Austin won the privilege to host the main campus of the University after a hotly contested state election, and as it was already the seat of Texas government, civic leaders predicted Austin would soon be the “Athens of the Southwest.” Fortunately, there were no proposals to change the city...
At salaries of $7,200 a year (plus per-diems), legislators are by definition amateurs, dependent on outside income. Many appear at the Capitol effectively on behalf of their primary employers in the permanent government: oil and gas, real estate, insurance, agriculture, and so on. The 8...
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e Texas Enterprise Fund, created by the state government in 2003 to recruit new businesses and talent, has since spent US$93.1 million on biotechnology projects (see table) and created more than 10,000 jobs in both academic and private settings. Similarly, the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, ...
Abbott spokeswoman Renae Eze responded to the lawsuit with a statement defending the governor's veto power and called Democrats' claims misleading. “This is not the first time, and undoubtedly will not be the last time, that a governor vetoes funding for government positions and salar...
In November 1835 a convention of Anglo-American settlers set up a provisional state government, elected a governor and a council, and declared that Texans were fighting for the rights due them under the Mexican Constitution of 1824. Austin and two others were sent to the United States to ...
During his initial campaign, Friedman often cited the statistic that“teachers’ salaries in Texas are over $6,000 below the national average. This lack of respect for the people who do our state’s most important job must stop.” During his first term as governor, Friedman increased this ...
Define Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas synonyms, Austin, Texas pronunciation, Austin, Texas translation, English dictionary definition of Austin, Texas. Noun 1. capital of Texas - state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas
In September 1883, The University of Texas was officially opened in a ceremony inside an incomplete building on a grassy hill where the Tower now stands. Classes that semester were held in the temporary Capitol, a three-sto...