Survey: UT students lack confidence in COVID plans for fall semester statesman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statesman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
AUSTIN One of the Legislature s stoutest defenders of the Texas oil industry and several of the state s top environmental organizations teamed up to deliver a likely death blow to a measure designed to give a financial break to a radioactive waste disposal company.
The legislation, House Bill 2692, was critically wounded last week when state Rep. Tom Craddick, R-Midland, found a procedural flaw that prevented it from coming to the House floor for a vote. It was sent back to a House committee to fix the flaw, but the panel on Monday declined to give it a second chance.
The bill was designed to grant Waste Control Specialists, the company that operates the low-level radioactive waste disposal site in Andrews County, a break on surcharges and fees levied by the state on the revenue it takes in to handle the waste. The company said it needs the breaks to remain competitive in the face of out-of-state competition.
Breakthrough research at UT Austin is protecting the world against COVID-19
Jason McLellan lab’s study of the coronavirus’s spike protein has been instrumental in creating vaccines.
McLellan, an associate professor of molecular biosciences at UT, leads a research team that has helped other scientists understand the nature of the coronavirus.(Courtesy of UT Austin)
11:33 AM on Mar 12, 2021 CST
In the past year, scientists around the world have worked to respond quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Texas at Austin is among the top universities in the nation for pandemic research and has played a crucial role in protecting against the virus. Along with researchers at the National Institutes of Health, UT’s Jason McLellan and his team have made a number of key discoveries, which major drug companies have used to develop vaccines.
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick always seems to get it right … at first. Here’s a list of the Texas Senate’s bills by number and priority. You can’t argue with the first three: The budget, reforming ERCOT and power grid stability. The budget is what the Legislature does every two years and considering what happened last week, ERCOT and the power grid failures affected almost everyone in the state.
But the Star Spangled Banner Protection Act? Because he’s mad at Mark Cuban? Mark doesn’t give a rats ass if the national anthem is played at Mavericks games or not. If it’s that important, he’ll play it. Interesting. though, he hadn’t been playing it all season and no one noticed until he mentioned it. This is just not important.
ERCOT reform among Lt Gov Dan Patrick s top priorities this legislative session kvue.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kvue.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.