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Polling Texas 2020
UT/Trib, Apr 25: Trump 49, Biden 44
DT/PPP, Apr 29: Biden 47, Trump 46
UT-Tyler/DMN, May 3: Trump 43, Biden 43
Emerson, May 13: Trump 47, Biden 41
Quinnipiac, June 3: Trump 44, Biden 43
PPP, June 5: Trump 48, Biden 48
PPP/PT, June 23: Trump 48, Biden 46
Fox, June 25: Biden 45, Trump 44
UT/Trib, July 2: Trump 48, Biden 44
PPP/Emily’s List, July 2: Biden 48, Trump 46
UT-Tyler/DMN, July 12: Biden 48, Trump 43
CBSNews, July 12: Trump 46, Biden 45
Quinnipiac, July 22: Biden 45, Trump 44
Morning Consult, July 28: Biden 47, Trump 45
Morning Consult, August 3: Biden 47, Trump 46
Polling Texas 2018
WPA, Jan 5: Cruz 52, O'Rourke 34
PPP, Jan 27: Cruz 45, O'Rourke 37
Quinnipiac, April 19: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
Quinnipiac, May 31: Cruz 50, O'Rourke 39
PPP, June 8: Cruz 48, O'Rourke 42
GQR, June 16: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
CBS/YouGov, June 24: Cruz 44, O'Rourke 36
UT/Trib, June 25: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 36
Gravis, July 10: Cruz 51, O'Rourke 42
Lyceum, July 31: Cruz 41, O'Rourke 39
Quinnipiac, July 31: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 43
PPP, August 2: Cruz 46, O'Rourke 42
NBC News, August 23: Cruz 49, O'Rourke 45
ECPS, August 27: Cruz 38, O'Rourke 37
Crosswinds, September 12: Cruz 47, O'Rourke 44
Quinnipiac, September 18 (LV): Cruz 54, O'Rourke 45
Ipsos, September 19 (LV): O'Rourke 47, Cruz 45Polling Texas 2016
Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50.3, Clinton 42.4Polling Texas 2014
UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37Polling Texas 2012
PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41
UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39
Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38
YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38-
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Polling Texas 2016
Beatty, Jun 22: Trump 37, Clinton 30
UT/TTP, Jun 27: Trump 41, Clinton 33
KTVT/Dixie, Aug 11: Trump 46, Clinton 35
PPP, Aug 16: Trump 44, Clinton 38
WaPo-SurveyMonkey, Sep 6: Clinton 46, Trump 45
ECPS, Sep 14: Trump 42, Clinton 36
Texas Lyceum, Sep 15: Trump 39, Clinton 32
YouGov, Oct 3: Trump 50,1, Clinton 41.5
KTVT/Dixie, Oct 5: Trump 45, Clinton 38
WFAA/SurveyUSA, Oct 14: Trump 47, Clinton 43
UH Hobby Center, Oct 17: Trump 41, Clinton 38
WaPo/SurveyMonkey, Oct 17: Trump 48, Clinton 46
CBS/YouGov, Oct 23: Trump 46, Clinton 43
Crosswind/Statesman, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 38
UT/TT, Oct 27: Trump 45, Clinton 42
KTVT/Dixie Strategies, Nov 2: Trump 52, Clinton 39
NBC/WSJ/Marist, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 40
ECPS, Nov 3: Trump 49, Clinton 34
YouGov, Nov 5: Trump 50,3, Clinton 42.4
Polling Texas 2014
UT/TT, Nov 2013: Abbott 40, Davis 35, Glass 5
PPP, Nov 2013: Abbott 50, Davis 35
UT/TT, Feb 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 36
ECPS, Mar 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 42
Rasmussen, Mar 2014: Abbott 53, Davis 41
PPP, Apr 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 37
UT/TT, June 2014:Abbott 44, Davis 32
YouGov, July 2014: Abbott 50, Davis 34
Rasmussen, Aug 2014: Abbott 48, Davis 40
YouGov, Sep 2014: Abbott 56, Davis 38
Lyceum, Oct 2014: Abbott 49, Davis 40
Rasmussen, Oct 2014: Abbott 51, Davis 40
KHOU, Oct 2014: Abbott 47, Davis 32
UT/TT, Oct 2014: Abbott 54, Davis 38
YouGov, Oct 2014: Abbott 57, Davis 37
Polling Texas 2012
PPP April 26: Romney 50, Obama 43
UT/TT May 22: Romney 46, Obama 38 (RV) - Romney 55, Obama 35 (LV)
WPAOR Sep 13: Romney 55, Obama 40
YouGov Sep 24: Romney 52, Obama 41
Lyceum Oct 2: Romney 58, Obama 39
YouGov Oct 17: Romney 55, Obama 41
UT/TT Oct 29: Romney 55, Obama 39
Baselice Oct 30: Romney 54, Obama 38
YouGov Nov 3: Romney 57, Obama 38
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- IAH Terminal E to be named for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
- Now Buzbee sues Roc Nation
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Monthly Archives: September 2023
SCOTx rules whistleblowers’ lawsuit can proceed
Good. The Texas Supreme Court has sided with former top deputies of Attorney General Ken Paxton and cleared the way for their whistleblower lawsuit to move forward. The all-Republican Supreme Court on Friday rejected Paxton’s request to dismiss the lawsuit … Continue reading
Posted in Legal matters
Tagged Attorney General, Blake Brickman, bribery, budget, Dan Patrick, David Maxwell, FBI, Greg Abbott, impeachment, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Mark Penley, Nate Paul, Ryan Vassar, Senate, Supreme Court, Texas, Texas Whistleblower Act, The Lege, Third Court of Appeals, Travis County
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New criminal courts coming online
Good. Three new felony courts with a $9.2 million budget are expected to open next week, in what officials say is the final stretch in tackling a backlog of criminal cases that have piled up over the past six years. … Continue reading
Sarah Stogner to run for RRC again
But not as a Republican. This could be interesting. Sarah Stogner announced Saturday at The Texas Tribune Festival that she is mounting her second campaign for the Texas Railroad Commission — this time, leaving the Republican Party to run as … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2024
