Rep. Branch met with the new Dean of Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry, Dr. Lawrence Wolinsky in late January.  Dr. Wolinsky provided a tour of the facilities and Rep. Branch met with several dentistry students, as well.

January 18, 2012    

Dallas Eye Specialist Who's GOP Version of Vo Hits Cash Gusher while Ex-Senator's Son and Challengers Out East Raise Big Bucks    

Mike Hailey    

A Vietnamese-American who's been living the great American dream put on a fundraising display that would make most veteran politicians envious when he raised more than a quarter-million dollars last fall for a highly-competitive Texas House race this year.

Irving optometrist Steve Nguyen - a Republican activist who generated almost $257,000 in the past few months in his bid for a suburban seat in northwest Dallas County - is one of several House hopefuls who posted contributions in the six-digit range during the second half of 2011 in reports they filed Tuesday with the Texas Ethics Commission.

Branch Could Turn Best Fundraising Stretch Yet into Launching Pad as Staples Presses Combs on Plans and Land Boss Has Quarter-Million Dollar Cash Haul   

By Mike Hailey   

Capitol Inside Editor   

The field of candidates for Texas lieutenant governor in 2014 could be on the verge of expanding with a powerful state lawmaker eyeing a possible bid for the statewide post after raising more than $1 million during the past year.

The emergence of Republican State Rep. Dan Branch of Dallas as a potential contender for the state's second highest ranking political post could throw a wrench into the dynamics of a political contest that's been shaping up for months as a fight between three current statewide officials for the GOP.

January 18, 2012    

Jason Embry    

Perry's Texas support tanks, Abbott has $12 million and some of your favorite web sites may be blacked out today.

(Happy birthday to Jeffrey Clark.)

Lots of news in a new poll from Public Policy Polling. As we reported Tuesday, it shows former Solicitor General Ted Cruz moving into a solid, if distant, second place in the Republican race for U.S. Senate, behind Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.

January 12, 2011    

Ciara O'Rourke    

SAN MARCOS — Texas State University has been designated an emerging research university, allowing it to join seven other state universities eligible to tap into a special pot of state funds designed to bolster higher education research.

January 12, 2011    

Reeve Hamilton    

There are now eight Texas universities vying to be the state's next tier-one campus. Texas State University has officially been reclassified as an "emerging research university," making it eligible for the state-sanctioned competition designed to establish the next great public research university in Texas.

January 1, 2012

Matthew Zabel

A Dallas federal judge will become the first dean of the law college the University of North Texas system is creating.

W. Royal Furgeson

UNT officials announced Wednesday that U.S. District Judge W. Royal Furgeson Jr. will become the founding dean of the UNT Dallas College of Law beginning next year.