In a state historically strict when it comes to marijuana use and possession, two Texas state lawmakers have proposed bills designed to soften that stance.
Joint Resolution 3 asks the University to issue a formal policy protecting all UT staff’s rights to express their freedom of speech in office windows or clarify their outward-facing sign policy.
UT-Austin students Jared Hrebenar and Ali Zaidi were working around the clock on Mike Collier’s campaign for lieutenant governor, which ultimately came within 5 points of winning against incumbent Republican Dan Patrick.
It’s up to the Texas Legislature, Preservation Board or Historical Commission to remove a plaque inside the Capitol honoring the Confederacy, Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a legal opinion published last month.
Legislators have begun filing hundreds of bills they want to pass next year with the opening day of the 86th Texas Legislature less than six weeks away.
Texas will begin a pilot program for providing digital copies of drivers licenses and other forms of state-issued identification if House Bill 181 passes in the upcoming legislative session.
A Texas state lawmaker filed a bill this week that would require an annual football game between UT and A&M on the fourth Thursday, Friday or Saturday of November.
Although Republicans held onto every statewide seat, and no Democrat has been elected to statewide office since 1994, the margins in key races were closer than they had been in several years.
After President Donald Trump criticized Bill McRaven, the former UT System chancellor, for not capturing bin Laden sooner, several major voices in the GOP expressed their disagreement, supporting the former Navy Admiral.
