The ongoing debate about the future of of Texas higher education has, until this point, been most dynamic at the University of Texas at Austin. With a recent dispatch from the Texas A&M University faculty, that appears to be changing.
May 2011
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Health care
House Tentatively OKs Medicaid Fiscal Reform Bill
The House tentatively passed a health care bill that intends to increase efficiency and cost savings in Texas’ expensive Medicaid and other health programs today — but not before adding a far-ranging variety of amendments.
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State Government
Budget Update: Campus Handguns Wing Budget Package
The hits just keep on coming. One of the fiscal matters bills critical to the budget got thrown back to the Senate for carrying a concealed weapon; it had been amended there to include legalization of concealed handguns on college campuses.
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State Government
Balanced Budget Resolution Passes Senate
More symbolic than anything else, House Concurrent Resolution 18, calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring a federal balanced budget, passed out of the state Senate today.
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Higher Education
Panel Debates Future of Research Universities
A panel of higher education and business executives at the University of Texas at Austin reflected high anxiety about the future of research universities — especially in Texas, which has just three of the nation’s top research universities compared to California’s nine.
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Perry Says White House Talk Won’t Distract Him
Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday that he refuses to get distracted by the suggestion that he should run for president in 2012. “I’ve got a legislative session that is substantially more important to the people of the state of Texas and to me,” he said.
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The Midday Brief: May 19, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Perry jumps further into budget fray; Senate approves catfish bill; a special session conspiracy theory
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State Government
Video: Perry On The Budget
Gov. Rick Perry, speaking to reporters outside a ballroom at the Four Seasons Hotel, said legislative leaders were moving toward a budget deal that would avoid a special session.
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State Government
Video: Perry Responds to Talk of 2012 White House Bid
Gov. Rick Perry told a press gaggle today that he will not be distracted by talk of a 2012 presidential bid.
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Energy
Senate OKs Legalizing “Noodling”
Amid the budget drama of the day, senators had a few moments of levity when they brought up the “noodling” bill, which would legalize the practice of hand-fishing for catfish.