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<h1> <span><a class="plain" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/">Tribpedia</a>:</span> <a class="plain" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/campus-carry/">Campus Carry</a> </h1> </header> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination"> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="grid"> <article> <div class="cell w-12 content"> <p><p>Campus Carry is an effort by gun rights advocates to allow people with concealed handgun permits to carry firearms onto Texas college campuses.</p> <p>Supporters of the measure, which <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6432279.html" target="_blank">died in the 2009 session</a> when it did not come up for a vote in time, say it could prevent tragedies like the massacres at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University. Right ...</p></p> <a class="permalink" href="about/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Read More</a> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-12"> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/">Bill to Allow Guns on Campus Sent to Texas House</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-mccrimmon/">Ryan McCrimmon</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:07:26 -0500" title="2015-03-31 13:07"> March 31, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/comments/"><span class="value">34</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGunRestingOnWhite_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGunRestingOnWhite_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The Texas Senate has already passed a bill allowing handguns on college campuses. Now the House is poised to consider its own measure.  </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/27/guns-coming-campus-not-campus-carry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandgunsAtFiringRange_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandgunsAtFiringRange_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Edward A. Ornelas/San Antonio Express-News</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/27/guns-coming-campus-not-campus-carry/">Guns Coming to Campus, but Not Campus Carry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:00:00 -0500" title="2013-08-27 06:00"> Aug. 27, 2013 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <span class="txweekly-icon"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/common/images/txweekly-summary-icon.png" alt="Texas Weekly" title="Texas Weekly"> </span> <p><span>For students hoping to bring concealed handguns onto college campuses, a new law allowing them to store firearms in cars parked in campus garages or lots is as close as they’re going to get — for now. For many of them, Republican Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/glenn-hegar/">Glenn Hegar</a>'s measure doesn't go far enough.  </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/27/guns-coming-campus-not-campus-carry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/21/uttt-poll-partisan-splits-guns-texas/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/20/UT-TT-Poll-Fri.383_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/20/UT-TT-Poll-Fri.383_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>graphic by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/21/uttt-poll-partisan-splits-guns-texas/">UT/TT Poll: Partisan Splits on Guns in Texas</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:00:00 -0500" title="2013-06-21 06:00"> June 21, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/21/uttt-poll-partisan-splits-guns-texas/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Texans strongly favor criminal and mental health background checks on all gun sales, and they are divided — deeply and along party lines — when it comes to concealed weapons on college campuses, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/21/uttt-poll-partisan-splits-guns-texas/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/14/campus-carry-bill-subjected-senators-questions/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/05/04/0504_House613_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Allen Fletcher, R-Cypress, stands among House members during the consideration of a point of order on a campus carry bill on May 4, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/05/04/0504_House613_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Allen Fletcher, R-Cypress, stands among House members during the consideration of a point of order on a campus carry bill on May 4, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemrmich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Allen Fletcher, R-Cypress, stands among House members during the consideration of a point of order on a campus carry bill on May 4, 2013.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/14/campus-carry-bill-subjected-senators-questions/">Campus Carry Bill Passes Senate Committee</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Maurice Chammah </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 14 May 2013 16:28:47 -0500" title="2013-05-14 16:28"> May 14, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/14/campus-carry-bill-subjected-senators-questions/comments/"><span class="value">45</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>A measure by </span><span>state Rep. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/allen-fletcher/">Allen Fletcher</a><span>, R-Cypress, that </span><span>allows </span><span>college students, faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns</span><span> on campus heads to the full Senate after a Senate committee approved the measure Tuesday.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/14/campus-carry-bill-subjected-senators-questions/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/09/texplainer-does-texas-m-already-allow-campus-carry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/AnM_Tower_AggieLand_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Texas A&M University"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/AnM_Tower_AggieLand_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas A&M University" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas A&M University</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/09/texplainer-does-texas-m-already-allow-campus-carry/">Texplainer: Does Texas A&M Already Allow Campus Carry?</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 May 2013 14:06:32 -0500" title="2013-05-09 14:06"> May 9, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/09/texplainer-does-texas-m-already-allow-campus-carry/comments/"><span class="value">27</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Misinformation about whether or not Texas A&M University currently allows concealed firearms to be carried into buildings on campus spread rapidly during debate in the Texas House.