Your evening reading: A new twist in the tension between the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas System; new restriction on proxy marriages; a successful heart surgery for a former president
Reeve Hamilton
Reeve Hamilton worked at the Tribune from 2009 to 2015, covering higher education and politics and hosting the Tribune's weekly podcast. His writing has also appeared in Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer. Born in Houston and raised in Massachusetts, he has a bachelor's degree in English from Vanderbilt University.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin Cancels Regent’s Records Requests
The University of Texas at Austin’s custodian of records informed the University of Texas System on Monday that all pending records requests from embattled Regent Wallace Hall are considered “cancelled, effective immediately.”
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Politics
The Brief: Aug. 6, 2013
For transportation funding, it turns out that the third time was, indeed, the charm.
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Politics
The Evening Brief: Aug. 5, 2013
Your evening reading: Wendy Davis weighs her two — and only two — options; Ballot order of constitutional amendments set for November; Department of Public Safety to release “poopgate” information
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Politics
The Brief: Aug. 5, 2013
The House and Senate will get back to business at the Texas Capitol this afternoon, attempting to tackle transportation funding in yet a third special session.
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The Playlist: Once More With Feeling
Gov. Rick Perry called lawmakers back to the Capitol this week for yet another special session, the third since the 83rd regular session ended in May. So we start our latest news-inspired playlist with Kris Kristofferson’s “Once More With Feeling.”
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Politics
Facebook Says it Erred by Removing Branch Campaign Video
UPDATED: A Facebook spokesperson issued a statement on Friday saying that a campaign video on attorney general candidate Dan Branch’s page had been removed erroneously and has since been restored.
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Politics
Ken Paxton Announces Bid for Attorney General
UPDATED: Touting himself as a “proven conservative,” state Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, announced the launch of his campaign to be the state’s next attorney general before a conservative crowd at the Plano Centre on Thursday evening.
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Politics
Branch Releases First Campaign Video
State Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, has released his first web video in his campaign to become the next attorney general. Titled “Come and Take It,” it highlights his desire to challenge what he calls “an overreaching federal government.”
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TribCast
TribCast: Third Special, Excrement and Impeachment
Emily, Evan, Reeve and Ross discuss the beginning of yet another special session, the ongoing confusion about the existence of excrement at the Capitol and the effort to impeach a University of Texas System regent.
