Texas State University administrators and the student body president blocked the student senate’s attempt to ban the conservative group Turning Point USA from campus.
Higher Education
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All Texans in Congress now have money to pay interns. Will they?
Congressional internships in Washington, D.C., have traditionally been unpaid. While some Texans in Congress have paid some of their interns in the past, those opportunities were not always well-publicized.
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Former UT tennis coach to plead guilty in admissions fraud case
Michael Center is accused of accepting a $100,000 bribe to help a student pose as a tennis recruit in order to get into school.
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Letting researchers study plants and animals on your Texas land can get you a property tax break
A little-known and ill-defined provision in state statute offers big tax breaks to landowners who host university research on their property. Two lawmakers are trying — again — to close the “loophole.”
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Demographics
Texas grades school districts on an A-F scale. Explore your district’s grades here.
The changes to the new rating system — which gives districts a letter grade in three categories: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps — were finalized during the 2017 legislative session.
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Health care
Texas House signs off on medical schools for Sam Houston State, University of Houston
The schools still need approval from the Texas Senate.
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Higher Education
UT System names Heather Wilson next UTEP president, despite objections from Democrats and LGBTQ activists
Wilson is a former member of Congress and the secretary of the Air Force. Her nomination has generated backlash over her anti-LGBTQ voting record.
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Higher Education
The Texas Senate’s free speech proposal could force a policy change at UT-Austin, other campuses
Late last month, the University of Texas at Austin denied the Beto O’Rourke campaign’s request to pass out flyers on campus. If Senate Bill 18 becomes law, the university would have had to grant permission.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas House approves 2020-21 budget plan, with extra $9 billion for school finance, property tax relief
The House also signed off on a $9 billion supplemental budget that would withdraw $4.3 billion from the state savings account.
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Higher Education
UT faculty, students feel the impact of Airbnb blacklist
Texas added Airbnb to a short list of companies that can’t receive state money because they boycott Israel, though Airbnb says it does not. Now, employees at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer stay in Airbnbs while on school business.
