In private school voucher push Gov Abbott breaks through by playing hardball The Texas Tribune

The funding deal would reportedly ask the university to adopt a stricter definition of gender and a tuition freeze, among other conditions.

The order came at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”

Officials have struggled to detail the exact reasons for the A&M professor’s termination, citing a technical issue with her course description. Faculty say the move was politically motivated.