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Video: Senate Passes Budget Along Party Lines

By Justin Dehn May 4, 2011

The Texas Senate voted today along party lines to pass a substitute version of HB 1. "It didn't come together the way I envisioned," said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Full Story

Video: 2011 Membership Drive — Tour the Site

By Mark Miller May 4, 2011

Get the most out of your Trib experience — take our video tour of the site's many features, all designed to keep you informed of the key political and policy issues facing Texas. Full Story

Senate Budget Debate: Education Funding

By Justin Dehn May 3, 2011

The Texas Senate talks education funding, revenue and Rainy Day spending as members debate suspending the rules to bring up their substitute for House Bill 1, the proposed budget for the next biennium. Full Story

Video: 2011 Membership Drive — About Us

By Mark Miller May 3, 2011

Eighteen months ago, we launched the Tribune as a nonprofit, nonpartisan, statewide news organization dedicated solely to public interest journalism. No one knew if it would work. Well, it has — and beyond anyone's expectations. Now help us keep it going. Full Story

TribLive: Powers and Loftin on "Breakthrough Solutions"

By Evan Smith May 2, 2011

At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, I interviewed Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin, the presidents of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, respectively, about the seven "breakthrough solutions" proposed for higher ed by advocates of reform. Full Story

TribLive: Powers and Loftin on Faculty Accountability

By Evan Smith May 2, 2011

At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, I interviewed Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin, the presidents of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, respectively, about the need to quantify the financial contribution of faculty members as part of a higher ed accountability effort. Full Story

TribLive: Powers and Loftin on Budget Cuts

By Evan Smith May 2, 2011

At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, I interviewed Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin, the presidents of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, respectively, about the impact of higher ed budget cuts and the predicament of middling graduation rates. Full Story

Video: Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin at TribLive

By Evan Smith May 2, 2011

At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, I interviewed Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin, the presidents of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, respectively, about the need for higher education reform, the impact of budget cuts, the predicament of middling graduation rates and more. Full Story

Highlights: TPPF's Higher Ed Reform Panel

By Reeve Hamilton May 1, 2011

At a panel hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, UT president Bill Powers, TPPF senior fellow Ronbald Trowbridge and speaker of the A&M faculty senate Robert Strawser discuss the conservative think tank's seven proposed reforms to higher education. Full Story