Shannon Najmabadi
Shannon Najmabadi is the higher education reporter at The Texas Tribune.
As Coronavirus Hits Texas, the State’s Top Health Official is Spending 30 Hours a...
The acting head of Texas’ massive health and human services bureaucracy, who is leading a 36,600 employee agency during a global pandemic, is also...
UT-Austin President Greg Fenves Leaving Texas Flagship June 30 for Emory University
University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves is expected to announce this week that he will leave the state’s flagship college...
Coronavirus Prompts Texas Universities to Extend Spring Break, Move Classes Online
Pat Neff Hall at Baylor University. Photo credit: Shelby Knowles for The Texas Tribune.
More than a dozen Texas universities...
UT tuition increasing 2.6% at all campuses for 2020-21 year
University administrators at a Board of Regents meeting April 2 in Austin. Emree Weaver / The Texas Tribune
New Texas law protects rent-to-own customers against criminal prosecution
Texans who sign rent-to-own contracts to lease furniture, electronics and other household items will receive new protection against being arrested or criminally...
The property tax reform package is heading to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk
A sweeping property tax reform bill that aims to slow rising property tax growth will soon head to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for...
"People were giving us lip service": Texas cities' legislative efforts have struggled this year
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
The interest group representing Texas cities used to be one of the most powerful legislative forces at the Capitol. This...
Change in tax bill would let many cities and counties raise property tax levies...
After revisions made in the Texas House, more than a thousand smaller taxing units may not have to abide by a key provision in...
Texas House approves property tax reform bill, setting up negotiations with the Senate
The Texas House gave preliminary approval to a priority property tax reform package Tuesday, teeing the chamber up for negotiations with the Senate, and...
House committee passes Senate property tax bill — after altering it to look more...
State Reps. Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City, and Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, listen to testimony at the House Ways and Means hearing last month. Miguel Gutierrez...
