Texas-sized vacancy: Senate holds hearing on UT, OU’s Big 12 departure
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and representatives from Baylor, Texas Tech and TCU voiced displeasure at the Capitol as they scramble following Texas and Oklahoma’s future exit.
Oklahoma Sooners offensive lineman Marquis Hayes (54) and Texas Longhorns defensive lineman Ta Quon Graham (49) are split apart by an official during the second half of play in the Red River Showdown at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Saturday, October 12, 2019. Oklahoma Sooners defeated Texas Longhorns 34-27. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
7:35 PM on Aug 2, 2021 CDT
AUSTIN Not a week had passed since the University of Texas’ move to the SEC alongside the University of Oklahoma was approved before Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby on Monday faced over a dozen Texas lawmakers wanting to know: Where does the conference go from here?
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Texas Senate starts debate on GOP-backed election bill; House wants to round up absent Dems Allie Morris, Robert T. Garrett and Morgan O Hanlon, The Dallas Morning News © Sergio Flores/Getty Images North America/TNS Texas Democrats fled the state to prevent a quorum after protesting SB7, a voting protection bill that Democrats have criticized as being too restrictive.
AUSTIN, Texas Texas Democrats descended on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Republicans ratcheted up pressure on them to return home.
The House voted Tuesday to round up absent Democrats “by warrant of arrest, if necessary” after they fled Texas to block a GOP-backed election bill. Meanwhile, the Senate advanced the sweeping legislation that Republicans say protects election integrity, but Democrats decry as voter suppression.
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