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Amended bill would keep tenure at Texas public universities

A new version of Senate Bill 18 scheduled for a hearing in the House Higher Education Committee on Monday would keep faculty tenure and direct university governing boards to establish policies to grant and revoke tenure.

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Texas Senate approves bill that would ban diversity programs in public universities

The legislation heads to the Texas House, where members have been more muted about the proposal to disband offices, programs and training that foster diversity.

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Texas Senate approves bill barring professors from “compelling” students to adopt certain political beliefs

Critics say Senate Bill 16 is overly vague and will create a chilling effect that will prevent important conversations about race and gender. But Republican supporters say the legislation is necessary to protect conservative students who are self-censoring in the classroom.

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In Texas Senate hearing, education savings accounts raise questions about accountability and impact on public schools

More than 380 supporters and opponents signed up Wednesday to testify on the proposal, which would allow parents to use state funds to send their children to private schools.

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Bill would make UT-Austin center formerly known as Liberty Institute into its own college

Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, has filed legislation that would establish The Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership as a formal college at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Texas Tech basketball coach Mark Adams suspended over “racially insensitive” comment

The head coach is also being investigated for allegedly spitting on a player during a game earlier in the season.

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Plurality of Texas voters say they support school voucher-like program

The poll from the University of Texas at Austin, released Thursday, found a plurality of voters support redirecting tax revenue to help parents pay to school their kids outside the traditional public education system.

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Republican Texas lawmakers rally around bill restricting the college sports teams transgender athletes can join

Seventy-seven Texas House Republicans signed on as co-authors to state Rep. Valoree Swanson’s bill extending restrictions on transgender athletes to college sports. Gov. Greg Abbott has expressed support for the legislation, which is also a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

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LGBTQ+ youth are less likely to feel depressed with parental support, study says

Participants were asked questions about their parents' general parenting style and how that affected their thoughts and feelings in the previous two weeks.

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A West Virginia bill allowing concealed guns at colleges is one step away from law

A bill that would allow concealed weapons to be carried on West Virginia college campuses passed by a landslide in the state's House of Delegates. It heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Jim Justice.

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Salt could play key role in energy transition: Study

A basic element, salt, could play a significant role in the energy transition to lower-carbon energy sources, according to a new study sponsored by the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Texas billionaire Red McCombs dies at 95

The businessman gave huge donations to the University of Texas at Austin and is credited with bringing the San Antonio Spurs basketball team to the Alamo City.

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Travis County DA drops domestic violence case against fired UT-Austin basketball coach

Chris Beard was arrested in December for allegedly strangling his fiancee. The university fired him last month.

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Abbott: Ban transgender college athletes

NCAA vowed to only hold championships in which transgender student athletes can participate without discrimination

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Gov. Greg Abbott says he favors ban on transgender women competing in collegiate women’s sports

In 2021, Texas passed a law restricting transgender athletes’ participation in K-12 sports. Now there’s talk of extending those limits to colleges and universities.

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Two years after its historic deep freeze, Texas is increasingly vulnerable to cold snaps – and there are more solutions than just building power plants

Texans like to think of their state as the energy capital of the world. But in mid-February 2021, the energy state ran short of energy.

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Time to rethink police traffic stops

Is it time to rethink them?

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University of Texas at Austin students will hold referendum on “Eyes of Texas”

The nonbinding referendum is meant to gauge student opinion on the divisive alma mater but would not result in any changes to the song. Student leaders called for it in response to a 2021 university report on the song’s history that found it was “not overtly racist.”

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TribCast: Is Texas uniquely bad at disaster preparedness?

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with University of Texas at Austin professor Michael Webber and environment reporter Erin Douglas about the state’s widespread power outages.

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For many Central Texans, latest bout of cold weather and outages reopens old wounds

Severe weather this week is confronting Texans with old problems and stirring up memories of previous crises. Experts say this can be a detriment to mental health.

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In Central Texas, an urban tree canopy bends to the ice

The Hill Country loves its trees. But improper pruning and a drought earlier in the year may have contributed to the huge number of downed branches this week that frequently took power lines with them.

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A Texas Tribune analysis of state data found that at least 268 people in Texas were killed by heat last year, and a large portion of those deaths were likely migrants who died after crossing the border.

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Cynthia M. Allen: Texas is restricting harmful social media on college campuses, but why stop at TikTok?

One appropriate response to this month's move by the University of Texas at Austin, the University of North Texas, and other state schools’ decisions to ban TikTok from their wired and Wi-Fi networks might be: “big woo.”

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Texas universities block access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks

Students and faculty will not be able to access the popular social media app while connected to university internet servers. It’s the latest step to limit access to the service after Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies to ban the app on government-issued devices citing cybersecurity risks.

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More than 70 Texas prisoners are 3 days into a hunger strike protesting harsh solitary confinement practices

Prisoners have refused food to protest practices that have kept more than 500 people in isolation for more than a decade.

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