Credit: Justin Dehn

No longer a government official, former state Sen. Kip Averitt talked with the Tribune’s Ross Ramsey about politics and parties, redistricting, things left undone and how the Legislature has changed during his time there.

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Elise Hu was a political reporter at the Tribune, focusing on multimedia projects, from 2009 to 2011. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006...