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GOP targets tenure to curb classroom discussions of race, gender

AUSTIN, Texas — When he blew the whistle on a university dean suspected of financial malfeasance, college professor Jeff Blodgett had to weather a fierce attack from the dean’s allies. “If I didn't have tenure,” he recalled, “they would have done their best to get rid of me.”

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2022

Educators fight back against CRT panic

Sumi Cho of the African American Policy Forum on the campus campaign to combat the right-wing assault on freedom

Salon · Mar 7, 2022

Trump boasts he went 33-0 in Texas primary, though AG Ken Paxton and 4 others face runoffs

WASHINGTON – Two days after the Texas primary, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey disappointed many Republicans by announcing he wouldn’t run for U.S. Senate. Donald Trump, who despises Ducey for rejecting his lies about the 2020 election, was not among them.

Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2022

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Dan Patrick’s Ban on Tenure Could Devastate Texas’ University System

The lieutenant governor’s proposal would not only do away with academic freedom; it would make attracting the best faculty near impossible.

Texas Observer · Feb 23, 2022

Academic Freedom Alliance Statement on Tenure

The AFA responds to the Texas Lieutenant Governor's proposal to abolish tenure at state universities

Reason · Feb 22, 2022

UT president defends tenure after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick seeks to end it at Texas universities

DALLAS — The University of Texas’ president is defending the importance of tenure after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposed ending it in efforts to push back against the “woke left.”

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022

Lieutenant governor wants to fight critical race theory by ending tenure at Texas colleges, universities

DALLAS — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants end tenure for new professors at Texas’ universities and colleges in response to faculty who stood up to politicians’ moves to limit how they teach subjects, including critical race theory.

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022

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More Threats to Faculty Tenure on the Horizon

The lieutenant governor of Texas elevates the idea of ending tenure at public universities

Reason · Feb 18, 2022

Texas GOP's partisan play backfires

Patrick’s campaign delays thousands of requests for mail-in ballots from Republican Texas voters

Salon · Feb 18, 2022

Rightwing lobby group Alec driving laws to blacklist companies that boycott the oil industry

The American Legislative Exchange Council has drafted legislation modelled on efforts to block divestment from Israel

The Guardian - US · Feb 8, 2022

Texas politician sends vote by mail applications but helped ban practice for election officials

A top Texas official who championed a bill making it crime for public officials to send out unsolicited vote by mail applications is doing just that ahead of the March primary election.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2022

Gov. Greg Abbott urges court to allow unilateral pursuit of vote fraud by Texas AG Ken Paxton

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other top Texas Republicans have joined Attorney General Ken Paxton and urged the all-GOP Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse its recent ruling that Paxton can’t prosecute voter fraud unilaterally.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022

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