Senate approves billions in university infrastructure funding

Texas colleges and universities would have authority to issue billions in tuition-backed bonds under a bill approved just hours after Governor Greg Abbott added the topic to the session agenda. With just days to go in the third called special, the governor responded to a request by Lt. Governor Dan Patrick to open the agenda to permit the Legislature to move on this measure. The plan approved b...

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