From porn peddlers to district meddlers, the following quotes are among the best from the last few weeks.
“There’s no doubt that [President Obama] has a significant interest in higher education.
He’s very concerned about the increase in student loan debt.”
— UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, according to The Texas Tribune.
Cigarroa and several other higher education leaders across the nation were invited meet with the president in early December to discuss challenges universities are facing, including...
AG Accepts Texas Redistricting Deal
The Texas attorney general has accepted a deal on temporary voting maps that could salvage the state's April 3 date for primary elections.Attorney General Greg Abbott said Monday that seven...
Whoops: Did Texas Ban All Marriages?
laverrue/flickrConservatives can sleep soundly knowing the fight for gay marriage is not returning to Texas shores—at least not entirely. The only Democratic candidate for Texas...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on UT admission policies
The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case involving the University’s use of race in undergraduate admissions decisions. The case, Fisher v. Texas, was filed against UT...
Conservative group campaigns for party, does not endorse...
Members of the UT chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas are still driving local politics in Austin and around the state, despite the ongoing deadlock in the national Republican primary...
Fate of voter ID remains uncertain
The Texas attorney general announced Monday that the state of Texas filed suit in federal court for approval of its controversial voter ID law passed last spring. The Voting Rights Act of...
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