The first House Higher Education Committee hearing on a bill to create a new University of Texas System school in the Rio Grande Valley was marked by broad support for the measure from legislators and academic officials Wednesday.
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Health care
Interfaith Groups Rally for Medicaid Expansion
Despite Gov. Rick Perry’s unwavering position, interfaith groups and Democratic state legislators rallied on the Capitol steps on Wednesday in support of expanding Medicaid to impoverished adults, as directed by federal health reform.
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Public Education
TribCast: Testing, Immigration and Bill Powers
Morgan, Ross, Julian and Evan discuss the public education debates now playing out at the Capitol, the prospect of comprehensive immigration reform and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s emotional defense of UT-Austin President Bill Powers.
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Higher Education
Dewhurst, Straus Renew Higher Ed Oversight Committee
The Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency, created in 2011 amid controversy surrounding the leadership of university system regents, will be renewed this session.
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State Government
Austin’s Strama, Mulling Mayoral Bid, Won’t Seek Re-election
UPDATED: Austin Democrat Jade Chang Sheppard said Wednesday that she will run for the Texas House seat that will open after Rep. Mark Strama’s current — and last — term in office next year.
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State Government
First Impressions
The Texas House is about to hold its first debate, and on a spending bill, to boot. It will pass, because it must. But watch how they work.
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Higher Education
The Brief: Feb. 19, 2013
A dramatic show of support in the Legislature for the president of the University of Texas at Austin has cast the spotlight on discord unfolding within the state’s largest university system.
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State Government
The Evening Brief: Feb. 18, 2013
Your evening reading: Legislature honors Powers amid UT System controversy; Patrick files bill to expand charter schools; Google brings driverless car to Texas Transportation Forum
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Higher Education
Legislators Honor Beleaguered UT President Powers
As he jousts with the University of Texas Board of Regents, University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers was honored Monday in both chambers of the Texas Legislature.
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Public Education
Battle Looms as Democrats Try to Restore Education Cuts
Democrats in the Texas House last week launched an effort to restore public education cuts, setting up a potential battle over an emergency supplemental appropriations bill.