HOUSTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to launch an investigation into Texas Southern University after Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says a state audit revealed thousands of unauthorized invoices totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Texas State Auditor's Office has been conducting an audit of TSU since May 2025, reviewing the university's financial processes, procurement operations and inventory records. State Auditor Lisa R. Collier sent an interim update to the Legislative Audit Committee on Monday detailing "significant financial and operational weaknesses" at the university.

According to Collier's letter, data analysis identified 743 invoices totaling approximately $282.2 million for vendors whose contracts were listed in the contract da

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