/https://static.texastribune.org/media/profiles/Matthew-Watkins-2024.png)
Matthew Watkins began serving as editor in chief of the Tribune in September 2024. Matthew is a Texas native, born in Houston and raised in Austin. He attended public schools and graduated from Texas A&M University. He’s spent nearly two decades in Texas journalism, and previously worked at The Eagle in Bryan-College Station and The Dallas Morning News. Matthew joined the Tribune in 2015 has held various roles, including higher education reporter, breaking news editor and politics editor. As a managing editor, Matthew has guided the Tribune’s award-winning journalism and other reporting of statewide significance, including coverage of elections and legislative sessions to major breaking news and ambitious storytelling about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Texas-Mexico border, the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, the impeachment of Texas attorney general and battles over public education. He lives in Austin with his wife, Susan, and their two children.
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments in the long-running legal fight between University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall and Chancellor Bill McRaven. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/12/30/HallMcRaven.jpg)
Colleges in Texas had a tense year, thanks to campus carry, racial incidents and the election. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/12/09/TT-year-in-review2016-protest-ToddWiseman.jpeg)
University of Texas System regents authorized about $2 million worth of bonuses for executives this year. That is actually down from past years. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/SunsetUT.jpg)
Charlie Strong has a new job at the University of South Florida, which means the University of Texas at Austin will save some of the millions of dollars it owes its recently fired coach. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/11/21/Charlie-Strong.jpg)
Students at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are worried after their school was placed on probation this week. The school's president says he is confident he'll get the problems fixed. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/11/Brownsville.jpg)
Former Baylor football coach Art Briles is claiming that university regents libeled him and conspired to prevent him from getting a new job by telling journalists he knew about allegations of sexual assault against athletes and didn't report them. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/11/02/7C2A6220.jpg)
Texas Tech University's plans to open a veterinary school in Amarillo have been placed on hold for now, the school's governing system confirmed. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/23/Tech-1.jpg)
Richard Spencer's speech at Texas A&M drew more than a thousand protesters. As he preached white nationalism, tension was high and police in riot gear tried to maintain calm. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/12/06/Spencer_1TT.jpg)
The brand new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has been placed on probation by the commission that handles accreditation for southern universities. Full Story
Texas A&M University President Michael Young said football coach Kevin Sumlin had "by far the best record of any coach who has moved a team from a less-challenging conference to a more-challenging conference." Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/12/01/__BD22826_Young3TT.JPG)