UTPB Considers Further Tuition Hike Amid Budget Debate
UTPB plans a $5 per credit hour spring rise and a $9 fall increase totaling $14, elevating 15 credit hours to about $2,074 per semester from $1,939. Student senators helped gather input with mostly supportive feedback while a single graduate senator opposed citing student voice concerns. President Watts cited a tuition advisory panel and possible state funding cuts as justification for the increase.
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UTPB
Barrios
Jay Gorania
Gorania
David Watts
Watts
Texas House
Senate
House
Survivor in deadly smuggling trial recalls failed 9 1 1 calls
Matias Rafael Medina Flores testified in Tyrone Williams trial about calling 9 1 1 twice from a tractor trailer where over 70 migrants were trapped near Harlingen and Sarita. His calls cut off before he could describe their location or plea for help.
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Houston
Matias Rafael Medina Flores
Tyrone Williams
Harlingen
Sarita
Medina
UT Tuition Increases Proposed Across Campuses
The Associated Press reports proposed 15 credit hour tuition hikes for fall 2005 at UT campuses. Austin rises from 3330 to 3488 dollars, San Antonio from 2776 to 2915, Arlington from 2650 to 2923, Dallas area from 3300 to 3465, El Paso from 2439 to 2559, Tyler from 1996 to 2097, Permian Basin from 1939 to 2074, Brownsville from 1727 to 1948, and Pan Am from 1576 to 1738.
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Dallas
el Paso
Tyler
Permian Basin
Brownsville
Pan Am
THE
Associated Press
Senate committee caps tuition increases across Texas colleges
A Senate Finance Committee proposal would cap designated tuition at 94 per semester hour, threatening state funds if raised higher. UT Austin faces immediate impact as its rate sits at 94, with a 37 percent rise since 2003. Critics say the cap punishes UT Austin for innovation while fees keep other costs high.
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Austin Senate
Tommy Williams
the Woodlands
Senate Finance Committee
University of Texas At Austin
Ut-Austin
UT System Board of Regents
University of Texas System
Senate
House
Williams
UT System
Mark Yudof
Regents
Yudof
Florence Shapiro
Rplano
Shapiro
Ut-Dallas
Cratered area near Wink studied as sinkhole grows
A decade ago and 2.5 years ago meetings discussed a sinkhole near State Highway 115. Cracks radiate from the original sinkhole with craters clustered about a mile and a half outside Wink. The cause remains undetermined as McBeth notes ongoing meetings every two to three weeks to define the study scope.
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Wink
Mcbeth
Strayhorn seeks resignations over mobility authority conflicts
Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn urged two Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority board members to quit after an audit flagged conflicts of interest. Robert Tesch, a Cedar Park developer, and Johanna Zmud, an Austin consultant, faced scrutiny for holdings near a toll road and for subcontractor ties to TxDOT. Perry aides defended Tesch, while Strayhorn cited a state code governing mobility authorities.
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Austin Texas
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
Robert Tesch
Cedar Park
Rick Perry
Johanna Zmud
Austin
Travis County Commissioners Court
Strayhorn
Mobility Agency
Tesch
The
Mobility Authority
Williamson County
Perry
Kathy Walt
Zmud
Texas Department of Transportation
U.S. 183
Journalists push for openness in government
The Associated Press and seven journalism groups form the Sunshine in Government Initiative to promote open government and curb secrecy after 2001. They back FOIA reforms like the OPEN Government Act of 2005 and a 16 member advisory panel. Hearings are planned with witnesses Mears Cary Tapscott and Fuchs.
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Washington
Associated Press
Sunshine
Tom Curley
American Library Association
John Cornyn
R-Texas
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Cornyn
Leahy
Cornyn and Leahy
Sunshine Initiative
Liberal American Civil Liberties Union
Conservative Heritage Foundation
Senate Judiciary Committee
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
Walter Mears
Katherine M
Missy” Cary
Texas
Mark Tapscott
Center For Media and Public Policy
The
Heritage Foundation
Meredith Fuchs
National Security Archive
Consul issues party smart guidelines for spring break
U S Consul John Naland warned spring breakers to avoid risky behavior as drug violence near the border rises. About 10 000 bright fliers will be distributed at South Padre Island hotels condos and border crossing buses advising students to stay safe and not engage in actions like urinating in public or roaming at 2 a m.
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Matamoros
Mexico
U.S
John Naland
South Padre Island
Texas
Naland
State Department
Reynosa
McAllen
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