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/09/texplainer-does-texas-m-already-allow-campus-carry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_5"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2012/04/04/campus-carry-debate-likely-return-next-session/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandgunInPants_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandgunInPants_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2012/04/04/campus-carry-debate-likely-return-next-session/">Campus Carry Debate Likely to Return Next Session</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 4 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0500" title="2012-04-04 06:00"> April 4, 2012 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2012/04/04/campus-carry-debate-likely-return-next-session/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>On the heels of a shooting that killed seven people at a small college in Oakland, Calif., Texans and lawmakers are again preparing to debate the merits of allowing students to carry concealed firearms on college campuses. It's an issue that has roiled the Capitol for multiple sessions.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2012/04/04/campus-carry-debate-likely-return-next-session/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_6"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/06/16/poll-obama-almost-as-popular-as-perry-in-texas/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB0198_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Gov. Rick Perry on May 30th, 2011"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB0198_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gov. Rick Perry on May 30th, 2011" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gov. Rick Perry on May 30th, 2011</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/06/16/poll-obama-almost-as-popular-as-perry-in-texas/">Poll: Obama Almost as Popular as Perry in Texas</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Ari Auber </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:55:45 -0500" title="2011-06-16 12:55"> June 16, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/06/16/poll-obama-almost-as-popular-as-perry-in-texas/comments/"><span class="value">18</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Likely voters in Texas approve of President Barack Obama almost as much as they approve of Gov. Rick Perry, according to the third and final release of poll results from the Texas Lyceum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group of civic leaders.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/06/16/poll-obama-almost-as-popular-as-perry-in-texas/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_7"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/31/sessions-end-creates-graveyard-of-dead-legislation/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib_TexasCapitol_MS_5_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Texas Capitol"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib_TexasCapitol_MS_5_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas Capitol" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Capitol</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/31/sessions-end-creates-graveyard-of-dead-legislation/">Session's End Creates Graveyard of Dead Legislation</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Christopher Smith Gonzalez </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 31 May 2011 05:00:00 -0500" title="2011-05-31 05:00"> May 31, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/31/sessions-end-creates-graveyard-of-dead-legislation/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The system is meant to kill legislation: That’s the old line most often heard around the Capitol. And right about now, as the session's end slams the coffin door on a slew of bills, more than a few lawmakers are taking solace in the fact that their dead bills have plenty of company.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/31/sessions-end-creates-graveyard-of-dead-legislation/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_8"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/20/updated-wentworth-blasts-straus-over-campus-carry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WentworthCMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, prepares to leave the Senate chamber after he tried to generate support for his guns-on-campus bill SB354 on April 11, 2011"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/WentworthCMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, prepares to leave the Senate chamber after he tried to generate support for his guns-on-campus bill SB354 on April 11, 2011" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, prepares to leave the Senate chamber after he tried to generate support for his guns-on-campus bill SB354 on April 11, 2011</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/20/updated-wentworth-blasts-straus-over-campus-carry/">Updated: Wentworth Blasts Straus Over Campus Carry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Christopher Smith Gonzalez </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 20 May 2011 12:55:21 -0500" title="2011-05-20 12:55"> May 20, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/20/updated-wentworth-blasts-straus-over-campus-carry/comments/"><span class="value">11</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>State Sen. Jeff Wentworth charged today that his San Antonio colleague, House speaker Joe Straus, used undue influence last night to strip an amendment allowing concealed handguns on college campuses out of a fiscal matter's bill.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/20/updated-wentworth-blasts-straus-over-campus-carry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_9"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/09/amendments-piled-onto-texas-education-finance-bill/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Ogden23CMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Steve Ogden (r), R-Bryan, talks with Sen. Robert Duell, R-Greenville, after the Senate votes, 19-12 to pass the budget on May 4, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Ogden23CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Steve Ogden (r), R-Bryan, talks with Sen. Robert Duell, R-Greenville, after the Senate votes, 19-12 to pass the budget on May 4, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Steve Ogden (r), R-Bryan, talks with Sen. Robert Duell, R-Greenville, after the Senate votes, 19-12 to pass the budget on May 4, 2011.