A student from Buda who was denied admission to UT in 2008 hope to overturn a landmark 2003 U.S. Supreme Court opinion allowing the use of race in the admissions process at the Michigan Law School.
The Lower Colorado River Authority, the utility that controls water flowing from the Highland Lakes to the Gulf Coast, is set to approve a new plan for allocating water.
Responding to pressure from lawmakers, parents and school leaders statewide, Education Commissioner Robert Scott announced today that the Texas Education Agency will defer a rule requiring that new student assessments count for 15 percent of students’ final grades.
Redistricting foes reached agreement on a statewide map for Texas Senate elections this afternoon and continued working on state House and congressional maps.
The federal judges who asked attorneys to negotiate a deal on political maps for this year’s elections instead got a day of explanations and arguments about why no such agreement has been made.
The earliest possible date for our primary elections will come after 34 states and territories have already spoken, either through primaries or caucuses.
2011 — the driest year in Texas history — delivered a huge blow to cattle ranchers. And as Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports, the prospect of a continuing drought spells trouble for both ranchers and consumers.
Texans are used to putting up with the consequences of notoriously hot summers, but if researchers’ predictions are correct, then record drought and wildfires won’t be the only hazards residents of the Lone Star State will have to contend with in the future.
A 12-page report released Wednesday by the Texas comptroller’s office offers a wide-ranging look at the effects of the record drought that is still gripping Texas.
Last summer’s record heat pushed the Texas power grid to the brink. Many of us sat comfortably in our air conditioning without realizing we were on the edge of rolling blackouts. Today, a state House committee will look into what’s being done to prevent that from happening again.
RT @notthefakeTJ: it's 80 degrees for one day and the river is packed. Sewell is bumpin. #smtx #txst
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it's 80 degrees for one day and the river is packed. Sewell is bumpin. #smtx #txst
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