Tagged Christi Craddick, Election 2022, Election 2024, Forward Party, Luke Warford, petitions, Railroad Commission, Sarah Stogner, Texas, Wayne Christian
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Interview with CM Mary Nan Huffman
I had not planned to do an interview for District G this cycle – I only have so much time and capacity, and as of the July reporting deadline, incumbent CM Mary Nan Huffman did not have an opponent. And … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged District G, Election 2023, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, Mary Nan Huffman
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Cruise cars are out on our streets
From Axios. Cruise is testing autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in Houston ahead of a planned expansion into commercial nighttime service by the end of the year. Driving the news: A spokesperson for the autonomous vehicle company confirmed to Axios … Continue reading
Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Tagged Austin, California, Cruise, driverless cars, General Motors, Houston, Phoenix, San Francisco, Texas, videos
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Endorsement watch: For the hospital bond
Good call. It’s unacceptable for a public hospital whose mission is to save lives to instead endanger them due to aging infrastructure that’s been neglected for too long. The pipe break was the second of three in 2020. Just weeks … Continue reading
Dispatches from Dallas, September 29 edition
This is a weekly feature produced by my friend Ginger. Let us know what you think. This week, in news from Dallas-Fort Worth, the mayor of Dallas has jumped parties, quelle surprise. Also, some local follow-up on the Paxton impeachment, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog stuff
Tagged Dallas, guest post, linkdump, Texas
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Interview with James Joseph
One more interview in At Large #3, then I’ll have a bonus interview for you tomorrow. Today we speak with James Joseph, a native Houstonian, Fifth Ward resident, and newly minted PhD. A public relations consultant with a long background … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged At Large #3, Election 2023, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, James Joseph
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Two book ban updates
Bad news. A state law banning “sexually explicit” books from Texas schools will now go into effect, after an appeals court temporarily blocked a lower court ruling. The three-judge panel did not offer any reasoning. Their decision is temporary until … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Legal matters
Tagged American Booksellers Association, Angela Paxton, Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild, Blue Willow Bookshop, BookPeople, Books, censorship, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Dawn Champagne, Election 2024, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, HD106, Jared Patterson, Katy, Katy ISD, Keven Ellis, lawsuit, libraries, Martha Wong, Mike Morath, Rebecca Fox, SBOE, school libraries, schools, SD08, Texas, Texas Education Agency, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, The Lege, Victor Perez
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City Council approves B-Cycle lifeline
I approve of this as a stopgap, but a real plan needs to be in place. Houston’s floundering bike sharing system has a little more life, after city officials approved $500,000 to keep the system operational, at least until a … Continue reading
Posted in Local politics, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Tagged B-Cycle, bicycles, budget, Houston, Houston Bike Share, Houston City Council, Metro, Mike Knox, Sylvester Turner
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Texas blog roundup for the week of September 25
The Texas Progressive Alliance is rooting for as much Republican division post-impeachment as possible as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Posted in Blog stuff
Tagged blog roundup, TPA
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Interview with Casey Curry
Moving on in At Large #3, we come to another candidate with an interesting former job, longtime TV meteorologist Casey Curry. After a decade of weather reporting on the local news, Curry is now working in philanthropy and communications. She … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged At Large #3, Casey Curry, Election 2023, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews
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Drag ban officially ruled unconstitutional
Good. Texas cannot enforce a new law that restricts some public drag shows, a federal judge said Tuesday in declaring the legislation unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge David Hittner found Senate Bill 12 “impermissibly infringes on the First Amendment and chills … Continue reading
Lots of people will not get that latest COVID shot
Sadly not a big surprise. We could move this at the margins, but not as long as any part of government is in Republican control. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends new covid-19 booster vaccines for all — … Continue reading
Posted in National news, Technology, science, and math
