TX DPS: 14 fatalities, 200 injuries from West explosion, missing count unknown

Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Friday that 14 people have been killed and 200 have been injured as a result...

Report: Texas colleges should graduate students faster

Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune

April 18, 2013

Statewide price gouging statute enacted, reports vary on death count

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said a price gouging statute has been enacted in Texas following a deadly Wednesday explos...

Perry declares McLennan County a disaster zone

Governor Rick Perry declared McLennan County a disaster zone Thursday afternoon and said he will seek a federal Disaster Decl...

Police: Five-15 dead, 160+ treated due to West fertilizer plant explosion

Waco police say that a fertilizer plant explosion in the 2,800-person town of West, roughly 20 miles north of Waco, has cause...

Tower lit orange to honor The Daily Texan

The Tower was lit orange Thursday to honor The Daily Texan for being named College Newspaper of the Year for the third year i...

UT Regent Wallace Hall: "mea culpa"

Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune

April 15, 2013

UT regents vote to turn records over to lawmakers

Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune

April 11, 2013

UPDATE: UT returns to normal operations following bomb threat

UT is being investigated by local, state and federal authorities after receiving an anonymous, non-specific bomb threat again...

Senate passes bill to keep UT-Austin's Top 10% cap

by Brandi Grissom and Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune

April 9, 2013

Forty Acres Fest more lean, but no less festive

With Forty Acres Fest no longer having sponsorships, the festival had to take a more lean approach in order to remain free to...

Powers deflects talk of UT conflict

by Chris Hooks, The Texas Tribune

April 6, 2013

UTPD chief search to continue with three more candidate open forums

The University of Texas Police Department Chief Selection Committee held an open forum with David Carter, Austin Police Depar...

Texas A&M student-body president vetoes revised GLBT Funding Opt-Out Bill

Texas A&M University Student-Body President John Claybrook released a statement Friday saying he is vetoing the The Relig...

UT Regent defends review of Law School Foundation

Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune

April 4, 2013

UT Regent Hall failed to disclose lawsuits

by Jay Root, The Texas Tribune

April 3, 2013

UT researchers develop ultrathin radar invisibility cloak

A team of UT researchers have developed an ultrathin cloak that can make an object undetectable to radar. They say it could b...

Bills filed to ban smoking in bars, restaurants, workplaces throughout state

State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and state Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Denton, have filed companion bills that would ban smokin...

Registration at 15,000 and climbing for free UT online courses

More than 15,000 people registered for four Massive Open Online Courses being offered by UT for the fall semester as of Monda...

Study shows politician focus on big picture more effective for gun policy advocation

A new study done by researchers from UT and the University of Southern California shows it is more effective for policymakers...

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