State

At least 49 openly LGBTQ Texans are running for public office this year, each vying for spots at the federal, state and local levels. The turnout is unprecedented.

Nearly 50 Texas women are running for Congress this year, each hoping to end the state’s 22-year dry spell of electing new women to serve in Washington.

Biology senior Marco Medina and his family have been paying close attention to the TV, shushing each other and turning the volume up whenever they hear three words: Temporary Protected Status.

UT recently rejected a donation from a foundation involved with the Chinese Communist Party. Following an internal review and a request from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, UT President Gregory Fenves declined the funding that was meant to support the LBJ School’s new China Policy Center.