Tagged Centers for Disease Control, Congress, coronavirus, face masks, flu, hospitals, stimulus, vaccinations
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Interview with Twila Carter
Continuing on with At Large #3, today we meet Twila Carter, who among other things has had one of the best jobs of anyone I’ve interviewed: For over a decade, she served as Senior Vice President of Community Relations of … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged At Large #3, Election 2023, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, Twila Carter
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The whistleblowers say they aren’t going away
Glad to hear it. In a Monday filing to the Texas Supreme Court, the whistleblowers [Blake Brickman, David Maxwell, Mark Penley and Ryan Vassar] argued that Paxton has failed to uphold key parts of the settlement agreement, including the $3.3 … Continue reading
Posted in Legal matters, Scandalized!
Tagged Angela Paxton, Attorney General, Blake Brickman, bribery, budget, Dan Patrick, David Maxwell, Election 2026, FBI, impeachment, Ken Paxton, Laura Olson, lawsuit, Mark Penley, Nate Paul, Ryan Vassar, Senate, Supreme Court, Texas, Texas Whistleblower Act, The Lege
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Endorsement watch: Picking someone in District E
The Chron makes their first candidate endorsement for November 2023. Houston City Council races are officially nonpartisan, but since just about everything seems partisan these days, let’s go ahead and say it: District E, the bizarrely shaped district that conjoins … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged Dave Martin, District E, Election 2023, endorsements, Fred Flickinger, Houston, Houston City Council, Martina Dixon
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Interview with Donnell Cooper
The last open At Large seat is At Large #3, which also has the biggest field of nine candidates. I have interviews with four of them this week, beginning with Donnell Cooper. Cooper is a Houston Community College Acres Homes … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged At Large #3, Donnell Cooper, Election 2023, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews
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Harris County libraries are now “book sanctuaries”
It’s great that they’re doing this, and terrible that they have to. As book bans and challenges occur across the state and nation, Harris County libraries have joined a movement dedicated to preserving people’s right to decide for themselves what … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Local politics
Tagged Book Sanctuary, Books, censorship, Chicago, Commissioners Court, Harris County, Katy ISD, libraries, Rodney Ellis, The Lege
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Metro introduces its bike share program
Sounds pretty good, actually. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is expected to contract with a Canadian operator that will provide up to 700 e-bikes and 100 charging stations as the agency embarks on the creation of its own … Continue reading
Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Tagged B-Cycle, bicycles, Bike Houston, electric bicycles, Harris County, Houston, Houston Bike Share, Metro, PBSC, Tom Lambert
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Weekend link dump for September 24
“Before Alex Rodriguez flipped the switch on his defiant, longtime drug-cheat image … before the post-career entrepreneurial whirl and frolic across the celebrity landscape with superstar then-fiancée Jennifer Lopez … before the TV gigs with Fox Sports and ESPN and … Continue reading
The Chron talks to some Mayoral candidates
You can find a bunch of Mayoral Q&As with the Chron editorial board here on this Mayoral Candidate Questions page. All of them also include a brief video of the chat, with the following Mayoral candidates so far: John Whitmire … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged Annie Garcia, David Lowy, Election 2023, Gilbert Garcia, Houston, John Whitmire, Kathy Lee Tatum, Lee Kaplan, Mayor, MJ Khan, Robert Gallegos, Sheila Jackson Lee
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Katy ISD’s book banning
What are these people doing? Katy Independent School District has remained silent on the reasons 14 additional books were removed from shelves and how the district’s book review policy is being implemented, despite a public pledge of transparency on book … Continue reading
Posted in School days
Tagged censorship, Katy, Katy ISD, libraries, Rebecca Fox, school libraries, schools, Texas, Victor Perez
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“Mars” mission update
Keep these coming, please and thank you. Ultra runner Kelly Haston is not going stir-crazy inside her 1,700-square-foot Martian habitat, and that’s a pleasant surprise. “It is comfortable and spacious, and I do not yet miss being outside,” Haston said. … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, science, and math
Tagged Anca Selariu, CHAPEA, Houston, Johnson Space Center, Kelly Haston, Mars, NASA, Nathan Jones, Ross Brockwell
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Whiny loser Mealer drops her election contest lawsuit
