Southern Methodist University, or SMU, was brought to court over its plan to drop its affiliation with the Methodist Church.

Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.

A Texas Supreme Court hearing marked the climax of a significant six-year legal battle. SMU has declared its independence ...

Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward are close friends competing to be the No. 1 pick. We go inside their draft prep with the man who ...

The Texas Supreme Court is hearing a case over church control of Southern Methodist University (SMU) regarding a dispute with ...

The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments on if SMU can split from the United Methodist Church after the board of trustees voted to leave the church in 2019 following the church's refusal to recognize ...

Southern Methodist University told Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday it's controlled solely by its board of trustees, ...

DALLAS – Southern Methodist University has named a new president. Jay Hartzell, currently president of the University of Texas at Austin, will assume the title effective June 1 after a unanimous ...

The departure of the University of Texas at Austin’s president has kindled a discussion about the pressures facing public ...

The crux of the issue is who controls the university—its Board of Trustees or the church—following the university’s 2019 attempt to distance itself. This move occurred as the church adopted stricter ...

The job abandoned by Jay Hartzell last week requires withstanding pressure from the highest offices in the state and ...

The case stems from a lawsuit the United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which runs the church’s ...