State

After the Texas Legislature’s 86th session ended May 27, Gov. Greg Abbott had until midnight Sunday to decide which bills remaining on his desk would become law. By the end of the session, lawmakers sent 1,429 bills to Abbott’s desk — 1,323 of which became law. 

Mary González graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and Mexican-American studies in 2007. She then attended  St. Edward’s University where she got a master’s in social justice.

Subsidies for wind energy are up in the air at the Texas State Capitol.

When one of our readers asked us, “What does UT’s lobbying effort look like? How does it compare to other major state public universities?” we looked into it as a part of Curious Capitol, a series where we answer reader-submitted questions.