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Since its founding in 2009, The Texas Tribune has convened more than 500 live events in communities across the state, engaging more than 100,000 Texans. Advancing public dialogue and civic engagement is core to our mission. Through live events, we bring Texans face-to-face with the people and issues shaping the future of their communities and the state.
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Texas Tribune Editor-in-chief Matthew Watkins leads a panel discussion about preparing the next generation of RGV workers in Brownsville on Sept. 25, 2025. 
Texas Tribune senior events director Matt Ewalt chats with attendees following an event on the state’s community colleges Feb. 26, 2025 in Denton. Maria Crane for The Texas Tribune 
Texas Tribune Regions Editor Nic Garcia speaks with attendees at a Coffee and Conversation event in Brownsville on Sept. 25, 2025. 
TribCast co-host and Tribune law and politics reporter Eleanor Klibanoff, along with a panel of experts, analyze the results from the 2026 primary election. Photo by Montinique Monroe for the Texas Tribune 
An attendee speaks with a panelist on Jan. 21, 2025, following a discussion on how the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas can help make the state a research leader. John Jordan/The Texas Tribune 
Tribune reporter Eleanor Klibanoff moderates an event in Lubbock on the challenges to maternal health care in Texas. 
The Texas Tribune events team prepares to livestream a Sept. 24, 2025 event in Edinburg focused on the RGV economy. Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune 
State Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-University Park, joined by state Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, answers audience questions during a March 24, 2026 Tribune event in Dallas on the state’s push to become a new center of the corporate and financial worlds. Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune 
Tribune law and politics reporter Eleanor Klibanoff co-hosts a trivia night at The Batch in Austin on April 3, 2025, presented by The Texas Tribune and The Texas Standard. John Jordan/The Texas Tribune 
Tribune Regions Editor Nic Garcia speaks with a Longview reporter at an Oct. 9, 2025 event about the state’s’ water crisis and the path forward. 
Tribune VP of Sales Robert Nusbaum chats with an attendee before the start of a Sept. 25, 2025 event in Brownsville on preparing the next generation of RGV workers.
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Beyond the Headlines:The politics of data centers in Texas
Panel explores where Texans stand on the data center boom and what it means for the upcoming election
Future of the Texas Workforce
The daylong symposium in Waco, co-hosted by The Texas Tribune and The Waco Bridge, included a look ahead at the policy and investments needed from the 2027 Texas Legislature and beyond.
What makes a great school? A Texas Tribune symposium for Texas educators
On Wednesday, July 1, we convened public school educators from around the state to explore that question and the realities shaping schools today.
Fast Build, Slow Policy: Texas communities and the data center boom
Panelists in the July 22 virtual event discussed how data centers use water and energy, why county governments have limited powers to regulate them and how Texans can have their voices heard on planned projects.
TribCast Live: Breaking Down the 2026 Texas Runoff Elections
The TribCast team unpacks this week’s raucous runoffs
One on One with Sarah Eckhardt
In a live interview with The Texas Tribune, the Austin Democrat said she would use the office to “more deeply inform Texans” and lawmakers about how state money is being spent.
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