No Growth at the Growth Fund

Despite charging millions of dollars in management fees, the Texas Growth Fund has returned zero to the state

"...Stephen Soileau, a managing partner of the Texas Growth Fund – a $577 million pool of public money that..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Permanent Warning

Neglecting the Past Dooms Readers

"...eye is the doctored cover photo featuring the late University of Texas Board of Regents Chairman Frank C. Erwin,..."

Sept. 13, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Land of the Free: the History of State-owned Lands in Texas

"...The University of Texas has several icons that endure. From the..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Going Public

A new Sunset Commission report recommends opening Texas' public lands to use by the public as parkland.

"...land. But he pointed out that 90% of the Permanent School Fund lands are in the Trans-Pecos region in..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Bad Rap

Ratliff's Rider Ticks Off Music Industry, Civil Servants

"...stock would effectively drain the state's pension and investment funds, the same nest egg that state firefighters, teachers, police..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Day Trips: Santa Rita No. 1

Site of the original West Texas oil boom still towers above the desert

"...the largely uninhabited West Texas land to endow the Permanent University Fund. By the turn of the century the..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Top 10 State Stories

Obamacare provoked, a star was born, and the Tea Party kept on steeping.

"...3-1 to use $2 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to establish a new statewide water infrastructure investment bank,..."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Chronicle

Texans leap to the defense of Governor and President Bush

"...not exactly a great time to be an investment fund manager. Gone is that heady era of the Bubble,..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Land Mine

"...billions of dollars which it generates for the state's Permanent School Fund, Permanent University Fund, and veterans programs. Borrowing..."

Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Lege Lowdown

"...of the legislature in balancing budgetary priorities and available funding." – Jordan Smith, Amy Smith, Kimberley Reeves Read Perry's..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column

Clouds Over Campus

With less funding, more competition, and a wavering vision, UT-Austin faces an uncertain future

"...what the state wants or needs from its flagship university. House Higher Education Committee member Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin,..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Election Endorsements

On Nov. 2, voters will be asked to approve a tax increase for Austin Community College and 17 constitutional amendments. The Chronicle’s endorsements and an explanation of the amendments.

"...lieutenant governor must resign that job to fill a permanent vacancy in the governor's office, as may occur if..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature

Remembering the Reasons for the Protests

Students call for UT to divest from weapons manufacturers

"...Some colleges are considering it. Tuesday, Brown University’s corporate board announced it would hold a vote on..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Walking Waller Creek Is a Tour Through Wildlife, Wild Flora, and Wild History

Take this self-guided tour from UT's Office of Sustainability, and learn how much wildness this waterway is home to

"...truth, it's a free self-guided tour produced by the University of Texas Office of Sustainability (accessible with instructions and..."

July 31, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Media Bills Chill

Reporters Get the Cold Shoulder From Legislators

"...made information compiled by the Board of Lease of University Lands confidential and exempt from the open records act...."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

UT Austin Offers Free Tuition to Low Income Families

Incoming Longhorns to receive more financial aid thanks to oil revenues

"...University of Texas at Austin students coming from low- to..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Naked City

Election Results

"...spend, instead of reinvesting, capital gains from the state's Permanent University Fund...."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Carving the Constitution

"...to resign his post in order to fill a permanent vacancy in the governor's office -- as Rick Perry..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Young People Power Texas Climate Plan

House Democrats package 41 bills to protect the environment

"...them, the UT and Texas A&M systems derive substantial funding from the Permanent University Fund's 2.1 million-acre land holdings..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Ending Football

A chronology

"...that debt, and can't we just put the PUF [permanent university fund] on the ponies?"..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

"...higher education, from financial aid to accreditation and federal funding. Under the latest version, there will be sanctions for..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature

Sorry to Be Tardy to the Party, but ...

More seating for Royal-Memorial Stadium? Just what we needed …

"...regents make allowances to spend 5% of the system's permanent university fund (worth about $11.7 billion) per year instead..."

Feb. 12, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

'Chronicle' Endorsements and Election Info

Our recommendations for the Nov. 8 election

"...is poor legislative practice and regularly confounds the state's fundamental governing principles with a host of specific ordinances that..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature

'The Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

"...only two (Proposition 4, creating a new higher education fund, and Proposition 9, addressing public ownership of beaches) approach..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

SBOE Candidates Get 'A' for Attendance

SBOE debate clarifies candidates' differences in one race, similarities in another

"...crusades waged by Mercer and others in the SBOE's fundamentalist bloc, which has pushed a right-wing religious agenda...."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...amendment, if passed, will allow the state's school endowment fund to earn higher returns without greater risk, and prevent..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Reconsider Proposition 9

"...amendment, if passed, will allow the state’s school endowment fund to earn higher returns without greater risk, and prevent..."

Sept. 8, 2003 Postmarks

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...and was an official for the Palestine Children's Welfare Fund, was eulogized by family members in a written statement..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

Texas State Board of Education

"...vocally conservative, even voting for a plan to have university professors fact-check textbooks in 2015, going against most of..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...access.") Also in Austin is a case filed against University Medical Center Brackenridge for failing to provide a deaf..."

July 30, 2010 News Feature

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