Past Contributions

• UT Regents Approve Land Deal for New University

  By Jody Serrano July 10, 2013

  UPDATED: The University of Texas System's Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a nearly $50 million land deal for the new school's Brownsville campus. Full Story 

• Pauken: There is No Divine Right of Succession

  By Jody Serrano July 9, 2013

  Former Texas Workforce Commissioner Tom Pauken, who is running to replace Gov. Rick Perry in 2014, says that people shouldn't automatically anoint Attorney General Greg Abbott as the "chosen one." Full Story 

• Abbott: State Has No Obligation to Aid TWIA Financially

  By Jody Serrano July 2, 2013

  In an opinion issued this week, Attorney General Greg Abbott says the state is under no legal obligation to help cover any potential shortfall faced by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Full Story 

• Federal Loan Hikes Worry University Students

  By Jody Serrano July 2, 2013

  Thousands of Texas students will now have to pay 6.8 percent interest — a number that doubled virtually overnight — on any new federal direct subsidized loans after Congress failed to reach a compromise to address student loan debt. Full Story 

• A Second Life for Houston's Astrodome?

  By Jody Serrano July 1, 2013

  The Houston Astrodome is a ghost of its former self. Once the home of the Houston Astros and bursting with life, the dome is now covered in spiderwebs and trash. But some people are working to breathe life back into the empty shell. Full Story 

• TWIA Board Agrees to Steps to Address Financial Woes

  By Jody Serrano June 18, 2013

  UPDATED: The board of the state’s embattled Texas Windstorm Insurance Association agreed Tuesday to take steps that it says will better prepare the agency for the 2013 hurricane season and be more efficient over the long term. Full Story