In response to the lawsuit, UT Austin spokesperson Mike Rosen referred to statements the university made after the arrests saying it acted to preserve campus safety, enforce protest rules, and that most arrests were of people from outside the university.

The lawsuit, filed by four current and former UT students, alleges that the school mishandled the pro-Palestine protests last spring.

Abbott tapped into a powerful national conservative movement and his own campaign war chest to turn turned legislative races into multimillion-dollar affairs.

After a multiyear battle to pass school choice, a bill establishing a $1 billion voucher program in Texas is days away from becoming law. Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 2 last week on an 86-61 vote. A companion bill made its way through the House a week prior with a 144-4 vote.

The Texas governor will be joined by GOP lawmakers, private school officials and other voucher proponents in a signing ceremony in Austin.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claims to be all about “America First,” so why is he threatening to punish a city in his state for insufficient loyalty to Israel?

The City of San Marcos has drawn the ire of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who says that a proposed resolution concerning Israel and Palestine seems "calculated" to violate Texas law.