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/09/amendments-piled-onto-texas-education-finance-bill/">Amendments Piled Onto Texas Education Finance Bill</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/">Becca Aaronson</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 9 May 2011 18:12:56 -0500" title="2011-05-09 18:12"> May 9, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/09/amendments-piled-onto-texas-education-finance-bill/comments/"><span class="value">11</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Senators today amended an education finance reform bill to allow community college students to carry concealed handguns on campus, increase the cost of cigarettes and allow drastic changes to university administration.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/09/amendments-piled-onto-texas-education-finance-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_10"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/06/video-the-week-in-texas-politics-may-2-to-may-6/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/capitol_with_statue__1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/capitol_with_statue__1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/06/video-the-week-in-texas-politics-may-2-to-may-6/">Video: The Week in Texas Politics, May 2 to May 6</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/">Justin Dehn</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 6 May 2011 15:34:30 -0500" title="2011-05-06 15:34"> May 6, 2011 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>No time to follow all the happenings of the Texas Legislature? We've made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/06/video-the-week-in-texas-politics-may-2-to-may-6/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_11"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/audio-bill-powers-and-bowen-loftin-at-triblive/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-LoftinPowers-JV018_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="William Powers Jr., UT President and R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M President at TribLive on April 28, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-LoftinPowers-JV018_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="William Powers Jr., UT President and R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M President at TribLive on April 28, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Jacob Villanueva</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">William Powers Jr., UT President and R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M President at TribLive on April 28, 2011.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/audio-bill-powers-and-bowen-loftin-at-triblive/">Audio: Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin at TribLive</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 2 May 2011 08:59:00 -0500" title="2011-05-02 08:59"> May 2, 2011 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, I interviewed Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin, the presidents of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, respectively, about the need for higher education reform, the impact of budget cuts, the predicament of middling graduation rates and more.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/audio-bill-powers-and-bowen-loftin-at-triblive/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_12"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/triblive-powers-loftin/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-LoftinPowers-JV018_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="William Powers Jr., UT President and R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M President at TribLive on April 28, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-LoftinPowers-JV018_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="William Powers Jr., UT President and R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M President at TribLive on April 28, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Jacob Villanueva</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">William Powers Jr., UT President and R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M President at TribLive on April 28, 2011.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/triblive-powers-loftin/">TribLive: Powers and Loftin on Higher Ed Reform</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 2 May 2011 08:59:00 -0500" title="2011-05-02 08:59"> May 2, 2011 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, I interviewed Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin, the presidents of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, respectively, about the need for higher education reform, the impact of budget cuts, the predicament of middling graduation rates and more.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/triblive-powers-loftin/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_13"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/video-bill-powers-and-bowen-loftin-at-triblive/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TxTrib-LoftinPowers-JV018_4_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TxTrib-LoftinPowers-JV018_4_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/video-bill-powers-and-bowen-loftin-at-triblive/">Video: Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin at TribLive</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 2 May 2011 08:59:00 -0500" title="2011-05-02 08:59"> May 2, 2011 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, I interviewed Bill Powers and Bowen Loftin, the presidents of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, respectively, about the need for higher education reform, the impact of budget cuts, the predicament of middling graduation rates and more.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/02/video-bill-powers-and-bowen-loftin-at-triblive/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_14"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/28/triblive-powers-and-loftin-oppose-campus-carry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TxTrib-LoftinPowers-JV018_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TxTrib-LoftinPowers-JV018_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/28/triblive-powers-and-loftin-oppose-campus-carry/">TribLive: Powers and Loftin Oppose Campus Carry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:39:58 -0500" title="2011-04-28 13:39"> April 28, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/28/triblive-powers-and-loftin-oppose-campus-carry/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>At this morning's TribLive conversation, UT President <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/william-bill-powers-jr/" target="_blank">Bill Powers</a> and A&M President Bowen Loftin explained why they oppose legislation that would allow <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-issues/campus-carry/" target="_blank">concealed hanguns on college