Texas Senate approves university merger
The Texas Senate on Wednesday approved passage of Senate Bill 24, merging the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas-Pan American into a single, larger university in the Rio Grande Valley that includes a medical school.
The bill passed on a 30 to 1 vote.
Passage by more than a two-thirds majority gives the new university access to the Permanent University Fund, something neither UTB nor UTPA had alone. The PUF was established to use a portion of Texas oil and gas revenues to fund higher education in the state.
The Texas House of Representatives will take up its version of the proposal, House Bill 1000, Tuesday in the House chamber.
More at http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_16fe2aa0-8c50-11e2-a86a-0019bb30f31a.html .
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Now, where's our law school? 
woohoo- much needed down there 