Girl, bye. Alexandra del Moral Mealer, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s former Republican opponent, dropped her lawsuit challenging the results of the election she lost last November by over 18,000 votes, according to court documents filed Thursday. Mealer filed an … Continue reading
City runoff election will be December 9
Slightly reducing the overall intrigue factor of the season. The runoffs for Houston’s City Hall elections will be held Dec. 9, the secretary of state’s office confirmed on Tuesday. Houston voters will head to the polls Nov. 7 to elect … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged Amanda Edwards, CD18, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2023, Election 2024, filing deadline, fundraising, Houston, Isaiah Martin, John Whitmire, Karthik Soora, Mayor, Molly Cook, runoff, SD15, Secretary of State, Senate, Sheila Jackson Lee, special election, The Lege
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The Arlington nun mutiny
Oh my God this story is wild. There’s a strange saga unfolding in Texas. It involves allegations and accusations of illicit sexual relationships, drug use, theft, abuse, spying, planted evidence, and plots to steal a multimillion-dollar property. The people involved … Continue reading
Posted in The great state of Texas
Tagged Arlington, Catholic Church, lawsuit, Michael Olson, Tarrant County, Teresa Agnes Gerlach, Texas
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Interview with Marina Coryat
We wrap up our week of interviews with At Large #2 candidates with Marina Coryat, a Trinidadian immigrant who has served as Communications Director for Texas State Representative Senfronia Thompson since 2019. Coryat has worked in the city’s Solid Waste … Continue reading
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Tagged At Large #2, Election 2023, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews, Marina Coryat
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Book ban lawsuit opinion released
It’s a strong one, not that that will mean anything to the troglodyte nihilists at the Fifth Circuit. In temporarily blocking enforcement of a new Texas law that limits books with sexual content in school libraries, a federal judge called … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Legal matters
Tagged American Booksellers Association, Angela Paxton, Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild, Blue Willow Bookshop, BookPeople, Books, censorship, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Election 2024, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, HD106, Jared Patterson, Keven Ellis, lawsuit, Martha Wong, Mike Morath, SBOE, school libraries, SD08, Texas, Texas Education Agency, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, The Lege
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City to provide some funding to B-Cycle
Good. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner plans to extend a half-million dollar lifeline to the city’s nonprofit bike share program, he said Wednesday. Turner said he will present City Council next week with a proposal to send funding to Houston Bike … Continue reading
Dispatches from Dallas, September 22 edition
This is a weekly feature produced by my friend Ginger. Let us know what you think. This week, in news from Dallas-Fort Worth, the big news is, of course, the Ken Paxton acquittal and the domino effect it’s having on … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas, guest post, linkdump, Texas
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Interview with Holly Vilaseca
We continue our week of At Large #2 with a familiar name, Holly Flynn Vilaseca, who served for five years as HISD Trustee, being appointed in January 2017 to fill out an unexpired term and then winning a full term … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged At Large #2, Election 2023, Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca, Houston, Houston City Council, interviews
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Rep. Rhetta Bowers jumps into the CD32 primary
Really crowded now, and already a little spicy. State Rep. Rhetta Andrews Bowers, D-Rowlett, has joined the large primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in representing Congressional District 32. Bowers made her campaign official Tuesday, reversing a previous … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2024
Tagged Brian Williams, CD32, Colin Allred, Congress, Democratic primary, Election 2018, Election 2022, Election 2024, HD113, HD115, Jan McDowell, Julie Johnson, Justin Moore, quorum, Rhetta Bowers, Sandeep Srivastava, Texas, The Lege
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Endorsement watch: For that amendment, you know the one
The Chron approves an amendment but forgets to tell us which one. So much has changed in the 15 years since Renu Khator became UH’s president. She set a clear goal for Tier 1 status and worked toward it step … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2023
Tagged Comptroller, Constitution, constitutional amendments, Election 2023, endorsements, National Research University Fund, Permanent University Fund, rainy day fund, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas State University, Texas Tech, Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, Texas University Fund, The Lege, UH, University of North Texas, UT
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