TribLive: Romney and the Hispanic Vote
At this morning's TribLive conversation, political strategists Matthew Dowd, Mark McKinnon and John Weaver discussed Mitt Romney's pressing need to win over Hispanic voters this fall. Full Story
Evan Smith is a co-founder and senior adviser at The Texas Tribune, where he served as CEO from 2009 to 2022. He’s also a senior adviser at Emerson Collective, where he works closely with the leadership teams of nonprofit news organizations around the country. Previously he spent nearly 18 years at Texas Monthly, stepping down in August 2009 as the magazine’s president and editor in chief. Evan is also the host of “Overheard with Evan Smith,” a weekly half-hour interview program that airs on PBS stations around the country. A native of New York, he is a graduate of Hamilton College and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
At this morning's TribLive conversation, political strategists Matthew Dowd, Mark McKinnon and John Weaver discussed Mitt Romney's pressing need to win over Hispanic voters this fall. Full Story
Aaronson on what Medicaid managed care could mean for pharmacists, Aguilar on El Paso's progressive politics, Batheja on TxDOT's $2 billion "problem," the fourth and fifth parts of Galbraith's series on our water woes, Hamilton on a controversial report about community colleges, Murphy maps the early vote vs. primary day turnout, Ramsey on U.S. Senate runoff dynamics, Ramshaw on Tom Suehs' retirement, Root on Mark Miner's return, M. Smith on the latest squabble over the STAAR test and Tan on the state of abortion in Texas: The best of our best content from June 11-15, 2012. Full Story
Yep, we're doing it again — and this time, criminal justice and transportation are on the agenda alongside education, energy, health care and immigration. Full Story
Full video of my June 1 TribLive conversation with state Reps. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, and Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio. Full Story
Our primary night scoreboard and liveblog, Aguilar on runoff strategy, Root and Batheja on Round two of Dewhurst vs. Cruz, M. Smith on how public education candidates fared, Ramshaw on what surprised pundits and pollsters, Galbraith on concerns over our electric grid, Aaronson on which government entities have access to your personal info, Grissom with the latest on the Hank Skinner case, Ramsey on Hispanic Republicans and part three of Tan's family planning series: The best of our best content from May 28 to June 1, 2012. Full Story
At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Reps. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, and Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, discussed the prospect of a Speaker's race leading up to the 2013 legislative session. Full Story
At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Reps. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, and Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, discussed whether Tuesday's primaries were a referendum on Speaker of the House Joe Straus. Full Story
Full video of my May 24 TribLive conversation with state Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas. Full Story
At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, discussed his opposition to Gov. Rick Perry's anti-tax pledge, which he says is "disrespectful" to the "adults" in the Legislature. Full Story
At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, explained why it's okay for a "committed conservative" to host fundraisers for and give money to Democrats. Full Story