Dive Brief:

• The chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents is urging one of its board members to resign.
• Wallace Hall, one of nine governor-appointed regents on the board, is also facing a criminal probe and a possible impeachment by the Texas state legislature.
• Hall is under fire for his relentless pursuit of records and answers to his questions in his quest to remove University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers from power.

Dive Insight:

Hall, appointed in 2011, still has Gov. Rick Perry’s backing. He’s accused of abusing the power of his office, with open records requests that have overwhelmed the Texas university system, and is also facing questions of whether he violated state and federal student privacy laws in his pursuit of Powers. If Hall were impeached, he would be the first governor-appointed official ever removed from office in Texas. According to the Associated Press, Board of Regents Chairman Paul Foster says the Hall controversy is “the most difficult, challenging issue facing this board" and its future.