Tag: Austin
UT leaders working to bring conservative think tank to campus
By Kate McGee | The Texas Tribune
Over the past eight months, leaders at the University of Texas at Austin have been working with private...
January 6 investigators want Paxton’s communications with Trump officials
By Bethany Irvine | The Texas Tribune
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has requested communications between...
Texas House approves new voting restrictions
By Alexa Ura | The Texas Tribune
After months of drama and political resistance, the curtain has lowered on Democratic attempts to stave off a...
Texas GOP pushes ahead on voting bill with Democrats back
By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Thursday pressed forward on a third try at passing...
With Democrats back, Texas GOP pushes ahead with voting bill
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans brought back their voting bill Monday with no changes as some Democrats...
Gov. Greg Abbott now testing negative for COVID-19
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he has tested negative for COVID-19, just four days after testing positive.
"I'm told that my...
Texas colleges lure students, employees to get vaccinated
By Kate McGee | The Texas Tribune
The prizes range from a year of free tuition and paid days off to $100 gift cards for...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s COVID claim denounced as racist
By ACACIA CORONADO | Report for America/Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' lieutenant governor blamed rising hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19 on unvaccinated...
Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill
By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state...
Threats of DPS arresting House Democrats yet to materialize
By Cassandra Pollock and Patrick Svitek | The Texas Tribune
More than a week after Republicans in the Texas House voted to authorize arrests of...