Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Kyle Hawkins to the state's highest court after a former justice said he wasn't seeking reelection earlier this year. Hawkins most recently served as part of the transition ...

To sabotage a fellow Cabinet secretary, Howard Lutnick dug up a decade-old comment critical of Donald Trump made by Sean Duffy to sink his chances of being named secretary of transportation, according ...

A sign in front of some cacti marks one of the entrances to the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. A sign in front of some cacti marks one of the entrances to the University of Arizona in ...

The compact has some worthy ideas, some higher education experts say, such as addressing the cost of college, but a federal ...

Seven out of nine universities that the Trump administration solicited for feedback on its Compact for Academic Excellence in Education have rejected the plan, while two others remain noncommittal.

The Trump administration has reached an agreement with the University of Virginia, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice, marking the first public university to reach a deal with ...