TribCast is a weekly political podcast, hosted by Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests. The TribCast is returning as a limited-run series during the 2025 legislative session. More in this series

The Texas Tribune Tribcast for Feb. 25, 2022.

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.

On this week’s episode, James speaks with Patrick and Kate about the most interesting races on the primary ballot ahead of Tuesday’s election.

But first, we discuss Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick‘s proposal targeting tenure at Texas public universities and the effect such a move would have on higher education in the state.

Todd Wiseman was the senior editor for video and multimedia at The Texas Tribune, where he worked from 2010 to 2023. Todd previously worked at the Austin School of Film and Synthetic Pictures and interned...