From the Statesman archives: Here's how the University of Texas elevated Austin in 1883
The opening of the University of Texas in 1883 proved a pivot point in Austin history, but the Old Main Building was not ...
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Texas Speaker of the House announces committee assignments
AUSTIN (Nexstar ... In response to the release of committee assignments, Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu issued the following statement: “Today’s committee assignments by ...
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An Austin house featured in 'Dazed and Confused' is for sale for nearly $1M
AUSTIN, Texas — A piece of Texas film history is up for sale in Austin's Allendale neighborhood. A house featured in the 1993 cult classic film "Dazed and Confused" is on the market. In the film ...
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Texas university on edge as police hunt campus sexual assault suspect who was arrested, released
University of Houston students protested Wednesday amid a campus crime wave, following reports that a man accused of sexually assaulting and robbing a woman on campus was released shortly after ...
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Austin Homeowners Drop House Price Nearly 30% as They Struggle to Sell
She is a graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia ... and predictable housing market in Austin, Texas, a luxury home has undergone several ...
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A drunken brawl at an Austin hotel changed the course of the oil industry forever
Oilmen against limits on oil production attacked a state representative at the Stephen F. Austin hotel in 1933. The attack ...
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Here's why the Texas House cut tradition of giving committee chairmanships to minority party
Austin again finds itself in crosshairs of the Texas Legislature. Here's what's at stake. State Rep. Todd Hunter, a Corpus Christi Republican who presented the rules to the House, made no ...
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How a multi-year legal battle by allies of a billionaire megadonor set off this year’s explosive House Speaker race
Last:Then-House Speaker Dennis Bonnen speaks with state Rep. Dustin Burrows R-Lubbock, current speaker, in Austin on May 25, 2019. Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune “This is ...
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Texas House bans Democrats from committee chairmanships in 89th session
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House of Representatives decided to ban members of the minority party from chairing committees in a vote on Thursday. The vote came after months of Texas ...
Dallas Morning News28d
Texas House bans Democrats as legislative committee chairs
Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows raises his gavel during the second day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on ... of Florida A&M University.
Dallas Morning News26d
With Democrats barred as committee chairs, Texas House is looking more like Congress
“Texas politics is now national politics,” said University ... House Speaker Dustin Burrows raises his gavel on the second day of the 89th Legislature on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Austin.
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Conservatives clinch longtime goal of booting Democrats from leadership ranks in Texas House
The Texas House on Thursday voted to ban members of the minority party from leading committees, achieving a major goal for conservative Republicans — and upending a tradition of power sharing ...