Texas Legislature

The year 2023 proved to be a significant one for the state of Texas as lawmakers worked to address a wide range of issues through the legislative process.

Many public universities take part in the legislative session by presenting issues regarding their campuses in hopes of obtaining state funding. Through the Office of Governmental Relations, UHCL lobbies in these sessions in hopes of…

Here are some important stories you may have missed from Texas, the United States and around the world.

The state-funding allocations for the upcoming biennium for all four University of Houston System institutions were finalized by the Texas Legislature May 29.

Several major bills were passed during the 85th session of the Texas Legislature, which ended May 29. Prepare for the special session starting July 18 with this recap.

Contributed by: Josephine P. Tittsworth, ABD, LMSW, BSW, AA Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit, Executive Director NASW TX LGBT Equity Committee Chair People in our country are concerned with the current political environment.…

Prior to and since the terrorist attack in Paris, France, Nov. 13, widespread caution and concern about terrorist groups hiding sleeper agents, potentially in the Syrian Refugee Program, is growing.

As many UHCL community already know, the Texas legislature passed a law known as “campus carry” that will require all state universities to allow licensed concealed handguns on campus beginning August 1, 2016.

The Board of Regents meetings in May will give faculty, staff and students a look into how big the changes of downward expansion will be financially and how far those attending UHCL will have to dig into their pockets in the upcoming…

The Signal reporter Elisa Morales attended the first UH System Day in Austin, where students, faculty, staff, alumni and administrators representing the University of Houston System convened in Austin to meet with Texas legislators to…