The University of Texas at Austin and all seven other schools in the University of Texas System won approval to increase tuition Monday, a move that will eventually tack on between $148 and $361 to the cost of students' schooling each semester. Full Story
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Richard Benson, the dean of the engineering school at Virginia Tech University, has been named the next president of the University of Texas at Dallas. Full Story
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In the state’s first lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2016, Texas is suing the agency for rejecting parts of a seven-year-old state proposal targeted at reducing haze in wilderness areas. Full Story
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Former President Bill Clinton made the closing pitch to Texas voters on his wife’s behalf Monday, making stops in Houston, Fort Worth and San Antonio in the final hours before Super Tuesday. Full Story
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Ted Cruz is pressing for the release of a tape that reportedly captures Donald Trump saying he is not as opposed to illegal immigration as he claims to be. Full Story
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With signs pointing toward record high turnout in the Republican primary, some close watchers of the congressional delegation are warning that the re-election bids of four U.S. House members may be in trouble. Full Story
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As many Southern states prepare to vote, Ted Cruz is opening a new front in his battle against Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, zeroing on an issue near and dear to many in the South: the Second Amendment. Full Story
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With a day until the Texas primary, Marco Rubio's presidential campaign is unveiling new support in the state. Full Story
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A day out from the Texas GOP presidential primary and 11 other nominating contests in other states, the question for Ted Cruz is increasingly, “Can he break Donald Trump’s momentum?” Full Story
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Ted Cruz is making his most comprehensive and explicit case yet against Donald Trump, hoping to slow the billionaire's momentum before the high-stakes Super Tuesday contests. Full Story
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A Bernie Sanders-supported proposal from the late 1990s to dump Vermont nuclear waste in a small minority in West Texas has attracted renewed attention in the lead-up to Tuesday's primary. Full Story
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, will endorse former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the presidency, adding to her growing list of superdelegates in her campaign for the Democratic nomination. Full Story
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With the Texas primary looming, Heidi Cruz is playing a central role in her husband's efforts to shore up his support at home, an undertaking with higher-than-expected stakes. Full Story
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the legal challenge to abortion restrictions passed by Texas lawmakers in 2013. The case may help clarify how far states can go in regulating the procedure. Full Story
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Ted Cruz released new information about his personal income taxes on Saturday in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Donald Trump to do the same. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' message of modern-day populism brought out thousands of Texans in Austin and Grand Prairie on Saturday, as he worked to bolster his support here in advance of Tuesday's primary. Full Story
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With over a million Texans casting early votes in the 15 biggest counties ahead of Tuesday's primaries, voters are clearly engaged in the volatile presidential race, particularly on the Republican side. Full Story
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Republican Ben Carson attracted an overflow crowd in the Dallas area Saturday, and his supporters seem remarkably hostile to Ted Cruz, their own U.S. senator. Full Story
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Full video of my 2/25 conversation with state Rep. J.M. Lozano, R-Kingsville, and state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville. Full Story
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Access to preventive health care in heavily uninsured Texas is challenging for its poorest residents, so the state is relying on nonprofit community clinics to be the front line of public health defense. Full Story
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