Last week, state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, released a television ad depicting his opponent, former Railroad commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones, as a literal puppet. Today, she struck back with an ad of her own.
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
Highly Anticipated Boxing Match at UTEP May Be Back On
A decision to cancel a boxing match at the University of Texas at El Paso between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of Mexico and Andy Lee of Ireland has been reversed.
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Wentworth, Rivals Turn Up Heat in Senate Race
State Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, is battling GOP rivals Elizabeth Ames Jones and Donna Campbell, who are both coming at him from his right flank.
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Demographics
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 129
In this week’s special edition of the TribCast, taped live before an audience at the historic Cactus Cafe, Reeve, Emily, Julian and Ben talk about Texas primaries, the Supreme Court taking up the Arizona immigration law and The Colbert Report.
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Higher Education
UTEP President “Very Sad” Over Decision to Cancel Boxing Match
University of Texas at El Paso President Diana Natalicio said that she was disappointed that a high-profile boxing match on her campus has been canceled and that she hasn’t been told why it wasn’t being held.
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Higher Education
Resignations Follow Report on UT Southwestern Spending
A staff shakeup at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and the University of Texas System follows the release of the findings of an investigation into the spending habits of the medical center’s former president.
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Higher Education
National Group Calls on UT System to Freeze Tuition
A Florida-based nonprofit is calling on public universities to freeze tuition — and it is kicking off a campaign by focusing on the University of Texas System.
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Health care
David Callender: The TT Interview
The president of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston on how his institution has recovered from Hurricane Ike and the institution’s role in the state’s future higher-education landscape.
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Higher Education
Degrees of Confusion
The Senate Higher Education Committee will hold its first hearing of the year on Wednesday, and with debate over higher ed reform cooling (for now, at least), focus has turned to community colleges and a surprisingly touchy topic: transfers.
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State Government
Scott Thurman: The TT Interview
The director of The Revisionaries, a new documentary about the Texas State Board of Education’s battle over science and history education, on whether there are any villains in the film and the process of getting content into textbooks.
