Young Conservatives press UT-Austin for open tuition meetings
The Young Conservatives of Texas have called on the University of Texas System Board of Regents to throw out a proposed tuition increase and require open meetings on tuition at all campuses, citing a...
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UT student starts petition to reinstate Trayvon Martin cartoonist
A University of Texas student and former columnist for The Daily Texan has started an online petition calling for the artist behind a controversial cartoon published in the student newspaper last week...
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UT gets new medical school thanks to tax increase
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin (Handout photo) State tax increases are anathema in the GOP-dominated Legislature, and higher education is among areas feeling the resulting crunch. But local tax increases...
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Dewhurst defends UT president
While honoring University of Texas president Bill Powers with a resolution at the start of Monday’s session of the Texas Senate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst raised concerns about regents going around...
View ArticlePerry appoints new UT system regents
Gov. Rick Perry has appointed two new members and reappointed a third to the University of Texas System Board of Regents. The appointees are Ernest Aliseda, of McAllen; Jeff Hildebrand, of Houston; and...
View ArticleLegislators dig into UT Regents’ actions
Texas legislators on a committee to examine university governance have filed an extensive information request with the University of Texas System to examine regents’ relationships with institutional...
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Senate leaders ask UT regents to rethink pricey probe
Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, said he is formally asking the University of Texas regents to reconsider spending $500,000 to re-do an investigation into the UT law school foundation’s controversial...
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Dewhurst criticizes pricey UT investigation
Joining 18 senators who have urged the UT Board of Regents to drop a pricey re-investigation of the UT Law School Foundation, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst said Wednesday he’s concerned the regents are...
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Lawmakers to review regents’ applications
Key state lawmakers Tuesday sent a letter to Gov. Rick Perry, asking to review all application forms and “supplemental material” filed by current members of the University of Texas Board of Regents, as...
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Prominent Houston UT alumns launch anti-Perry-regent website
Houston attorneys Julius Glickman and Joe Jamail and Houston businessman Charles Tate have funded a new web-based campaign to alert the public that UT regents appointed by Gov. Rick Perry seem intent...
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TEA, UIL added to agencies subject to sunset review
Under amendments made to a sunset review bill, the state’s Sunset Review Commission could evaluate the Texas Education Agency and the University Interscholastic League between the 2013 and 2015...
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Regent continues independent investigation of UT; wants Post-it notes
University of Texas regent Wallace Hall has continued his massive open records requests of UT-Austin officials, despite complaints from lawmakers and an agreement in April by the Board of Regents to...
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Pitts files resolution for impeachment of UT regent
Rep. Jim Pitts early Monday filed a resolution seeking impeachment of University of Texas regent Wallace Hall for filing a false application prior to his appointment and for pursuing “burdensome”...
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Straus issues proclamation for investigation of UT regent
Citing “concerns that warrant further inquiry,” House Speaker Joe Straus issued a proclamation Tuesday directing the Select Committee on Transparency in State Agencies to investigate the conduct of...
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UT regent investigation off to a slow start
The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency on Operations postponed hearings on the possible impeachment of University of Texas regent Wallace Hall until August to allow time to hire an...
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UT regent investigation moving forward
Wallace Hall (Photo courtesy University of Texas) A group of lawmakers moved forward Monday on an investigation of University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall, who faces criticism and possible impeachment...
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More from Regent Hall’s missive
Regent Wallace Hall’s letter to the co-chairs of the House committee investigating him for possible impeachment included several attachments, including the 2011 letter from anonymous women faculty...
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Rep. Martinez Fischer prods UT system to produce records
Unhappy with “sporadic” compliance with his requests for open records, Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, wrote the chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents Tuesday demanding...
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Impeachment committee hires Rusty Hardin
The Texas House committee considering the impeachment of University of Texas regent Wallace Hall has retained renowned Houston attorney Rusty Hardin to serve as its legal counsel. House Speaker Joe...
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Report: Regent Hall not alone in failing to disclose lawsuits
Wallace Hall Among the reasons a Texas House committee is investigating University of Texas regent Wallace Hall with an eye to possible impeachment is his failure to disclose a lawsuit on his...
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