Regional colleges rely more on tuition revenue to operate than flagship campuses. Gov. Greg Abbott’s desire to pause increases could create tight financial conditions.

The University of Texas System has a plan to provide tuition-free education at all nine institutions for undergraduate students from families earning $100,000 or less a year, beginning next fall. Announced Wednesday,

Some Texas Republicans criticized the free tuition initiative for families making $100,000 or less as an “abuse of power.”