campuses</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/28/triblive-powers-and-loftin-oppose-campus-carry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_15"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/27/wentworth-surprises-senate-with-campus-carry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/jeff_wentworth_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/jeff_wentworth_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Texas Senate</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/27/wentworth-surprises-senate-with-campus-carry/">Wentworth Surprises Senate With Campus Carry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Christopher Smith Gonzalez </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:49:15 -0500" title="2011-04-27 13:49"> April 27, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/27/wentworth-surprises-senate-with-campus-carry/comments/"><span class="value">12</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jeff-wentworth">Jeff Wentworth</a> surprised his colleagues and brought the Senate to a standstill today when he tried to tack his controversial campus carry bill onto another measure.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/27/wentworth-surprises-senate-with-campus-carry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_16"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/13/the-weekly-tribcast-episode-75/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TT-TribCast-002_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TT-TribCast-002_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/13/the-weekly-tribcast-episode-75/">The Weekly TribCast: Episode 75</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:28:01 -0500" title="2011-04-13 22:28"> April 13, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/13/the-weekly-tribcast-episode-75/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>This week on the TribCast, Evan, Ross, Reeve, and Morgan discuss rumors of the death of campus carry legislation, a controversial amendment with many names, and the latest on redistricting and the budget.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/13/the-weekly-tribcast-episode-75/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_17"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/08/the-week-in-texas-politics-recap-apr-4-to-apr-8/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/capitol_with_statue__jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/capitol_with_statue__jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/08/the-week-in-texas-politics-recap-apr-4-to-apr-8/">The Week in Texas Politics Recap: Apr. 4 to Apr. 8</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/">Justin Dehn</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:39:15 -0500" title="2011-04-08 15:39"> April 8, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/08/the-week-in-texas-politics-recap-apr-4-to-apr-8/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>No time to follow every twist and turn of the Texas Legislature? We've made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/08/the-week-in-texas-politics-recap-apr-4-to-apr-8/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_18"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/07/wentworth-temporarily-pulls-down-campus-carry-bill/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/ConcealedCarry_1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/ConcealedCarry_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/07/wentworth-temporarily-pulls-down-campus-carry-bill/">Wentworth Temporarily Pulls Down Campus Carry Bill</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Aziza Musa and Andrew Weber </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:20:49 -0500" title="2011-04-07 14:20"> April 7, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/07/wentworth-temporarily-pulls-down-campus-carry-bill/comments/"><span class="value">29</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>After his bill received heated debate on the floor, Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jeff-wentworth/">Jeff Wentworth</a>, R-San Antonio, withdrew his campus carry <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/session/82R/bills/SB354/">bill</a> today.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/04/07/wentworth-temporarily-pulls-down-campus-carry-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_19"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/31/guns-on-campus-bill-heads-to-senate-floor/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/ConcealedCarry_1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/ConcealedCarry_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/31/guns-on-campus-bill-heads-to-senate-floor/">Guns on Campus Bill Heads to Senate Floor</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Andrew Weber </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:24:38 -0500" title="2011-03-31 14:24"> March 31, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/31/guns-on-campus-bill-heads-to-senate-floor/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The Senate Criminal Justice Committee today approved a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/session/82R/bills/SB354/">controversial bill</a> that would allow students to carry concealed handguns on college campuses.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/31/guns-on-campus-bill-heads-to-senate-floor/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_20"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/18/this-week-in-texas-politics/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TxTrib_Capitol_MS_2_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/TxTrib_Capitol_MS_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/18/this-week-in-texas-politics/">The Week in Texas Politics Recap: March 14 to March 18</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a> and <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/">Justin Dehn</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:16:37 -0500" title="2011-03-18 13:16"> March 18, 2011 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>No time to follow every twist and turn of the Texas Legislature? We've made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/18/this-week-in-texas-politics/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_21"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/16/lawmakers-get-an-earful-about-campus-carry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandgunsAtFiringRange_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandgunsAtFiringRange_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Edward A. Ornelas/San Antonio Express-News</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/16/lawmakers-get-an-earful-about-campus-carry/">Lawmakers Get an Earful About Campus Carry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Christopher Smith Gonzalez </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:15:51 -0500" title="2011-03-16 18:15"> March 16, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/16/lawmakers-get-an-earful-about-campus-carry/comments/"><span class="value">24</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Supporters and opponents of allowing concealed handguns on campus packed a House committee room today where a number of bills that would allow concealed handguns on campus were being discussed.