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A bill containing legislation designed to prevent medically unfit pilots from causing balloon crashes such as the tragedy that struck outside Lockhart more than two years ago is expected to receive full Congressional approval and be signed into law by President Donald Trump as early as next week according to officials involved with authoring the bill.

UT Health San Antonio’s response to the opioid crisis by distributing lifesaving naloxone overdose drugs to our Fire Department is encouraging.

Around nearly every corner of the bustling U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 5, from the Rayburn building to Longworth, you could spot burnt orange. For the fourth-annual Longhorns on the Hill, UT President Greg Fenves, Texas Exes Executive Director Chuck Harris, BBA ’86, Life Member, and small groups of Texas Exes advocates spent a full day day speed-walking through the halls of the Capitol, darting between 30 meetings held with members of the Texas delegation. Whether through a lengthy sit-down around a long table in a congressional office, a hallway chat, or even an impromptu mid-committee hearing meeting with Rep. Lloyd Doggett, BBA ’67, JD ’70, Life Member, UT alumni made their voices heard about the value of higher education.

The Trump administration's border clampdown has placed a record number of immigrant children in U.S. custody, the New York Times reports.

WASHINGTON—House Republicans are advancing a measure to lock in last year’s tax cuts on individuals beyond their scheduled expiration date at the end of 2025, moving to build on their biggest legislative victory ahead of the midterm elections.

CLOTURE TIME: There's been no shortage of fits and starts, but Chuck Rettig's nomination to be IRS commissioner takes another big step this afternoon, when the Senate holds a key procedural vote.

Nearly half the non-elderly people in San Antonio and its surroundings could lose protection for their pre-existing medical conditions if Texas wins its current anti-Obamacare lawsuit, according to data from the Center for American Progress.

Rep. Doggett joined KXAN in Washington to discuss President Trump’s comments on shutting down the government and asking taxpayers to pay for his border wall.