With a steep price tag, saving the landmark museum won’t be easy, but area residents and leaders are looking for solutions.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
About 200 Texas A&M courses could change due to new restrictions on teaching gender, race
With the semester set to begin next week, professors have been directed to alter courses, and some classes have been removed or reassigned from the core curriculum at the College Station campus.
From school vouchers to flood warning systems, these are the Texas developments to watch in 2026
Several court hearings and policies affecting education, health and more will roll out in the new year.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls audit of Texas Southern University financials “deeply disturbing”
Patrick previously requested a Texas Rangers investigation into any criminal wrongdoing at TSU, one of the nation’s largest historically Black colleges.
Texas 2025: Year in Photos
Photojournalists document another year across Texas. Our photos illustrated the tense redistricting debate at the Capitol, the aftermath of the Hill County floods and more.
Texas 2025: The stories that mattered most to readers
Texans closely followed 17 constitutional propositions, the growth of one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities and a controversial plan to move billions of gallons of groundwater.
Here are the most important stories from our data visuals team in 2025
The Tribune’s team of data journalists produced a congressional redistricting tool, covered several education data releases, visualized the measles outbreak and more.
A look back at some of The Texas Tribune’s best reads of 2025
As 2025 draws down, the Tribune reflects on some of its most memorable storytelling of the year.
Texas A&M System declines to reinstate fired lecturer despite faculty panel’s findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
Texas A&M System tightens restrictions on discussing race and gender in class
Under the new rules, discussions on “race or gender ideology,” sexual orientation or gender identity appear to be barred from introductory-level courses.

