on Jan. 7. The Supreme Court of Texas is the state’s highest authority on civil and constitutional...

New law strengthens consumer data privacy

New law strengthens consumer data privacy

Isaiah Williams, Senior News Reporter January 14, 2025

Key provisions of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, which gives consumers more control over how their data is collected and requires businesses to honor data opt-out requests, went into effect on...

Activist organization Rethink I-35 protests the Texas Department of Transportation's I-35 Expansion Groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 30, 2024. The ceremony launched the central section of I-35's reconstruction project.

Advocates push against Texas Department of Transportation’s continuous overseeing of its own governmental compliance

Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter  December 6, 2024

Community members have the opportunity until Dec. 9 during public comment on whether the Texas Department of Transportation should continue overseeing its own compliance with the National Environmental...

The Daily Texans’ guide: What to expect heading into the next Texas legislative session

The Daily Texans’ guide: What to expect heading into the next Texas legislative session

Matthew Gomez, Senior News Reporter December 5, 2024

The Texas legislature will begin its next legislative session in January 2025, with priorities from the governor, lieutenant governor and the Republican Party of Texas at the forefront of the legislative...

The Texas capitol building on Oct. 4, 2023.

Texas lawmakers could ban all forms of THC next year

Naina Srivastava, Senior News Reporter December 5, 2024

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday that Texas lawmakers will consider a bill banning all consumable forms of tetrahydrocannabinol during the upcoming legislative session. Republican Sen. Charles...

Texas OB-GYNs call for abortion law changes following pregnant womens’ deaths

Texas OB-GYNs call for abortion law changes following pregnant womens’ deaths

Clara Carrabba, General News Reporter November 22, 2024

111 Texas OB-GYNs called on lawmakers to change the state’s abortion ban in a Nov. 3 letter. “We know firsthand how much these laws restrict our ability to provide our patients with quality, evidence-based...

The Texas capitol building on Oct. 4, 2023.

Death-row inmate Robert Roberson’s execution stay lifted, Texas Supreme Court ruled

Diego Hernandez and Isaiah Williams November 20, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court removed its hold on Robert Roberson’s execution, preventing state legislators’ attempts to stall the execution and clearing the way for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice...

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