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/16/lawmakers-get-an-earful-about-campus-carry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_22"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/14/triblive-joe-straus-on-campus-carry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/134724951_200_2_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/134724951_200_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/14/triblive-joe-straus-on-campus-carry/">TribLive: Joe Straus on Campus Carry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:31:00 -0500" title="2011-03-14 11:31"> March 14, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/14/triblive-joe-straus-on-campus-carry/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>At our TribLive conversation last Thursday, Speaker <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/joe-straus/" target="_blank">Joe Straus</a> talked about proposed legislation that would legalize concealed carry on college campuses in Texas.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/14/triblive-joe-straus-on-campus-carry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_23"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/24/cigarroa-campus-carry-less-safe-environment/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/cigarroa_francisco_portrait__jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., Chancellor of UT System "> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/cigarroa_francisco_portrait__jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., Chancellor of UT System " class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>credit: utsystem.edu</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., Chancellor of UT System </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/24/cigarroa-campus-carry-less-safe-environment/">Cigarroa: Campus Carry Creates "Less-Safe Environment"</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:48:39 -0600" title="2011-02-24 19:48"> Feb. 24, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/24/cigarroa-campus-carry-less-safe-environment/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Today, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/u/">University of Texas System</a> Chancellor <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/francisco-cigarroa/">Francisco Cigarroa</a> issued a letter to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Gov. Rick Perry</a> weighing in on the touchy issue of allowing concealed handguns in college campus buildings. In short: He's against it.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/24/cigarroa-campus-carry-less-safe-environment/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_24"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/23/the-weekly-tribcast-episode-68/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TT-TribCast-002_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TT-TribCast-002_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/23/the-weekly-tribcast-episode-68/">The Weekly TribCast: Episode 68</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:00:00 -0600" title="2011-02-23 22:00"> Feb. 23, 2011 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>This week's TribCast features Ross, Reeve, Ben and Emily discussing the University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, the buzz about Medicaid, and concealed carry on college campuses.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/23/the-weekly-tribcast-episode-68/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_25"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/16/texas-community-colleges-leery-of-guns-on-campus/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGuns_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGuns_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/16/texas-community-colleges-leery-of-guns-on-campus/">Texas Community Colleges Leery of Guns on Campus</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Christopher Smith Gonzalez </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:00:00 -0600" title="2011-02-16 05:00"> Feb. 16, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/16/texas-community-colleges-leery-of-guns-on-campus/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>State Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/directory.van-taylor">Van Taylor</a>, R-Plano, has filed legislation to allow licensed handgun owners to carry concealed weapons on community college campuses. Taylor says his measure is meant to allow students to protect themselves. But some campus police — who are trained in school shootings to take down any person with a weapon — fear it could actually put students and faculty in more danger.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/16/texas-community-colleges-leery-of-guns-on-campus/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_26"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/28/ut-shooting-could-renew-concealed-carry-debate/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGuns_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGuns_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/28/ut-shooting-could-renew-concealed-carry-debate/">UT Shooting Could Renew Concealed Carry Debate</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:18:02 -0500" title="2010-09-28 12:18"> Sept. 28, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/28/ut-shooting-could-renew-concealed-carry-debate/comments/"><span class="value">15</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Not long after a gunman ran through the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150617024723/http://www.utexas.edu/">University of Texas</a> campus randomly firing an AK-47 and then shot himself, an old debate resurfaced: Should concealed handguns be allowed on campus?</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/28/ut-shooting-could-renew-concealed-carry-debate/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination clear"> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> </div> <div id="footer" class="grid"> <dl id="staff_writers" class="cell w-3"> <dt>Writers</dt> <div class="cell w-6"> <dd> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/">Becca Aaronson</a> </dd> <dd> <a href="/web/20150617024723/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a> </dd> <dd> <a href="">Christine Ayala</a> </dd> <dd> <a 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